Category: Marathons | Breathinstephen

Traveling with these lungs

Found this press release from the 2009 Rome Marathon race. Well, the 2023 addition of the race is rapidly approaching and the […]

A spade of health setbacks, the pandemic and other problems these past few years had all but wiped out any motivation I […]

A sign of the times, I guess. As with other large sporting events worldwide, foot races of all kinds and sizes have […]

Taken only 11 days apart, I think these two photos of my ICU nurse and I, sum up this post nicely. In […]

To celebrate reaching my 64th year despite crippling asthma, and to satisfy an itch for getting out there one more time, I’ll […]

Makes sense to me…… Get really sick, spend time in the hospital, come home exhausted and depressed, and then immediately sign up […]

This might sound corny, but I feel like Ive just been reborn. On Oct 5th I finished my 9th marathon at the […]

Ive been doing endurance walks now for about 10 years, and because of the severity of my lung disease, I often experience […]

Dang… I haven’t written one of the training updates in years. Trying to get in shape to do this race has been […]

Oh goody, another post about asthma exacerbation recovery. After being discharged from the hospital only 3 days ago, it’s probably a little […]

Hard to believe that it’s been 3 years since I’ve trained for a race. I came close to doing one last year, […]

Tell me that I can’t do something and it’s a pretty sure bet that I’ll find a way to prove you wrong. […]

Yesterday I completed my final “test” walk in a series of trial walks that started a month ago to see if training […]