Is a 9 minute mile good for a person with asthma?

Answer 1

It depends on whether or not your Asthma is controlled.

Your asthma is probably under control if:
>You can be active daily and sleep through the night
>You use your quick relief medicine fewer than 2 times per week
>You do not cough, wheeze, or feel short of breath

A sign that your asthma is not under control is if you've been to the emergency room recently due to asthma.

Talk to your doctor about controlling your asthma. There are plenty of preventative medications out there for asthma, including preventative inhalers and allergy pills (if needed). If a certain medication doesn't work for you, go back to your doctor and tell him/her. Keep going back until you've found the right medicines that work best for YOU. Sometimes this takes awhile.

Remember: if your asthma is under control, you should be able to do almost anything without your asthma bothering you.

Wherever you're running, have someone else there who at least has a means of contacting an ambulance or EMS if needed. Or, better yet, have paramedics on-site. Most public runs already have this, but if you don't know, contact whoever is in charge.

I've learned that sometimes it's a good idea to take your quick-relief inhaler before you exercise, but ask your doctor about this first. Everyone is different and this may be a bad idea for you.

Have fun and God bless!