I'm fine, but my friend has complained to me a lot that she can't catch her breath when she runs (especially when doing hills). It's like she can almost get a full lungful, but not quite, so she is eventually forced to walk until she can finally get a deep breath. She says she has been tested for asthma and it came up negative, and her doctors can't think of what else might be wrong.
Today was a bit muggy and she was really struggling on a 5km trail run. She's done endurance sports for at least 10 years and has just dealt with this problem, but for an otherwise strong person it makes no sense that she can hardly breathe after a bit of uphill.
She has considered getting a spiro trainer to see if that helps.
Thoughts? If she isn't asthmatic then what might be the issue?
Today was a bit muggy and she was really struggling on a 5km trail run. She's done endurance sports for at least 10 years and has just dealt with this problem, but for an otherwise strong person it makes no sense that she can hardly breathe after a bit of uphill.
She has considered getting a spiro trainer to see if that helps.
Thoughts? If she isn't asthmatic then what might be the issue?