Cross is here! - 2022 Cyclocross Discussion

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I raced cat5. Had an asthma attack 1/2 through. DNF. It twas a bummer.

Did you race @stonerider ? How’d it go?

CX Race report - Asthma did me in

At 54 years old I did my first race ever today, DCCX cyclocross in men’s cat5/beginner. I went out way too hard and had an asthma attack at the end of the first lap. I carried on through most of lap 2 and then bailed out. My asthma almost never flares up in the summer. Usually it takes exercising on a cold day for it kick in. But man, oh, man I was coughing and hacking for half an hour after I pulled off the course. I’ve still got a lingering cough here a few hours later. Ugh. If any asthmati…