While many runners favor comparisons to intoxicants, others liken the high to a spiritual experience. In The Runner’s High, Dan Sturn describes tears streaming down his face during mile seven of his morning jog. “I flew closer and closer to the place mystics and shamans and acidheads all try to describe. Each moment became precious. I felt simultaneously all alone and completely connected.” Still others draw parallels not to alcohol or religion, but to love.
