Runner's high decoded

In the runner's high or "flow" state where we feel best, perform best & are on a roll with rapid-fire problem-solving:

• Any brain structure that would hamper the heightened awareness & attention state, is shut off.
• Brain waves hover between day-dreaming and the radical idea-combining state just befor falling asleep.
• The 5 chemicals that go into upping attention, pattern recognition, lateral thinking, muscle reaction time...are all pleasure-inducing and performance enhancing brain chemicals.