Running Help

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  • sheetsofheaven
    sheetsofheaven Posts: 57 Member
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    Congratulations, I admire all you runners. I just started "trying" to run and am finding it very difficult to breath! Any tips for beginners?

    invest in a heart rate monitor
    you may have to start out so slow it feels like you are actually walking, but you have to train your heart to beat a little slower so you can breathe easier. BEST thing I ever did for exercising was getting a heart rate monitor. Couch to 5k program is fabulous, but if you are having problems breathing, you are running too fast :) you should be able to sing along to a song ---- that's perfect pace. As you practice that, it gets easier and you get faster :)
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    LOL! Singing and running....two things I am terrible at! Thanks for the tip, maybe I am just trying to run to fast!
  • kelsully
    kelsully Posts: 1,008 Member
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    Any new distance can be intimidating....a few things I tried to do...run in the most scenic spots available to you...go a tad over on cals. The night before...know some runs are just awesome and some just aren't but even a not great run is still a great day running
  • kym38
    kym38 Posts: 48
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    Sorry, but scenic is not available in ND. Flooding is, but not scenic! :)

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