Hi all,

So a little bit of background. I'm 24, male, about 70 kg and I'm asthmatic. I was a 20 a day smoker from the ages of 17 - 22, but I have been given up since 2018. I have been doing couch to 5k on and off for around a year and a half, and I still haven't consistently gotten to week 9. I did reach a point where I could run for 30 minutes without stopping, but in the last couple of months I have been struggling.

At the moment, I'm on W5D2 and it's 8 minutes on, 5 minutes off, 8 minutes on. I take my asthma inhaler prior to jogging, yet I still find it very difficult to breath towards the end of the run. I'm feeling really miserable because I'm barely capable of running without my inhaler, and it feels like this is a really easy run (and that I shouldn't be struggling).

I would appreciate any guidance! Thanks guys.