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Runner's High

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

The runner's high is a transient state of euphoria paired with reduced feelings of anxiety and a higher threshold for pain, which can follow either sustained moderate physical exertion over time or short bursts of high-intensity exercise. Its exact prevalence among people who exercise is not known, though it appears to be a real and reasonably common experience among runners and other endurance athletes.

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Core Claim
A transient state of euphoria with lessened anxiety and a higher pain threshold, following continuous moderate exertion or short bursts of high-intensity exercise. 1
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Type of Phenomenon
Emotional Phenomenon 1
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1. Wikipedia: Runner's high
  • Lead, first sentence
    coupled with lessened feelings of anxiety and a higher pain threshold, which can come either from continuous moderate
  • lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
    The runner's high is a transient state of euphoria coupled with lessened feelings of anxiety and a higher pain threshold, which can come either from continuous moderate physical exertion over time or from short bursts of high-intensity exercise.
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