The Fitness Thread

[The Bear]

£90 is a wallet friendly price apparently. For a jacket.

Written by Jeff Shi?

 

[Langers]

It's not cheap at all but I got a pretty decent discount code at their stand outside the North Bank when I ran the Wolves 10k, so that it made it a bit more affordable.

The running shorts I got are extremely comfortable and have decent space with a zip pocket.

I hasten to add that I would not pay £90 for a raincoat, downpour defeater or not.

 

[Tredman]

That’s very cheap if it is really is a proper rain jacket.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I get wearing layers if it's cold, but rain jackets are not for me, skin is waterproof and running vests wick. Wearing a waterproof jacket just means you'll sweat loads and the condensation will make you as wet as the rain would anyway, I don't get the logic.

Edit: to clarify, this is when running, not in general, then yeah I want to be dry

 

[Tredman]

I get wearing layers if it's cold, but rain jackets are not for me, skin is waterproof and running vests wick. Wearing a waterproof jacket just means you'll sweat loads and the condensation will make you as wet as the rain would anyway, I don't get the logic.

Edit: to clarify, this is when running, not in general, then yeah I want to be dry

Same. I have a gillet I’ll wear if I’m running through trails and stuff if it’s cold and wet but I can’t stand the condensation a rain jacket causes.

Apparently the benefit of a really good jacket is that doesn’t happen - to be seen if the Sudu one is one of those.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Could never set out on a run when it was raining. But if I was already out there then a thunderstorm wouldn't stop me.
Once you're wet, you're wet.

 

[Kenny]

 

[EpsomWolf]

So because fit healthy cunts like you keep posting your runs on here, facebook and pretty much everywhere else, I decided to take up running a couple of months ago. I say running. As anybody that even saw me at my athletic peak on a football pitch would know, I make Nenad Milijas look like Steve Cram.

When I started I couldn't run for more than 30 seconds without needing to walk. My little 3km circuit round the common took over half an hour. Did it in seconds over 20 minutes at the weekend which felt like a big milestone, laughable by comparison to most but I was pretty chuffed.

But. I still can't run for very long, it's like 4 minutes at the absolute top, then I'm walking for 2-3 minutes and going again. I just can't seem to get a proper lung full of air when I'm running. I am asthmatic AF (the pink inhaler too, it's proper) but it's just breathlessness after 3-4 minutes, but it's the same amount of breathless almost regardless of the pace, so even though my 'time is getting quicker', it's just because I'm running faster rather than longer, if that makes sense. Any ideas? I don't want to be long distance, or fast, but I do want to get to sort of 10km in about an hour kind of area

I showed this to my wife who’s a respiratory consultant nurse (and runner) who runs severe asthma and COPD clinics amongst other things.

Her initial thoughts were the asthma must be managed so would question if the inhalers were being used as prescribed (most people don’t apparently) or PRN (pro re nata (as the patient feels they need to (but to add to the confusion guildlines are moving towards PRN))).

From there would potentially seek GP referral to secondary care for a CPET test.

All that depends on several factors of course, none of which would be appropriate to get into detail passed on second hand in a forum, but essentially the asthma needs controlling and there would be concerns around the management of that. The CPET would start to drill down into that and explore other factors but it’s not available everywhere and typically there is a long waiting list apparently.

Have a Google of CPET but it sounds like you’re fighting on two fronts so worth making sure you’re at the right starting point.

(Needless to say be cautious with that, just trying to be helpful, always seek medical advice.. etc.. etc..).

 

[Del Woppio]

That's amazing mate thank you, I'll definitely get booked in to review. Thanks to the better half too