IPod music randomly skips songs, stops, starts, uses up battery

I've had a problem that appears sporadically when I go for a long run (over 40 minutes or so). After playing reliably for 40 minutes or so, the IPod on my Iphone 3G starts skipping, stopping and starting randomly, kicks in when I've paused the song, etc.
I tried everything I could think of: I turned off the "shake and shuffle" feature, switched to "airplane" mode just in case there might be a problem with 3g or wifi. The only thing that worked was turning off the Iphone and restarting it. However, when i started the Ipod feature again, the same thing happens.
It's driving me crazy!

Hi Victoria,
First, I'd try a Reset and then a Restore. Just note that by doing a restore, all your music will be removed from your iPod, so make sure it's all backed up somewhere.
Hope this helps,
-Travis

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I am facing a trouble with my iPod, there are some songs that it keeps skipping, see, it starts playing the song, and every time at the same second of the music, it just skips the song and goes to the next one of the list.
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