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Dec 20 2007, 5:44 am
By: Ryan

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Dec 20 2007, 5:44 am Ryan Post #1

Excerpt from Wikipedia.org,

Quote from Wikipedia

"Second wind is a phenomenon in distance running, such as marathons or road running, whereby an athlete who is too out of breath and tired to continue suddenly finds the strength to press on at top performance with less exertion. The feeling may be similar to that of a "runner's high", the most obvious difference being that the runner's high occurs after the race is over.[1] Some scientists believe the second wind to be a result of the body finding the proper balance of oxygen to counteract the buildup of lactic acid in the muscles.[2] Others claim second winds are due to endorphin production, while still others believe it to be purely psychological."

My friend went to a school where the teachers trained their students to use their second wind. My friend experienced his second wind while running the mile, and got five minutes and twenty-three seconds. (5:23) I think that's purely amazing. The mile records go as low as three minutes and forty-three seconds. (3:43) God I love Wikipedia...

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Dec 21 2007, 4:53 am

~:Deathawk:~ Post #2

Not that I know anything about second wind, but 5:23 isn't that great of a mile time. I can probably run sub 5:30 right now without training for it at all.

but yeah, it still sounds cool. I've never experienced runners high either, and to be honest, I feel like complete junk after each and every race.. the worst symptom being I get an EXTREMELY itchy mouth and gum after EVERY RACE. It's the worst feeling ever!

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Dec 21 2007, 7:50 am Ryan Post #3

Quote from ~:Deathawk:~

Not that I know anything about second wind, but 5:23 isn't that great of a mile time.

Now that's all good and true, but we're talking about a 13 year old who weighs 233 pounds. The original fastest time at our school was like 6:43 or something like that.

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Dec 21 2007, 6:48 pm

blacklight28 Post #4

Wow. Someone at my school won first in state and he's 12 btw and got like in the top 200 in the junior olympics i think. I wonder if he's experienced stuff like second wind and runner's high.

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Dec 23 2007, 6:08 am

FatalException Post #5

Quote from blacklight28

Wow. Someone at my school won first in state and he's 12 btw and got like in the top 200 in the junior olympics i think. I wonder if he's experienced stuff like second wind and runner's high.

What was he competing in? My brother went to Kansas for cross country running in the JO earlier this month.

I wonder what they call it in trumpet players...

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