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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Heavy Breathing

This past Tuesday, my triathlon training buddy and I met with a personal trainer for a running session in the park. It did strike me as ironic that one day after the Boston marathon, we were running around a dinky park.

Much to my surprise, the running went really well. In fact I would go so far as to say it's the best running experience I've had so far, even with all the hills. There was just one problem: I'm a heavy breather. No seriously, I'm incredibly noisy for the first mile I run, and I swear that you don't have to be running next to me to hear it. Yes, I'm still noisy for the rest of my run, but like a car that's warmed up, I am not quite as loud. The few people I've run with have confirmed this. On bad days I feel like a noisy water buffalo with cement shoes. It was a lot worse before I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma. I am making progress, right?

I mentioned my concerns to the trainer. She told me not to worry; over time it will get much better. She pointed out that the participants in the Boston marathon are breathing fine by mile ten. I looked at our surrounding, small park, and thought about the Boston marathon. I felt like I had crossed mile 26, but I hadn't even gotten anywhere near mile 10. Hmmm...guess I have a lot of work to do.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Running lightens heavy breathing.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 7:33 PM   7 comments
7 Comments:

  • At 4/24/2008 8:12 AM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    Well, everything begins with the first step, right? Heavy breathing or not, you are doing it, and that's what matters.

     

  • At 4/24/2008 1:07 PM, Blogger Chantelle said…

    Hear, hear! I think it is awesome that you are doing the triathlon.

     

  • At 4/24/2008 4:18 PM, Blogger Tracey said…

    Heh. Yeeaaahhh... I SO cannot relate. Read my post. Heh. Running. That's rich...

     

  • At 4/24/2008 6:24 PM, Blogger skiplovey said…

    Good to know, whenever I get around to running 10 miles, wait that's probably not going to happen. I'm more of a walking type.
    That's great that you're following through. That must make you feel good.

     

  • At 4/24/2008 6:46 PM, OpenID cablegirl said…

    Yeah, what she said!

    You are high on my list of personal positive influences. What you are doing is awesome and so what if it takes you awhile to warm up. You're *doing* it!

     

  • At 4/25/2008 7:27 AM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    You are just rocking for doing this, AE! You GO, Girl, noisy breathing and all!

     

  • At 4/25/2008 4:55 PM, Blogger Amy said…

    Oh, I'm a huge heavy breather when I run. I can run a half marathon, but I sound like I'm going to die while I'm doing it! And I breathe heavy from the first few strides.

     
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