cant breath when running

FauxAngel13
FauxAngel13 Posts: 156 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, I used to like 10 years ago run a lot. I'm just getting back into it but I can't breathe. I am using a hiit programme by my pt but at about 40-50 seconds into a run I'm gasping and feel like I've been winded in that I can breathe out but not in? I'm not asthmatic but since I ran last I have had a few nasty chest infections. Could that be why I can't breathe? If so what can I do?

Thanks in advance!

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  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    I thought that this was normal for ppl not used to running. Maybe you just need to get back into the swing of things. You said that it's been 10 yrs.

    ETA:
    By the way, what did your pt say?
  • pittbullgirl
    pittbullgirl Posts: 341 Member
    How can you be sure you don't have asthma or it didn't develope over the course of the 10 yrs you haven't been running?
    Perhaps its exercise induced asthma?

    Or maybe you just need a plan that takes it a bit slower?
  • mreeves261
    mreeves261 Posts: 728 Member
    Slow down. I suspect you are trying to run at a rate you did 10 years ago when you were running a lot. Not likely you can sit on the couch for a decade and pick back up where you left off.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    You're going too fast. Slow down. It takes practice to slow down.

    Exercise induced asthma tends to kick in about 20 minutes after the activity, so I'd lean more toward the whole too fast thing.
  • tlou5
    tlou5 Posts: 497 Member
    What is your daily intake? Are you eating enough to fuel your body?
  • tlou5
    tlou5 Posts: 497 Member
    Slow down. I suspect you are trying to run at a rate you did 10 years ago when you were running a lot. Not likely you can sit on the couch for a decade and pick back up where you left off.

    Ten years ago she was 12?
  • mreeves261
    mreeves261 Posts: 728 Member
    Slow down. I suspect you are trying to run at a rate you did 10 years ago when you were running a lot. Not likely you can sit on the couch for a decade and pick back up where you left off.

    Ten years ago she was 12?
    I'm just going from what she said. I can promise you I couldn't run at 22 like I did when I was 12!
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    You're going too fast. Slow down. It takes practice to slow down.

    Exercise induced asthma tends to kick in about 20 minutes after the activity, so I'd lean more toward the whole too fast thing.

    This^^. Slow down. I'm a runner with asthma. As long as I go at the proper pace for my ability, I have no problems breathing during a run (I run up to 2 hours right now).

    It takes time to figure out your pace. You'll probably go a lot slower than you think you should be going. Even with HIIT style running, you have to find a balance between the high intensity and pushing too hard.
  • FauxAngel13
    FauxAngel13 Posts: 156 Member
    My pt designed the hitt program around what he has been watching me do in the gym for over a year...he said it is normal, I had been working between 6-8.5km per hour intervals and he has pushed that to a gap of 6-12.6km per hour intervals and I am finding that easier, I am only doing six 1 minute intervals with 2-3 minutes walking in between.

    I know I am not asthmatic as I have been tested twice in the last 3-4 years, I have also tried preventative inhalers and Ventolin with no success.

    Yes, 10 years ago I was 12 ;p, I used to run for my local club and do very well.... I'm not looking to run the same distance, or in the same time as then I was running 15-20km in training sessions on a tuesday night plus races on weekends.

    I think my intake is enough? averaging between 1350 and 1500?

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