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Clarissa Brincat

Does time 'go slower' when you're exercising?

A man cycling on a flat road.

Time may fly when you're having fun, but at other times, it seems to crawl along at a glacial pace. For many, time seems to move more slowly while they exercise — you glance at the clock between miles on the treadmill or sets in the weightroom, and you discover that your last half hour of effort was actually only 10 minutes long.

So do people really sense time differently during exercise? And if so, why is that?

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