I rode daily in the most demanding terrain offered in Europe and not once did I need my inhaler. In fact, after a month I even stopped taking it with me. I removed the inhaler from the bedroom, a spare from the car, another spare from the kitchen and the last one from my handbag.

I threw them away, along with the Becotide and the Beconase. I thought I couldn't breathe without them and now I realise that I couldn't breathe with them! I took my Beconase twice a day for years but I still could not breathe through my nose. I took my Becotide twice a day for years but still suffered from terrible asthma. With each attack I took my Ventolin.

Each night I used to wake up at 3am, wheezing. I'd have a sore throat and blocked up nose. I'd have a pounding headache and was tired in the morning. For 15 months I followed the Buteyko method. Now I never wake up in the night, have a sore throat or blocked nose and headache, I wake up in the morning feeling like I've actually slept!