Can't breathe while running?

Rrun08/12 wrote:

Recently I've been running and feel like I can't take a deep and get any air. My chest feels kinda tight. Today I had to stop 3 times in 40 min just to try and breathe. Also when I try and take a deep breath I've been coughing while running/up to an hour after. I do have allergies but wouldn't that season be about over? I also have a lot of mucus/snot when running but I'm not sure that's related. Any ideas what this could be?

Cancer....

I have a friend who experiences almost the same thing the mucus and stuff. but it only happens when he sprints for some of your other symptoms. Anyways check a Doc you need help.

" Cold air typically contains less moisture than warm air, and quickly breathing dry air dehydrates the bronchial tubes, causing them to narrow and restrict airflow."

I don't think it is cold air considering it has been 60-85 degrees on all of my runs.

What's the humidity compared to August?

Rrun08/12 wrote:

Recently I've been running and feel like I can't take a deep and get any air. My chest feels kinda tight. Today I had to stop 3 times in 40 min just to try and breathe. Also when I try and take a deep breath I've been coughing while running/up to an hour after. I do have allergies but wouldn't that season be about over? I also have a lot of mucus/snot when running but I'm not sure that's related. Any ideas what this could be?

r u serious? You have asthma ffs. EIA. Good lord.

It's the weak athlete disease.

I had this happen to me on Monday. It might just be the weather though, cause I felt like my chest was closing up for the first 3 or 4 miles of a run but ended up feeling fine a few miles later and finished with 13 total feeling good by the end. Idk about you, but my seasonal allergies get really bad when the weather changes quickly.

Rrun08/12 wrote:

Recently I've been running and feel like I can't take a deep and get any air. My chest feels kinda tight. Today I had to stop 3 times in 40 min just to try and breathe. Also when I try and take a deep breath I've been coughing while running/up to an hour after. I do have allergies but wouldn't that season be about over? I also have a lot of mucus/snot when running but I'm not sure that's related. Any ideas what this could be?

I've had this EXACT problem minus the coughing, which I'm guessing is because you're trying to keep pushing yourself through the runs and straining your lungs. It's allergies--post nasal drip related. I was in denial about it for a few years and my runs were completely hit or miss. Some days I was desperately gasping for breathe and some days I would feel really good.

One way to prove this is to run on an indoor treadmill and see if you still have these same breathing problems. It's definitely allergy season where I am. Around this time every year, I've called my doctor thinking I have bronchitis, but it's just coughing from mucous build up.

I use a nasal spray, and it works wonders. I don't know if there is any way around this, but the only way I've been able to have the problem disappear consistently is to use the nasal spray everyday.

You need to get a Kenacort injection.

Go back to walking and pace yourself to stay under your MAF/MAT. MAF= approx. 180 minus age (bpm). Reflux or acidosis will make it harder to breathe. The weather and your health can impact performance. Other changes ovet time? Vitamins/supplements can cause toxicity so be careful. Diet can be harmful but avoid extreme fad diets which are not balanced. Note any other symptoms because of a small chance of other conditions.