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ok im out of breath
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im trying to run 1 mile every tuesday and thursday so i get better in gym class but i get out breath so easily because i have some asthsma but i dont need an inhaler anyway in gym when we run the mile it gets hard for me to breathe and so i get a really bad score which people make fun of me fo and when i tell them i have asthma they dont belive me because i dont have an inhaler and people just dont understand of why i cant run and why i hold my breath under water long and why i cant bike 2 miles so what should i do when people tease me?
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tell them, 1stly its none of their business. also tell them if you dont have athsma, then tell them to prove you dont. clearly they cant proove it, so there for tell them to stfu =]
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You know you say you don't need an inhaler...I think you should get one because your asthma is obviously causing problems. Unless you're realllly unfit these sorts of things shouldn't be such a problem to be honest. I'm extremely sporty and i have asthma too which at my fittest times can make breathing hard depending on the weather etc. Once i have a puff of the inhaler though it goes. I've found that the last year has been great with my asthma as i've trained extremely hard and it's like my lungs are working properly again.
I would seriously ask your doctor for an inhaler, telling them all your symptoms as you can't go on the way you are. Also set your running up to 3-4 times a week and go at your OWN pace, you don't have to be the fastest to begin with. I'm lucky enough to have a treadmill at home in the gym which is great for training as you can monitor your speed. If you can go to a gym even just once or twice this week (or next) and go on a treadmill and do say a 10-15 minute run which would probably be about a mile for you to start with, just go slowly to begin with like 4 which is a very slow jog then increase the speed to how you feel comfortable and keep to that for the 10-15 mins. After you've done this when you go running you should know the speed that your body is comfortable with and be fine:) then slightly increase the speed each week as your body with become more comfortable with each speed and your lungs will work better. I know it sounds like a gradual thing but to get a good fitness it takes atleast 6 weeks. I don't want you to go and collapse but you really have to push yourself to the limit or your fitness won't increase. If you stop when you get out of breath then you will always do that, you have to get to the point where your body actually feels like there's no way it can possibly do anymore, this is called overload and without it your body wont get fit.
Give it a go, just make sure you have a rest day between each session to begin with as your body will become exhausted otherwise:)
If you have an ipod too you could get a nike plus sports monitor, i have one and love it! It tells you how far you've gone, calories, pace and gives you a real boost when every week you look at the time and pace and it's gone down for the mile:)
Hope that helps!
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