"I'm not a runner"

So when you are talking about the arms being a shorter pendulum, you mean keep your arms bent, not straight down by your side.  Thank you for posting I hadn't really thought about what my arms are doing when I'm running!

This is the 2nd time this week I have heard of "Chi Running", I must look into it!  Gald you had a great run, there is nothing better than when everything lines up and it almost feels effortless - the run we push through all the 'other' runs to fi...

I love, love my Garmin, mine is new my friend has had hers for years and loves it. 

My sister just picked it up for me at the store!!! Gonna have it this afternoon and go try it tonight! I was hesitating between this one and a Garmin, but liked way more the look of the nike! Yeah yeah, I'm that kind...

This guy reviews sportswatches (and much more) in great detail. I found it to be a great tool when I last upgraded my watch.

Have a look at this link as there are a few comments on the sportswatch in it... Mike

Hi there!

I just started running and in my training plan, some distances are specified. I am looking forward to buy a gps watch and the one interesting me is the Nike Tomtom sportswatch. Has any of you have any hint, good or bad experience? Thank...

Hello Tea, it is just a thought to add to the useful suggestions about warming up. How fast are you running? It is just that although you are clearly already very fit, when you run it works the lungs really hard, and...

I used to have a hard time breathing while running as well and the more I focused on it the harder it became! I started running with music and forgot to think abiut the breathing. Running with others also helped. Tal...

I had the same problem not long after I started running with me I think it was a combination of poor quality running shoes and needing to build up muscle strength as when I upgraded my running shoes the pain would st...

It's pretty much gone now and I went for a run this morning and it hasnt recurred. Guessing it was all the downhill pounding from Monday - would so love to use it as an excuse to avoid hills but I think that might be...

Without having seen you, I'd go with a longer warm up period. Try easing into your run. As for not knowing howmagic

It's difficult to say for sure without actually going on a run with you but from my experience I find If i just go straight out on a run without warming up I struggle with my breathing until my heart rate has caught...

Are you a smoker ????   not saying that you are but that always hindered me massively .. also sounds like you are trying to runn too fast too soon .. whats the pace .. have you got a monitor . are you sprinting or ju...

I had this very same problem when I began running, I ran and then after hip pains. I thought "I will get stronger and it will go away" and it didn't, bought new running shoes and did a proper foot test thing, still di...

I used to have this, and perhaps it is your breathing, but I found a few things that helped. A good chest opening warm up (much like ones done in acting and singing classes) arm swings and wind mills and other ones th...

Thanks Colleen - and yes it will def be getting a few days rest :)

To be honest I have no idea . I am thinking (with my awesome google skills on hip anatomy) that it is potentially my IT band - certainly appears to be in that area.

Could you eleaborate by what you mean by sore hips? Are we talking like deep bone pain, hip flexor, or IT band?

So I ran up a hill on Monday (ok I mostly walked up a hill on Monday) and then I ran all the way down. I was feeling very proud of myself (still am lol) and very excited because my knees didn't hurt during or after (my knees being one of those rea...

Bought a pair of Saucony Progrid Ride 5 and been running in them since mid january.   They`re alright, not the best trainers by far.  I usually run in Asics and will be going back to them when these are done.

Just bought myself a pair of Asics Gel Kayanos and man am I in love!! Went for a 5k run yesterday (first time I've run a whole 5k without stopping in about a decade) and they felt great! I suffer from pronated ankles...