3.5 miles - practicing my nose breathing

Breathing through my nose makes me feel like I am running under water. I have an appointment next Monday with an allergist. My Mom has been telingl me that I need to go to the allergist since I was 13, after 15 years, I'm finally on board.

I wonder how my swimming career was impacted by my allergies. I think that swimming and running are totally different. A distance event in swimming is 500 yards and good swimmers finish that under 5 minutes. But just seeing how big a role breathing has played in my runs recently makes me wonder.

Tonights run was tough, but it felt better than the last few. I think that because the last few have been so bad, the hardest thing was just getting out the door. Now I'm looking forward to the 4 miler tomorrow.