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    Trying to Breathe

    Sep 23, 2019 4 minutes

    Exercised-induced asthma (EIA) is a narrowing of the airways in the lungs, triggered by strenuous exercise. Trail running is strenuous… so how do runners with this condition cope?

    Three runners share their stories of managing this condition on the trails.

    Annalise Scholtz's championship wake-up

    My worst attack was at the World Ultra Trail Running Championships in Spain in 2018. Asthma with anxiety about the calibre of the race was a lethal combination.

    Not ever having had an attack that bad, this event made me realise it can actually kill you. The first thing I did when I got home was to get the

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