Do I have running asthma if so how do I lessen my symptoms?
I am pretty sure I have running asthma I am in 10th grade and this year I started my very first track season and I'm on the distance team so i run 800's, 1600's, and 3200's and on all of these races around the end of the first lap to the end of the second lap depending on the length of the race I start wheezing and my chest feels tight and this goes away after a little while in the 1600 or the 3200 it doesn't really fully go away in the 800 since it's only two laps is there a particular type of warm up i should do before my races that will lessen this? because during practice when we do work outs on the track usually my first trial runs are the hardest and they get easier on my breathing as I go so it seems like if I could breath like I do once I have been going for a while I would do substantially better in my races and yes I know warm up before my races and I do but obviously not enough so what I'm asking for are specific warmup's/ warmup techniques
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Have you every went on a run with a partner of the opposite sex.?
I'm actually in 9th grade, and last fall I started my first high school cross country season. I just finished my track season, also running the 1600 and the 3200. When I started running last fall, I had some of your same symptoms. I would wheeze a little when I ran and my chest felt heavy. Sometimes, it would get better as I went on, but sometimes it just got worse. I went to the doctor and he told me I have exercise-induced asthma. He gave me an inhaler to take 30 minutes prior to exercise. It works really well for me. Maybe you should see your doctor, too.More Questions & Answers...