Hello, i have posted a new thread to ask advice on 'Cross Country'. For those of you who dont know, it is LONG distance running though the country.

I need a few hints/tips and advice on breathing, what to eat before/after, drinking, stitches, footing, pace and any other things.

All i know about breathing is that you breath in with your nose and out with your mouth.

What to eat before - i eat nothing because getting a stitch is the worst thing that could happen.

Drinking - Some water just before the run

Stitches - i always seem to get stitches when running, and i never eat anything before. I want to know how to stop stitches in the stomach.

Footing - Someone said that when u put your left foot down, you breath in and your right u breath out. Its something like that anyway.

Pace - How slow or fast should i go?

All of the above are comments on the things i would like advice about. If you dont want to write all this advice please show me a website on all of this, because i have searched google but found nothing.

by the way, what time do you run a kilometer in? My average is about 3 mins 40ish.

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Footing - Someone said that when u put your left foot down, you breath in and your right u breath out. Its something like that anyway.

More for regular breathing than anything, trying to force yourself for steadiness. I prefer only to follow advice if it maximizes muscle usefulness.

As for running, go light for the distance, not fast for the short run. Do the same distance, only faster each time. If you can keep it steady to a good length, then increase it and see if you can keep it going longer.

I'm not much of a runner, either.

quote kini

Eat a light breakfast before you start running, you do need some energy & breakfast will do that. Maybe a small bowl of cereal (maybe add some fruit?).
The stitches might be from not eating.

I can't really give any more advice than that as I am now in a wheelchair due to some idiot who decided he would screw my spine up but when I did run I found that I would run out of breath running fast so maybe start with a soft jog & keep the pace until you feel comftable enough to go a bit faster.

I'd advise eating a higher energy breakfast, such as some toast, eggs and some juice or something. For me, cereal never give me enough energy.

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by the way, what time do you run a kilometer in? My average is about 3 mins 40ish.

Bloody hell.

I ran 10 km in 44 mins, first time.

And I did a 4.2 km run in 17 mins 45 secs.

Never done 1 km though, but that's pretty damn fast (your time)

quote mattie005

Hello, i have posted a new thread to ask advice on 'Cross Country'. For those of you who dont know, it is LONG distance running though the country.

I need a few hints/tips and advice on breathing, what to eat before/after, drinking, stitches, footing, pace and any other things.

All i know about breathing is that you breath in with your nose and out with your mouth.

What to eat before - i eat nothing because getting a stitch is the worst thing that could happen.

Drinking - Some water just before the run

Stitches - i always seem to get stitches when running, and i never eat anything before. I want to know how to stop stitches in the stomach.

I am not cross-counrty buff but from the sound of it I don't think you have it right, I assume cross country is relatively long, therefore you will need some sort of energy that will be released throughout your run, you will need stuff with sugar to get you going, however a sugar high only lasts for a few minutes, you also need something slower to keep you going with energy, potatoes are good.