Going for a run!!!

You would think it would just be a case of slipping on a pair of runners grabbing your ipod and off you go on whatever route you have chosen. I wish it could be that simple instead of the faff or checking my peak flow to make sure its not too low ( anywhere lower than 70% of my usual and I wont go for a run- its just not worth the risk). I have set myself out strict criteria to follow as to being well enough to run. I just dont want to risk going for a run and having an attack and landing in hospital!). Then making sure I pre medicate with a neb or a whole lot of ventolin inhaler to get my through my planned run.

It is very difficult sometimes to motivate yourself to go for a run and when your asthma is slightly off kilter it is even harder. Even a drop in 100l/min in peak flow can make a relatively flat simple short run turn into a marathon jog where there seems to be no end. This is why there is so much planning required.

I plan my workout schedule at the weekend for the forth coming week however it nearly never works out the way I planned it. If my chest is not right it all gets thrown around and maybe a gym session with some weights or core stability stuff will be done instead of a run. Some weeks there will be no running setting my training plan totally off leaving me feeling like I need to catch up to be ready for May. (It sounds far off but when you are training for a run with severe asthma I find it best to take double the time to train and build up slower- my theory being this should result in less set backs).

I guess the reason for this post is that I was due to go for a 5km run this morning but as I have been up a lot over night needing my inhaler a run is out of the question so need to rethink what to do today.

I long for the day when I can just slip running shoes on grab my ipod and keys and off i go without another thought....instead of the planning and also letting someone know I have gone for a run incase something happens when I am actually out.