Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Catrin, I used to regularly take my rescue inhaler before doing anything in the cold; it seems as if my tolerance has built up and I hardly ever have symptoms, unless i am sick. I would definitely take the albuterol before your ride, hydrate extra well, and go slower in the beginning, as a warm up.
What do you mean by "a pain in your chest?" There have been times I've had asthma start suddenly, but I am not sure if I would describe that as a sudden pain. Of course, I have had enough weird symptoms in my life to know it's probably your asthma, but if it happens again, after you take your inhaler, I might just check with your doctor to make sure it's not cardiac, or even muscular.
It was a sharp pain right in the middle of my chest when I tried to breathe deeply, it was equal on both sides and pretty low down my chest. I've had pain there before when I've had a respiratory infection or chronic asthma problems so that is why I associate it with my lungs.

Perhaps it would be good for me to warm up on the trainer before taking it outside...As soon as I got through the complex and crossed 56th to the bike path that takes me to the park I hit a stronger than expected headwind - not 5 minutes after getting on the bike. It was shortly after this that I noticed the problem.

I do tend to have "variant" symptoms of asthma, generally they aren't the traditional signs unless I've been having problems with it for days...