Runner’s High: How Cannabis Can Boost Your Workout

Warning message

The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.

By Julia Wright

You're almost finished a half-marathon. Pulse pounding in your ears. Knees aching. Running isn't for quitters.

But today is unusually easy: you're focused on the cool breeze on your arms, the golden late-September sun reflecting off the lake, and the ice-cold beer you're going to enjoy. Forget the chaos that's happening in your body.

Runner's high? Yes, totally. But the reason you feel so fantastic today is also due, at least in part, to the cannabis you consumed an hour before lacing up. 

Forget the couch-locked stoner stereotype. With edibles and vaping making smoking an option rather than a must, weed's got an increasingly vocal fan base among athletes. And the growing population of runners, in particular, is openly touting herb as a training tool.

Wait, whaaat? Running on cannabis? Sounds counterintuitive to people who thinking getting and high and high-performance athletics are mutually exclusive activities. But...

Rate this article: 

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.