Today was not supposed to be a running day but the sunshine was so gorgeous and the sea a sparkling blue and the fells - snow free at last - so awesome... well, you get the idea. Who would want to stay indoors on a day like today.
As Jasper has hurt his foot, a long walk with him was out of the question, so I thought I would pop in another run.
This did not go well, but taking the positive from it, I learn from these days. The problems, as usual, start to occur around the 15 minute mark. I have read many runners with asthma will warm up to bring this on, as once this has settled you can often continue relatively problem free. I think there is something in this. Reviewing my own running over the past months, on longer runs I have remarked that the first couple of miles were awful but then I got into it. This is much more than just finding your rhythm, or warming up.
I'm not quite sure how to go about trying this out though - I guess it is just a case of plugging on, but it is a tricky call as I don't wanna go off too far if I am going to have problems. Hmm, will have to give this some thought. Wonder if warming up indoors is the answer, although I haven't managed to set off the asthma through indoor exercise so far, so probably not.
Anyway, I am not going to get disheartened by this - after all, it wasn't even a running day!
A woman passed me as I was using my inhaler whilst sitting on the road side, she kindly checked if I was okay, I told her I would be okay and thanked her, adding 'I shouldn't run up hills', she replied 'you shouldn't be running at all with asthma, dear'.
She is kind, but wrong.
One step at a time.... eventually you'll get back to it. :)
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