Show Running for life S f Running can in increase rease your life span by adding two hours to your life for every hour you spend running Tammy Cheney Staff Writer NOTHING NOTI-lI G can compare to the experience of the wind rushing past you as your feet hit the pavement in a steady motion your heart beating in perfect rhythm your 1 lungs taking in energy each time you inhale You feel feelan feelan feelan an unexplainable excitement throughout your body You feel high on life Do you want to experience this scenario scenario scenario nario without taking hallucinogens hallucinogens hallucinogens If so then running is th the thing for you can help to Running you think mink more ClearlY ana and to concentrate better because it changes the chemistry of the brain by increasing the blood- blood flow and oxygenation This results in mood changes Running can give you a natural high h gh as the result result result re re- sult of an ari increase in the level of endorphins which are mood-elevating mood pain-killing pain brain chemicals Running also increases your self es teem practiced every day gives you the feeling of self Running can reduce reduce reduce re re- re- re duce or even eliminate feelings feelings feelings feel feel- ings of depression Running is a good outlet for releasing negative emotions emotions emotions emo emo- in a productive way that does not hurt you or others Anger hostility and frustration frustration frustration tion can be replaced with a feeling of calm satisfaction after engaging in a strenuous workout Anxiety can also be reduced helping you to feel more mor able to handle the stresses es that are inevitably a apart apart apart part of life Running can increase y your ur life span by adding two hours to your life for every one hour you spend running It strengthens the cardiovascular lar system causing the heart muscles to become stronger and thicker and the heart to pump blood more efficiently The pulse rate and resting pulse rate slow down Running also lowers blood cholesterol by lowering lowering lowering lower lower- ing the low-density low lipoproteins li- li lipoproteins lipoproteins referred to as L oJ me bad Daa prOU proteins lIl and anu increases in- in increases in creases the high den sity lipoproteins which are the good proteins help to transport fats which cause sticky plaque from the body back to the liver This in turn reduces the risk of heart disease Running increases the vital capacity of the lungs allowing allowing allowing allow allow- ing them to take in more air which allows you to possess more energy and live a longer life lif Running improves digestion digestion digestion diges diges- tion and elimination and raises the body tern temperature several degrees also allowing it to kill the organisms that cause disease It also increases flexibility in your joints and density in your bones which decreases the risk of sis Body fat is reduced and replaced replaced replaced re re- re- re placed with muscle as the basal metabolic rate increases 1 during and after exercise Its It's true there are many aerobic aerobic aerobic activities that result in inthe inthe inthe the same benefits as running but there are many advantages advantages advantages to running You can do it by yourself or with a group of people You Youcan Youcan Youcan can set your own speed as long as it gets your heart rate up to target You are cons constantly constantly con con- s participating You dont don't need to purchase expensive equipment or supplies You Youcan Youcan Youcan can do it any time of year and you can do it almost any any- where So what are you waiting for Go find your Reeboks and hit the pavement y t 1 S 'S S S Ora s ti S S S S k r L 51 o Y rN r A. L. L a Photo by Ed Ule Lk Jennifer Weis and Rick Weeks go running around campus |