Everytime i run..i get out of breath....i mean, i can run for a while...but then my breathing starts getting out of control...well thats what i think....and i fell like im gasping for air...i dunno what to do!!! i wanna be good for cross country...but i fell like panaking when i cant breath very well...i mean, i see everybody else breathing like nothing...and i wonder why i cant breath like that. can any runners help...???? or just anybody???
2006-08-14 07:23:39 · 11 answers · asked by LO 2 in Sports ➔ Olympics
I agree with many of the others... check with a doctor for allergy or asthma conditions, first. Eliminate soda, and avoid caffeine, as well as the obvious of no smoking anything!
Begin your Cross Country conditioning gradually, and work up to longer distances and faster paces. Maybe begin with only 1 or 2 miles, and add another mile per week. (This is EXTREMELY gradual for this sport!)
The more time (days, weeks) and distance you go, the more you will ultimately improve, and the more enjoyable it will be for you.
Try running with a teammate who is similar speed to you. Don't need to push to run with the fastest on the team - that can come later, when you are better prepared, and conditioned. Patience - we are NOT sprinters!
2006-08-15 04:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by Dan G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just practice running try and push past the out of breath stage and slowly increase the distance you can run unti you lose your beath so start with an easy quarter mile and slow increae the distane you run until you can complete the run without gettin too puffed out. but note that everyone gets short of breath by running even olympic athletes!
2006-08-14 14:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by barhud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 things: Lay off the soft drinks (and smoking if applicable)
Practice breathing (for lung capacity)
Run more (for muscle memory)
These three things will lower the energy it takes to complete "a stride" and increase the number you can do for the same amount of energy.
2006-08-14 23:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by favre406 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i run to if you r like tht u should ask your doctor about an inhalor and use before the race or when running breath in through your nose and out thruigh your mouth
2006-08-14 14:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by Chelsea Rae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.it'll help to make a rhythm to do it...for example use each time your feet hit the ground as a beat. breathe in for two beats and out for two, and keep repeating this pattern.
good luck!
2006-08-14 14:35:13 · answer #5 · answered by KatyBeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the military they make you call cadence to help keep our breathing in check. Maybe if you silently said cadence as you run it will help you breathing.
2006-08-14 14:30:52 · answer #6 · answered by boer84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um... that could be bad I would ask your doctor to test and see if you asthmatic cause that sound like an asthma attack.
2006-08-14 14:31:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get checked out for asthma or allergies if you haven't yet.
2006-08-14 14:29:55 · answer #8 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pesrsonally to me it sounds like your doing more than your able to. go at your own pace. i mean yeah, push yourself, but u don't want to push yourself to where you can't finish your run, if you have to cut down on your milage!!!!
2006-08-16 23:05:14 · answer #9 · answered by willthegreat07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya that happens to me i just suffer through it
2006-08-14 14:29:14 · answer #10 · answered by mr.christie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋