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RE: One step in Poland: December 5 2023
Hey, thank you. They’re always so happy to see me 😁
As for the breathing, initially I was counting my steps to maybe 7-8 to breathe in and the same amount of steps (or plus 1) to breathe out. When I got down to around 3 steps per breath I would stop running and start walking while gasping for air, until I could breathe normally again and then run again with controlling my breath with counting.
My holistic doctor said I should continue the controlled breathing also while I’m walking in between the runs, rather than gasping for air. After doing it during my next 2 runs I was able to control my breathing better. It would still drop from initial 7-8 steps per breath to around 4, but then it would stabilise there and go back up to 5-6 after a while. I also slowed the running down a bit and only speed up again after my breath stabilised.
Not sure if that makes sense or if it would help with hiking, but for me it was also about tuning in to my body and responding to it, rather than pushing myself to exhaustion like I did before.
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Thank you for explaining. Several years ago, our valley experienced smoke from wildfires that was so bad, you could not see the sun. We hiked unfortunately and from that point on (plus we have had the wildfire smoke ever since except for this past summer) I began to have more issues with breathing and hiking. A friend suggested it might be exercise asthma, which kind of makes sense, possibly brought on with the smoke.
I think I might give your technique a try as some of the hills in our everyday (or we try to do it at least 3-4 times per week) hike are well over 45 plus percent grade! There are 7 hills of that variety just to get up to the higher and a little flatter trails!
Take care and have a lovely day!
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