Legal Drugs

Today's unusual news is that I've found a legal, performance-enhancing drug.  No, I do not refer to caffeine, although that is certainly part of my repertoire.

It's my asthma inhaler.  And no, I have never had an acute attack of asthma, but my allergies have given me what are called hyper-reactive bronchials, sort of a precursor to acute asthma.  Many years ago, after going to an allergy clinic in Texas, it was suggested I use an inhaler before exercising, but since my exercising died down to making coffee or brushing the dog, I forgot all about it until yesterday when I used the inhaled medication. 

It surprised me that I was even able to trot along a couple of blocks yesterday, after so long a period of feeling like a reheated cadaver, and I decided to walk most of the distance in order not to overdo anything right off the bat.  Then this morning after another big puff of the inhaler, I warmed up for a kilometer then ran the second one the whole distance, plus another block or two.  No struggling, either.  Let's hear it for legal drugs!