Posts tagged cortisol
Running from Stress or Stress from Running?

For me, running has always been one of my biggest forms of stress relief. 
All I needed was some alone time on a pretty trail with an amazing playlist and I'd feel refreshed and grounded.  That was, until the day my long run came to a screeching halt when I found out exactly how much extra stress I was putting on my body and the hormonal havoc I was experiencing because of it. 

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