I agree with the other posts, just because you get better with long climbs does not rule out asthma. My son and husband are asthmatics and I happen to have been a respiratory therapist. Advair right before exercising is not the way to do it. It is a controller and should be taken routinely (one part-Serevent is a long acting bronchodilator that is indicated for EIB but onset is 20-30 minutes). Several most common triggers for asthma are exercise and viral infections, so many times poeple think it is EIB when other things trigger it as well, ie colds, smoke, allergens. Just because you do not have daily problems, does not mean it is just EIB. Like another poster said, treatment helped them do better all of the time. Things do not trigger them as easily. I bet most of the colds you get also go right to your chest with a very congested cough? Patients with asthma seldom just get a "head cold" with sniffles- they usually get it in their chest. I agree with above poster- see a specialsist.