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posted: 8/1/2008 at 5:54 PM |
| Has anyone ever had the problem where they found it really, really hard to take a deep breath while running? I was towards the end of a long run (15 M) and I could not seem to catch my breath. I know that sounds like a normal thing, but I could not take a deep breath and fill my lungs. It felt like I had a tight belt around my chest (not painful) but constricting and I was taking several small breaths breathing really heavy. Scared me, I did slow down (not like I was really going fast in the first place) and it did go away. Just never happened to me before. |
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posted: 8/1/2008 at 6:20 PM |
I sometimes experience a slight exercise-induced asthma when running in high-humidity, but that feels more like a narrowing of the airway. Take care of yourself and don't take any chances. I'm in GA and after a few scary ends to my runs, I've pretty much banished myself to the TM  until our temps get cooler. |
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posted: 8/1/2008 at 6:52 PM |
I peeked at your log and saw that you rated this run a 10/10 for effort but only a 2/10 for quality. Seeing that you didn't put any notes about your run in there it sounds like you were running too fast. A long run should not have an effort of 10/10 and a quality so low as a 2/10.  Something is wayyyyy out of balance here.
Another clue was that you said you coudln't get a deep breath. Next time you go out for a long run, leave the watch at home, run by feel. If you start huffing and puffing for breath, you're running too fast for a long run.
During a long run you should be able to speak comfortably and your breathing should be deeper than normal but not labored or with the feeling that you can't get a good breath in. Your pacing should feel like you could run that forever.
You may have a bad long run every once in a while but you should always feel like you get something out of them. When I see ratings of 1, 2, or 3, that tells me you got little to nothing out of it because you effort was off the charts at a race pace (10/10).
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posted: 8/1/2008 at 6:59 PM |
| I'm asthmatic (was exercise-induced for a few years, but as of this spring went persistent) and on meds (Advair 250/50) that work really well most of the time, but when it's humid I still struggle a LOT. How is your breathing when you run and the humidity and temperature are low? Have you talked to your doctor? I definitely would. Asthma can be very dangerous and is relatively easily treated...definitely worth looking into further. |
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posted: 8/1/2008 at 8:03 PM |
Like Zoom, when you described it as a narrowing of the airway my ears perked up. It's one thing to breathe hard--like when you're running a tempo run or a 5k and you're just breathing hard cause man, this is a tough pace--and another to have a difficult time breathing b/c of an asthma attack or--what I've had--an allergic reaction. This is what I thought of when you described the constricting.
I was diagnosed with allergy-induced asthma when I went to the dr over a stubborn cough. The dumb thing is that the cough was somewhat productive. I'd been on antibiotics about three months before for an upper-respiratory infection, so I figured that's what it was from, but the doctor could hear the wheezing. He put me on Advair for thirty days and the coughing stopped. Went off the Advair, coughing returned. I couldn't believe I was asthmatic b/c I never struggle to breathe when I run, but there you go.
I mention this b/c you may have some symptoms you may think aren't related at all that may turn out to be significant. You might want to get a doctor to look at your lungs, or at the very least start tracking how your breathing is and whether pollen counts and humidity and other environmental factors affect your breathing. |
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posted: 8/2/2008 at 12:43 AM |
| Quote from VixiDu on 8/1/2008 at 8:03 PM: I couldn't believe I was asthmatic b/c I never struggle to breathe when I run, but there you go.
Me too.
I gave up running in my early thirties partly due to issues with asthma. When I started running again 2 years ago I religiously took my inhaler with me. Now I don't bother and I believe running has definately helped with my (?allergy induced) asthma.
You are right not to take any chances with asthma though particularly as it is quite easy to get diagnosed and properly medicated.
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posted: 8/2/2008 at 10:54 AM |
| Yup... I get what you are describing when I'm having an asthma attack. It can almost feel like the belt you describe is tightening because you can't empty the lung completely. I think you should go and get your flow tested, it might be exercise induced if it only happens when you exercise. Or could be cold induced if it is winter where you live. |
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posted: 8/3/2008 at 2:40 PM |
| Oh, my gosh, I never even thought of asthma. And the coughing...last fall/winter had a cough that would not go away. I just chalked it up to winter in Minnesota. I will have this checked out. It scared me as I've never had this happen to me before. Thank you all for the advice and sharing. |
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posted: 8/4/2008 at 1:46 AM |
Yep, coughing is a major symptom of asthma. I think that wheezing stereotype has led a lot of folks to believe that asthmatics breathe loudly and gasp for breath all the time, but that's not the case. Before starting on Advair I would wake nearly every night for almost a month coughing a dry cough and feeling short-of-breath. I would use my albuterol inhaler and within minutes felt better and was able to fall back to sleep and not wake coughing, again. I have never really "wheezed," though.
This past Spring is when my asthma got really bad. I finally knew I needed more than my inhaler when I was using it 2-3x/day, every day. And I ran a 25k race that was one big, long asthma attack. I trained so hard for that race and felt as if my lungs were holding me back the entire way. So frustrating, especially when fellow running friends who always finish a few minutes behind me were several minutes ahead of me. I KNEW I could have done so much better with fully functioning lungs.
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