MFR 25: Breathing Problems for Runners
Mojo For Running Podcast
debbie voiles
4.9 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2014
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Many beginning runners complain of breathing problems. Typically, they say they can never seem to catch their breath, and I understand that if you feel like you can't breathe, you can't very well focus on improving your running. You certainly can't get comfortable and actually enjoy it, either. In fact, you will probably be incapable […]
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running, and this podcast is about breathing issues. |
| 0:07.8 | Many runners struggle with breathing. The good news is that over time, most runners will get over it. |
| 0:14.8 | I'll try to impart here, what I've learned, as well as the advice of a close friend of mine, Milt Beddingfield. |
| 0:21.7 | Milt has a degree in exercise physiology, and at my request, he recently wrote a guest |
| 0:27.1 | article from my blog about this very problem. First, let's look at Milt's recommendations. |
| 0:33.8 | Milt points out, and wisely so, that if you have trouble catching your breath or have shortness of breath, |
| 0:40.3 | the first thing to do is get checked out by a physician to rule out any health issue. |
| 0:45.6 | One thing your physician will evaluate is whether you could have exercise-induced asthma. |
| 0:51.6 | If that turns out to be the case, it shouldn't stop you from running. WebMD. |
| 0:56.5 | provides a list of Olympians who competed despite having asthma. That includes runner, Jackie |
| 1:02.3 | Joyner, Kersey, and NBA star Dennis Rodman. So be sure to get checked out. If you were |
| 1:08.5 | to discover that you have exercise-induced asthma, |
| 1:11.5 | your doctor could help. Assuming there is no medical reason, Milt offers these possible |
| 1:16.7 | explanations. One, you may be starting out too fast and getting into oxygen debt. |
| 1:24.6 | Failure to properly warm up can result in the inability of your aerobic system to ramp up in time to provide adequate energy for your working muscle cells. |
| 1:34.3 | This can cause breathing to become more rapid but shallow, leaving you feeling breathless and panting. |
| 1:40.3 | Number 2. |
| 1:41.3 | Running too soon after a meal may be the problem. 70% of your blood volume is shifted to your gut area after eating, |
| 1:49.0 | leaving little blood to deliver oxygen, nutrients, energy, and energy to the muscles being used when you try to run. |
| 1:57.0 | Number 3. Running in hot weather can have the same effect. |
| 2:01.5 | When temperatures are high and your body heats up, large quantities of blood that under much |
| 2:07.2 | cooler conditions circulate through the lungs and muscular system, leave the main circulatory |
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