Runner's High or: Can LSD Make You Gay? How I Ran an Ultramarathon Tripping on a Psychedelic Drug

by Lucas Simon Drake

What happens when you run 50 miles on LSD?Can LSD make you happy, gay, or even a better runner?In Runner's High Can LSD Make You Gay? Lucas Simon Drake goes on a journey to find out what happens when you combine psychedelic drugs with somethings as extreme as ultra running. He's new to both drugs and ultra running - join in on his journey and you will

Why getting high on your own supply is the best habit in the worldHow LSD and the Salem Witch Trials are connectedHow the Ultramarathon came to beHow the CIA tested LSD as a mind control substanceHow safe it is to buy drugs using BitcoinWhat happens when you run 50 miles on LSD

Are we Born to Run (on Hallucinogenic Substances)?Running fifty miles is no small feat in itself, but running fifty miles on LSD might prove an even tougher challenge. Is this the test the world needs to become a better place? Probably not - but it might just get us closer to answering the age-old can LSD make you gay?

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2019

Reviews

[B.J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grammar errors and typos abound, this reads like a 200 page long Reddit post. The reason I made this purchase to begin with was the elevator pitch that I found in the form of a race report post on r/running. I was not disappointed.

[Shane Feuz · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I came across this book, I expected an entertaining and humorous account of a unique life experience, and I was not disappointed. It is a little strange to give this a four-star rating when viewed next to the other books I typically read, but that just highlights how our enjoyment of something depends largely on our expectations. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through this story. The author's personal experiences are interspersed with background information and folklore about psychedelic drugs and ultramarathons. The pacing is well done overall, and a little light fact checking showed that the short, simplified historical anecdotes have a solid basis in reality. My only complaint and reason for the missing 5th star is the numerous spelling and grammatical errors, but they did not detract from my enjoyment of the book. At the end of it all, I join with the author in wondering over the meaning of B, fourteen, down.

[Florian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like others, I found this on Reddit and was not disappointed by what essentially amounted to an entertaining trip report (or two or three). I expected a bit more info on the actual running: the author made it sound like his training was basically running to work and back on "most" workdays but surely that can't have been enough to go out and run 50 miles in a bit more than 10 hours. Instead of running-related details, the book included some interesting background information on the history of psychedelics.

I'm going to give this one 5 stars because I thoroughly enjoyed it and I am happy to ignore the lack of professional editing because I love the idea of people self-publishing their books and selling them for cheap. More power to you!

[Shawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun little romp through a quarter-life crisis! Interspersed with bromance and drug history, and a few runs of course.

Like others have said, the ⭐️ rating is based on context - an amateur labor of love, not self-aggrandizing or sensationalist, nowhere near as overwrought as many ‘expert’ books on sports, and promo on Amazon was a nice touch.

(Pretty solid quality for a self-published book, too. A few minor edits that could be touched up in revised ebook files & POD, but nothing that really took away from the flow.)

[Tina Halbig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read

Nice brief history of the Marathon and psychedelics. The author has an interesting writing style and incorporates these different topics with humor. The author is very courageous for attempting this feat!