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Originally Posted by Jinksie
i would love to be a jogger/runner but i feel like im dying when i try. My liver hurts (right side "stitch") - even if i've not drank much, and my lungs burn.
Did you ladies have the same thing? and how did you over come it?
I remember in 07 when i tried running, after about 2 weeks, my left ankle would hurt during an exercise DVD or crack. So i gave it up  |
It sounds to me like you're trying to go much too fast! Slow down. A lot. No matter how slow you start out, you're building up the leg/butt/hip muscles and cardiovascular endurance needed for running, and eventually you can go faster. Measure out a distance somewhere, or go to a track, and time yourself to see how fast you're going... then try to run that distance more slowly. I run at about 5mph, or a 12-minute mile. It's slow, and I'm always going to come in just before the walkers in a race, but that's what my short little legs and still-out-of-shape body can handle.
Also, focus on your breathing -- if you're taking really shallow breaths and expanding at your chest instead of your stomach, that can lead to the side cramps. Take deep, full breaths, breathing in through your nose and out through your moth as much as possible. (The pathway from your nose to your lungs filters and humidifies the air more efficiently, so it's easier on your lungs.)
The ankle pain could have been from bad shoes... we've beaten the shoe topic into the ground already so I don't need to say any more, lol. If you had good running shoes that fit well... maybe you were just doing too much too soon? It's good to start out slowly with a running program... slowly build up your distance, and don't run two days back to back at first.
