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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: THEREALsmartasscoach Subject: RE: Stitches, breathing, and racing Body: Side-stitches are sometimes caused by the coupling between stride rate and breathing rate. So if foot strike happens when you exhale, you might cause the diaphragm to start cramping. So changing your breathing rate and/or your stride rate will usually fix the problem. Another thing you might want to investigate is if you're a "shallow breather." A lot of athletes don't use the diaphragm enough when training, and then when racing the diaphragm is called up to do a lot more work and cramps up. Learn to breathe from your "belly" not your chest, fix lying down and just pushing your abdomen in and out, but progressing to practice that kind of breathing when you're out running. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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