Runners Are Using Weed to Make Long Runs Less Miserable

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Runners Are Using Weed to Make Long Runs Less Miserable




Running while stoned is therapeutic. It helps me concentrate on the small movements of my body."


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<a class="contributor__link hed-xs" href="https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/contributor/mike-darling" title="Mike Darling">Mike Darling</a>




Mar 8 2018









In 2013, Carolyn Ford* began to use marijuana to complement her distance running regimen. Ford, a 28-year-old public relations professional who lives in New York City, had just begun training for her first 100-mile ultramarathon, and found that the time spent on her feet was monotonous and uncomfortable. A typical training session could last as long as four or five hours, two days in a row. Weed, she thought, just might make the sessions more bearable.









I would put on all of my running clothes, she says, and at the door I would take 3 or 4 gravity bong hits and then immediately start the run. A self-described anxious competitor, Ford also says she had trouble processing food while runninga necessity when burning thousands of calories over the course of a single workout. In addition to calming her nerves, she says, cannabis gave her the appetite she needed to adequately fuel......














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