The Running Thread

Running n00b here.

I'm a rugby player, so am used to exercise etc, but not so used to extended running. Invasion games usually consist of short sprints rather than continuous jogging.

Are there any athsma sufferers? I've found it really difficult in the cold air to run comfortably. I take my inhaler before I go but it still hits me quite badly after 10 minutes or so

I suppose there's not much I can do about it but I thought I'd have a little whinge.

Also, if I were to enter races, where do you think is the best place to start? 10k in a couple of months? Half marathon maybe late summer/autumn time?

I suffered/am suffering from asthma. Started doing regular exercise a year or so back and the doctor told me my asthma was now a 'tendency to asthma' which I inheritated from my mother. From this I've worked out, if I keep up the regular exercise, it pretty much stays under control without any need for inhalers. However, I stopped running for over a week, after getting up to 1km (not much but you know) went back out and was literally dying after two minutes. Now I've had to go back to one minute run, one minute walk and build up from there.

I advise you do the same. Of course, it surprises me you can manage rugby, football always killed me! And I know what you mean about the cold weather, I try and go out when it's not frosty and find it much easier to breath. All I say is try 2 minute running, one minute walk/one minute running, one minute walk and build up from there. If you let yourself run to the point that you can't breath, you're body won't recover quick enough, whereas you should find by running but stopping before you get tired, you'll be able to build up your stamina and endurance much quicker! (I know it sounds boring, but after five weeks of just going for it, even I've realised the structured training plan might actually work).

Good luck!

Anyone else having an absolute nightmare trying to get out to run at the moment because of snow and ice?

Anyone else having an absolute nightmare trying to get out to run at the moment because of snow and ice?

I personally like to do running after a weight training workout to burn the fat a lot easier after depleting my glycogen stores.

I used to train 4x a week, but A2 dominating my life its getting reduced and I'm putting on fat whilst losing muscle. I HATE IT!

Thanks for the help!

It's definitely got better - I could hardly run without dying when I was a kid. I manage playing rugby by just taking the Becotide inhaler on top of the Salbutamol.

Hopefully when I start getting used to long distance work rather than short sprints it'll improve

I got the nike+ a couple of weeks ago now and have run 50km + in them so have given them a good test out, and I;ve got to say i've found them pretty good too!!! I'd say they're pretty much accurate within perhaps 0.5 km's or something from knowing how far the routes etc i normally go are. Anyway time im sure will tell, but for now I'm impressed and find them a great motivator whilst im on my run too!

A note - i;ve got the wristband although i do still run with my ipod, but for anyone looking to invest the wristband is recommendable as apparantly the nike+ drains the battery of ipods very quickly, so if you're doing long distance then it could run out and stop recording your run!

First run of the year today - 11.29km in 58 mins, looking at working towards a half marathon in May, so lots of time to get the distance and time i'm looking to down easily!

I've also got a fitness blog - Running into 2010... Emma's blog. Maybe people with the same kind of goals can post there too!

Happy new year! x

Anyone else "successful" in the great north run ballot?

I did manage to enter a 24 hour race though. Anyone done anything of the sort/trained for anything like that? Doing it in a team of two, so it'll be as many 10km laps as we can string together in 24 hours...