Why can't my body handle any longer than a 3 minute run?!


Question: Why can't my body handle any longer than a 3 minute run?
Today I went on a run just to get some exercise because I am skinny and eat very healthy(raw vegan), but Im not in very good shape.
I started off with stretching then a fast walk to get warmed up, then I started running and I kid you not, after three minutes of running at an average pace, I had to sit down on the concrete and put my head between my knees.
I drank lots of water before hand and took some with me, and I ate something beforehand but that was 2 hours ago I did.
Yet I tasted food at the back of my mouth, started seeing white spots, and got dizzy and a pounding head ache, and I was breathing so hard I probably sounded insane.

=(! I felt like such a loser! What can I do to improve my running? I didnt run anymore after that because I really was about to faint and throw up.
Any tips??
could I just be, not the running type? Should I give up?
Thank you & God Bless & Semper Fi <3

Answers:

Don't give up!! What's happening to you happens to alot of beginning runners. Here's what's going on:

1) Running is uniquely hard because it requires your entire body to work at once, at a high speed. Leg and arm muscles, heart and lungs, everything! Exercise videos, walking, hiking, even weight machines don't have the same kind of intensity as running. That's one reason you're having trouble-- running is just plain tough!

2) In addition, your diaphragm and lungs aren't conditioned. That's why the dizziness, pounding and hard breathing; lack of air flow. Air flow, more than anything, gives beginning runners problems. Your diaphragm is the muscle in your abdomen that makes your lungs move. (You feel it most when you're blowing up a balloon.) During a run, your diaphragm has to work way harder, and if it's not used to running, it tires quickly. Your lungs also require conditioning; they need to increase their capacity to take in air quickly and efficiently, making the most out of what you breathe in. The average unfit adult can only hold their breath for about a minute to a minute and a half, with only a small amount of air; professional athletes, especially runners, can do so for twice that time and with TEN TIMES the amount of air. During your brief run, your lungs couldn't take in enough air, nor were they able to expel enough carbon dioxide (which results in a "stitch in the side").

3) A raw vegan diet is way healthier than what many people are eating. However, it's not ideal for exercise (which is why there are extremely few truly vegan professional athletes). Your body requires recently stored, easily digested carbohydrates for quick energy and complex, lean proteins for sustained activity; professional runners tend to eat lots and lots of cooked carbs the day before a big run, in the form of potatoes, pasta, whole grain cereals, rice, yogurt and processed oats (oatmeal, etc) and small amounts of lean meat throughout training to build stronger muscles. For more information on a runner's diet, check out: http://www.runaddicts.net/health-nutriti… Three professional vegan athletes are Scott Jurek, ultra marathon runner, Molly Cameron, cyclist, and Robert Cheek, bodybuilder. (Mike Tyson claims he's vegan, but he knows he's a liar.) Researching their diets might help you balance your lifestyle with the need for better fuel.

4) Running is all about the conditioning. Remember, your body needs a chance to work up to it! Virtually no one can start to run and do well at it right away. Try running for 30 seconds and walking for 2 minutes, repeat for 15-30 minutes a day, and then after a few days increase the running, etc etc until you're running more than walking. There's a specific program called "Couch to 5K" that outlines this method, an incredibly easy and effective way to start running: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/…

You can do it!!



ask a doctor. i hav asthma so i cant run for that long and i feel like i might faint. if u ask ur parents and they dont knw and no 1 on this web could say y u should really c a doctor. hope this helped



I have no idea :( The only reason I can't run for 3 minutes is cause my belly's too fat, it feels like my organs are getting tied into knots... sooo much pain x(



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