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The journey to get me to this start line was way more challenging than any other race I have done. A severe head injury and 6 weeks layoff directly beforehand meant that being at this start line at all was in the balance for a long time.

I only firmly decided if I would travel about a week before hand, and was forced to set myself a whole new set of goals.

Originally, I had decided I would like a top 20 finish, managing 31’st place last year in Budapest, it seemed a reasonable ask. In actual fact, I wanted it closer to the top ten if possible, so I was forced to completely evaluate.

I spent quite some time...

Hi everyone I’m back at last with my 20th journal it’s been a while!!!  So I was off on holiday there in sunny Spain for 3 weeks and then last week was just mental with work so I didn’t get the opportunity to catch up with you all.  You’ll be please to know I packed my trainers and PowerBreathe for their holidays too though I wasn’t quite as productive as I had of hoped!!  When I landed it was 41 in the shade and suffering from asthma it did take me a couple of days to adjust to the humidity and I also to decrease the resistance on my PowerBreathe as I couldn’t do it at the level I’d reached.

After a couple of days (and now behind already with...

Breathing is a process which is critical to humans to stay alive as it is a process that helps us function properly. A process that does not require thinking it is just automatic and part of everyday life.  Breathing allows us to bring oxygen into our bodies then use the oxygen as energy. Although a simple process, there are many ways breathing can be inefficient for our bodies.

By adopting some simple breathing exercises we can improve the quality of our breathing and make it work more efficiently for us. Breathing is critical and without breath we will not survive. However, adopting some breathing exercise can help us maintain and regulate our...

Melanie Ryding

Height 5.10

Weight: 12 stone

Powerbreathe model: powerbreathe plus: fitness

Activity level: high – I am a Great Britain Age Group triathlete and train twice a day, usually around 10-12 hours per week (plus the day job!)

I was interested to take part in this trial because I am asthmatic. I have been for around 15 years. Nowadays it causes me little trouble and I do not take any regular steroids, however I mostly notice chest pain and breathing trouble when I am training hard, and that is when I need my blue inhaler. I wanted to see if powerbreathe could help with this, so that eventually, I...

Well, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started using the powerbreathe, particularly as I am asthmatic.  Although it affects me less now than it used to when I was a child, I still have trouble doing harder interval sessions on my bike and even heavier and more intense gym sessions can make me more breathless than I'd expect.  I figured the powerbeathe would either kill or cure me!!   I typically do CV work twice a week on my bike, which is mostly endurance work, but more recently I've included intervals.  I also do weights in the gym 2 -3 times per week which is a combination of weight lifting and weight training. I was advised by...

Right so after a false start and premature submitting of Journal....daily, the week has come to an end and what a week:

I have taken my PBK3 into work with me every day and due to its sleek light weight design this is a very portable device, it also comes with a nice cloth bag to carry it arround.

After using my POWERbreathe daily I have noticed that my reliance on my asthma inhailers have got less, with the PBK3 there is a digital display which shows you how well your performing and you can track your performance on the device and upload it to your PC.

On Saturday 18 June I took part in a 3 hour Kickboxing / self defence...

Hi everyone I’m back with my 12th journal entry!!  This week has seen the return of the running…still not quite sure why I’ve signed up to do another marathon but hey I have so I better get back in that mind frame asap!  Have to say though it has been a bit of a torture this week….the air quality has been shocking so breathing in itself has been worse never mind trying to run in it as well.

The runs I’ve had have had to be on the coast as that’s about the only place I can catch my breath and there has been more walking than normal but I’m putting that down to the air and my rather lacking motivation!!  Air quality seems to be getting...

Hello my name is Andrea Cunningham and I am currently training for the Belfast marathon on 2nd May but I have asthma so I am finding it difficult to breath, I had heard about POWERbreathe and decided I would get the POWERbreathe Sports Performance plus model in the hope it would improve my lung function to enable me to train harder and better.  In the beginning I couldn’t run very far at all without getting out of breath a mere 200metres probably!!  Gradually with time I have got much better but still after about 1mile I get out of breath so now I have started using the POWERbreathe Sports Performance plus model in the hope it...

30th May 2011

Another tiring week but it’s worth it for my mother. My exercise regime has really gone out of the window, just Pilates once a week and my POWERbreathe (with a few days missed), but something has to give.

However, before you start to feel too sorry for me, next week I am popping over to Italy, NE of Milan, to see my friend for a few days before it gets so humid over there. Me and humidity are not a good combination, it gives me very bad fatigue. I will be armed with my summer clothes, swimming stuff and my faithful heavy resistant POWERbreathe – sorted!

I’m leaving my father to...

16 May 2011

It has been quite a worrying and busy week, as my mother went into hospital on Thursday for a hip replacement operation. Excellent news, it all went well – PHEW! Hopefully, she will get discharged on Tuesday/Wednesday.

However, I did manage to get a few jobs done myself prior to her appointment; one of them was to see my Doctor. We talked about my amalgam fillings and like the Dentist said there is no rush in getting them removed. So my suggestion to the dentist when I see him next is to do one a year.

Here are some stats for you on my progress with the POWERbreathe K3:-