It's a bottle of Sanatogen Dave, congrats on the V50 you have to take what you can when you get to our age. BTW to keep on topic, I breathe when I need to.

After reading this topic I have discovered I breath in for 3 and out for 3 quite naturally, until that is I try for a sprint finish!  I did read somewhere about not breathing out on a right step, or maybe it is the other way around!  I tried both today but did not seem to make much of a difference, perhpas I just don't run hard enough.

LOL :)

I was certainly breathing quicker, and deeper, this morning - and it got me a shiny new 10k PB!

I did think about my breathing at one point, but I couldn't figure out what pattern I was using. I think my body diverts blood flow to the leg muscles and away from the brain!

I found out later that I should have gone to the presentations, as I missed receiving the fastest M50 prize! Fortunately I know the race director, so I should get it soon, whatever it is...

TBH I don't generally give it much thought when I'm out there - I'll be concentrating on other stuff.

All sounds a bit complicated to me. I just breath when i need to, which is on every foot down at the moment LOL

I think I read somewhere that if you breath out on a right step the relative motion of the diaphragm and the liver (which is on the right) can cause a cramp.

I think it's more likely to be caused by running too soon after eating, or by drinking too much/too concentrated, high-carb drinks like reconstituted orange juice.

Stitch is just a kind of cramp, so is likely, I'd have thought, to be due to an imbalance of salts in the body, possibly due to high levels of another solute making it difficult for the body to move salts around. But hey - what do I know?! Maybe it's all down to eeer! ;)

One piece of advice for getting rid of side stiches that seems to work is ...'Run faster' ...painful, but it works, presumably by changing your breathing to deeper breaths. Eeer maybe!

It works for me!

There's loads of stuff on this all over the web - just try googling "breathing running" - but I like this: http://www.runtheline.com/2345/running-breathing-tips#

For the record, I couldn't actually tell you how I breath while running, without going for a run to check it out! I do know it changes from time to time, like when I'm working extra hard, maybe up a steep bank in a XC race or a sprint finish in a 5k, or even when I've gone off too hard and have to 'catch' my breath!

I'd say stick to a rhythm of some sort, whether it be 'in for two - out for two', 'in for three - out for three', 'in for three - out for two', or whatever - whichever suits you at the pace you're running!

Although I'm still new to runningI've noticed (at last) if I can get my breathing into some sort of rhythm to go with my feet then not only is everything easier but my breathing seems more efficient and effective. Suddenly runs become less hard work.

Also I did my first 10k race (The Run Northampton) and this breathing certainly helped. Most of the time I seem to run best breathing in for two paces and out for two paces. Are there other rhythms that could be useful and where can I find something to read about this topic.

Thanks

Dennis