Going running certainly burns calories.  The trouble is, it also makes you hungry, makes your muscles ache, and makes you want to sleep all the time.
Here are some things I tried that I was amazed by:

Sarah's recovery drink:
(Modelled on commercial sports drinks)

Put a teaspoon of sugar in a smallish glass of water and drink it when you get in from your run.

I was amazed by the difference it made to how fast I felt better and how much less my muscles ached.
But here's my real discovery:

The big breakthrough:

Line up all your recovery food that you will be nibbling on all afternoon because you've been for a run and you're starving:
Toast, samwhiches, apples, bananas, chocolate and so on
And eat it all before you go out!
It's true!  I fell over this trick somewhere and by crikey it works.
I can now go for a run and feel normal afterwards.

And I know it's true because I can still run without eating first and get the aches and the hunger

The real result of this discovery is that where I used to go running before breakfast (sometimes), I now have breakfast and then go running.
It's great!

Mind you, that aching feeling is a kind of a trophy for a virtuous runner.  But I do get sick of it.