Comments on: Running by yourself is not so good

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:55:56 +0000

Good point about the emotions and hormone production. I hadn’t thought of that angle.

By: matt hartman

matt hartman — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:05:31 +0000

Yeah, I tend to see that this could be somewhat true, although I think personality and mind-set could also be able to reverse the effects. I think the article seems to be combining two related things, assuming that if one made it bad, then combining the other would make it worse.

Running was found to increase neuron generation only when rats were housed in groups.

Also, we can’t really compare rats to people at any time when personality can play in, because I’m sure there are plenty of studies out there that would show that emotions affect our hormone production. It seems like the article might be assuming things while overlooking other factors. I can see how this could be true for some people who run just to keep in shape, or to be part of a social group, as opposed to people who have peronal goals in running, whether they be competitive or not. I agree there are a lot of unanswered questions, but it is still an interesting study.

By: Does time of day affect clarity of mind on a run? « Run to Win »

Does time of day affect clarity of mind on a run? « Run to Win » — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:50:26 +0000

[...] In a recent comment by Scott, he asked if I found much difference in my clarity of mind depending upon the time of day that I run. Time of day does not seem to have a big impact for me. How tired or stressed I am seems to have a bigger impact, as well as what kind of workout I am doing. [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:21:02 +0000

I don’t blame you guys for being a bit skeptical on this one. There are just too many unanswered questions in that article to draw any real conclusions.

Incidentally Blaine, do you find much difference in your clarity of mind depending on the time of day of your run?

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:14:37 +0000

I agree with your agreement.

By: Beautiful

Beautiful — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:18:46 +0000

I will have to agree with you on this one. Though the article certainly didn’t go through an in-depth analysis of the study and there could be more to it than we know, the article, at least, failed to take into account several possible variances, not the least of which is that lab rats live a relatively boring life and cannot possibly have all that much to think about or reflect on when running alone. I know that when I run for long periods of time, my brain goes into a creative overdrive, going through solutions to several problems and thinking forward into future endeavors. So, while I can understand how running alone may hurt my social interaction skills, I won’t believe it is actually bad for my brain until I see a study done on beings that have reason for contemplation while completing those 20 mile runs.