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EDR #47: Addicted to running? How and why we become addicted to running with Toomas Gross
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Hey! We runners often talk about being 'addicted to running'. Sometimes this feels like a bit of an exaggeration: but probably it's true. Running gives us a dopamine hit. We gain 'tolerance' for it, which means we need more for the same hit and then we suffer from withdrawal symptoms when we can't get a score. I discussed this matter of 'running addiction' with Toomas Gross, a social-cultural anthropologist based at the University of Helsinki in Finland. I also spoke with Toomas about what running 'looks like' in Estonia (where he lives) and Finland (where he works).
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