Running and getting winded

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  • WalkingGirl1985
    WalkingGirl1985 Posts: 2,046 Member
    I've been running for over a year, and still feel winded sometimes. Do not hesitate to walk to give your body time to recover and do what the other members suggest, go at a comfortable pace, where breathing is a bit easier to get more oxygen into your body. Make you eat enough and drink plenty of water.
  • xidia
    xidia Posts: 606 Member
    I tend to pace by breathing. 5 footsteps per breath = sustainable pace. 4 footsteps per breath = interval training. 3 footsteps per breath = is this hill over yet?! 6 footsteps per breath = get a move on, slacker!

    I don't know whether those numbers work for you, but my average mile time dropped from 11:30/mile to 10:15/mile over a period of weeks without me trying just by following that rhythm. Now I've been lazy for a month, I'm back to 11+ min miles for the same perceived effort. *sigh*
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    I've been running for over three years and have just recently gotten to where I don't sound like a dying buffalo when I run. Hang in there. That should get better with time :)

    LOL after 1 1/2 years of running, I STILL sound like a dying buffalo when I run (and I do lots of walking breaks). I can never sneak up on anybody....
  • SharonReitsma
    SharonReitsma Posts: 27 Member
    the same would happen to me but I would get very lightheaded as well. I just thought what many here have suggested - that I was just out of shape and still hadn't worked up my endurance... so I'd put harder and more frequently with no progress. Turns out I have a heart issue that my heart rate races disproportionate to the amount of exertion and it would cause a vaso-vagel episode.
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    How are you breathing? If your breathing fast and hard through your mouth, you'll get winded quicker. Breathe through your nose and back out your mouth. It helps slow your breathing and lets you control it better.

    ^This has really helped me.
  • HelenDootson
    HelenDootson Posts: 443 Member
    i find interval training is a good way of building aerobic capacity for longer runs.
    For example, 5 min warm up, 4mins of hard running (so you feel your lungs working hard), then 90 seconds of walking to get your heart rate and breathing back down. Repeat for a number of reps (eg, 6). Then a 5 min cool down.

    I'm going to try this as I suffer from the same problem - I'm afraid I quit and get grumpy :embarassed:

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