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elai · 12-20-2006, 08:23 PM

Several years ago, while I was in high school, there was this one gym class where we were playing soccer on a field. Somewhere around the middle of it, I felt like if "charged" myself (best way to put it) for every sprint, up my endurance went up significantly and I was able to run back and forth on the field without loosing breath, feeling like I'm exercising, or all the other things you get when you run. Usually although, running back and forth was a challenge for me and after about 1 or 2 fields worth of running I had to slow down to catch my breath and recover. But with this continuous "charging" I didn't need to slow down, catch my breath, or really huff and puff at all. Afterwards when the entire class was walking/running back to the school (the field was a kilometre or two away) I was able to "charge" myself up and I ran back, ahead of the entire class by a significant distance to the school by myself. The "charging" feeling although started to "peter out" when I was near the school.

I was never able to get that feeling again. I am wondering if anyone else have had a similar experience? Is this just the feeling of being fit? What was it?

12-20-2006, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
elai Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 49	Strange "Athletic Feeling" Several years ago, while I was in high school, there was this one gym class where we were playing soccer on a field. Somewhere around the middle of it, I felt like if "charged" myself (best way to put it) for every sprint, up my endurance went up significantly and I was able to run back and forth on the field without loosing breath, feeling like I'm exercising, or all the other things you get when you run. Usually although, running back and forth was a challenge for me and after about 1 or 2 fields worth of running I had to slow down to catch my breath and recover. But with this continuous "charging" I didn't need to slow down, catch my breath, or really huff and puff at all. Afterwards when the entire class was walking/running back to the school (the field was a kilometre or two away) I was able to "charge" myself up and I ran back, ahead of the entire class by a significant distance to the school by myself. The "charging" feeling although started to "peter out" when I was near the school. I was never able to get that feeling again. I am wondering if anyone else have had a similar experience? Is this just the feeling of being fit? What was it?