@pranayamarunning,
I have asthma, and it is hard to get air in or out of my lungs... I pump up before a longer run, 5k is my limit, and I train to build up all of the muscles in my stomach area that grow very tired from trying to breath against resistence... Of course, the more you train, the more your muscles will be able to function anerobically, but even then, for the first part, of a run you will require more oxigen... Mostly I go at the speed I can breathe...