On long-distance running, and the detesting of

[rob_hazelnut]

    Upon asking several people, it seems I have a unique experience when running long-distance; way before my body gets tired, my esophagus hurts like hell. I don't remember if I've been tested for asthma, but I've never had an asthma attack (unless I have had one and still kept running, more than 100 times in my life). The pain sets in after about

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[doomweasel]

Actually, that doesn't sound that unusual; my throat hurts when I run, too, especially when it's cold out. (Unless you actually were talking about your esophagus (what food goes down)and not just your trachea (what air goes down), as I assumed. Your esophagus hurting would be weird.)

It's possible you have exercise-induced asthma, which basically means it only happens when you work your lungs too hard.

[rob_hazelnut]

Rob fail at body-part identification.

[daniel_phelan]

Try running slower/on a treadmill.

[rob_hazelnut]

Tried it. Tried breath control too. The only semblance of relief seems to come from non-stop practice, and that only prolongs the amount of time it takes. I suppose if I was really, really determined to run long-distances, I could, but I got better things to do, like master stick-swinging.

[raist_]

I get something similar too.

Have found that regulating breathing through nose helps. Breathing through mouth causes ragged breathing and the sensation of having a bulldozer run into my side.

I imagine the smoking doesn't help a whole lot though.