{"id":34420,"date":"2022-08-23T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runsociety.com\/?p=34420"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T04:01:50","slug":"solo-running-run-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runsociety.com\/training\/solo-running-run-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo Running: Amazing Things Can Happen to Those Who Run Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Alan Sillitoe\u2019s 1959 short story, “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner,” was published and turned into an award-winning film in 1962, running had yet to become the worldwide phenomenon we experience today.<\/p>\n

The movie\u2019s hero adopted running as his way of physically and emotionally escaping from life\u2019s realities, and for contemporary runners, that motivation can often be the same.<\/p>\n

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When you run solo, you\u2019re never really alone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What is a Solo Run?<\/h2>\n

Happily, most solo runners quickly find that there\u2019s no reason to be fearful of running alone<\/a>. In fact, solo runners tell anyone willing to listen about the joy they experience when they run alone.<\/p>\n

In doing so, they escape from a chaotic, confusing world that offers no relief from pressures and stress, finding comfort in the silence or music that accompanies their journeys.<\/p>\n

Is it Better to Run Alone or With Someone?<\/h2>\n

Versatility is another reason solo runners<\/strong> celebrate companion-free time on roads, streets, tracks and even when running races. They\u2019re not obligated to obey someone else\u2019s time schedule, many discover that both their mind and body re-calibrate, and runners regularly tackle weighty issues and problems with new clarity borne of their time alone.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the reason solo runners finish up sweaty, elated and oftentimes euphoric!<\/p>\n

Benefits of Running Alone<\/h2>\n

According to writer Katie Rose Quandt, \u201cHumans have a complicated relationship with being alone. The benefits of solitude are praised by spiritual leaders, philosophers, and artists, and in a recent survey, 85-percent of adults said it\u2019s important to them to spend some time completely alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This psychological reality has been studied by too many researchers to be denied.<\/p>\n

Pair those benefits with big doses of the endorphins released by the brain while running that trigger a natural high<\/a>, and this chemical reaction can change everything about the way you view seemingly unsolvable problems.<\/p>\n

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In fact, it takes so long for those feel-good chemicals stop flooding the brain and body after running, benefits continue long past one\u2019s natural recovery period<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can online running events<\/strong> like the upcoming Solo Run Online Race<\/a> impact the lives of today\u2019s busy runners? Dramatically so.<\/p>\n