Occasional asthma my whole life (now 49). Not really life changing; I learned not to bail hay, not to mow the lawn, and to stay out of barns at a young age.

Since I've been cycling, which has been about a decade, my asthma has gotten worse. The theory is that cycling has increased my exposure to allergens.

During the spring and summer for the last few years I've been on Advair or Symbicort, but never had to use Albuterol; the Advair or whatever has controlled it.

This fall has been disastrous. I live in Boulder, and ever since the floods at the beginning of September, I've had the worst asthma of my life. Nothing has controlled it; even albuterol, while helpful, hasn't eliminated it. My CX season has been very disappointing...my max HR is probably about 8 lower than it should be, and I just can't fully respirate. No amount of warmup or albuterol has enabled really hard efforts.

The theory is that because of the flooding, there is a lot more mold around, including outdoors, because a lot of stuff is still moister than normal. And, there's a lot more dust, too, as cars drive over flooded stream deposits. Apparently most Boulder allergists' offices are busier than normal..

My doc says to wait for the first hard freeze...I'm holding my breath...(pun intended)...maybe I'll do OK in the last couple of races of the season.

Any other Boulderites out there also struggling?