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» barkbuster - Having some problems running lately

Hi,
I have been running since about the beginning of May(about 2 1/2 months now), there is a park in my area that has a loop that goes around the park that is 1 mile long, I started out doing 1 mile (about 10 minutes)three times a week, after a few weeks I went 2 miles (20 minutes) three times a week, up to then I was not having a problem so I started to run the 2 miles every day which was ok but The more I read on getting fit the more I was getting the hint that I should be getting 30 minutes of a workout in so I started doing 3 miles(30 minutes) but went back to 3 times a week Monday,Tuesday and Friday) and lately it has really been hard and seems like it is getting harder, sometimes towards the end of my jog my hand gets a little tingle in it(sort of like my hand is starting to fall a sleep) it has been very hot here lately but I run at about 8pm so it is not in the heat of the day, I thought that I should be well up to do the 30 minutes of jogging by now at almost 3 months of doing it but now I am a little worried. I am 39 years old and wondering if I am over doing it, sometimes my breathing is fine but other times my breathing is all out of whack, can you tell me if I am going about this wrong. I do this to train for dirt bike racing that I do on Sundays and it has helped out a great bit for endurance and strength in my legs and I am afraid if I stop running I will not have an advantage on the bike. I also do this to lose weight, I still need to lose about 20 pounds and it seems like I am not losing to much more. any help would be great.
Thanks,
Joe

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