Originally Posted by John Wilke

I'd like to know who wrote that. Sounds like a bunch of ....

Try sucking on your water bottle, or start munching on a bananna as you climb that hill, that will force you to breathe through your nose.

I noticed that if you breathe with your tongue hanging out, it opens your epiglotis and allows a larger flow of air in and out. Not that this is the major restricting factor when achieving your max VO2, and be careful in summer when there's lots of bugs around, but it does work!

jw