Golden View Classical’s Bobby Kiesewetter overcomes breathing disorder to set state meet record
Before every race these days Golden View Classical s Bobby Kiesewetter sits and tries to prime his mind against a body that might fail him Deep breaths One Two A warrior mindset he calls it The message to himself is simple and lighthearted because anything truly serious could induce panic Yeah your throat s closing It doesn t matter On Saturday he burned to a Class A state meet-record time of minutes seconds in the boys meters with only a slight hint of the burning throat that had thrown askew a promising career in distance running Bronchitis tanked any chance the senior had at cross country state championships in the fall The winter was worse His throat would constrict his workouts a haze of exhaustion Kiesewetter started taking asthma medication that didn t work Flummoxed he saw an Instagram post from fellow standout Colorado distance runner Benjamin Anderson describing an unique breathing condition that had hit him the same With little other option Kiesewetter sent a message a shot in the dark he called it to Anderson a senior at Mountain Vista It means a lot to me that someone was like Hey I saw you struggle through this you got through it how could you help me And it was an honor to help him Anderson reflected They call it EILO Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction for long Vocal cord dysfunction for simple It s somewhat newly defined in the anatomical neighborhood hence Kiesewetter s confusion It s also fairly common The National Library of Medicine pinpointed its prevalence between and of adolescents and young adults Anderson referred Kiesewetter to several doctors the same ones he was referred to by a coach who once noticed him laboring during a workout and remarked Dude you can t breathe The physical rehab for EILO as both Kiesewetter and Anderson experienced Sticking a camera attached to a cable up the nose and down the back of the throat monitoring vocal cords and physically retraining breathing Awful Kiesewetter put it Still nowhere near the greater part tough aspect of this strange journey Related Articles Resurrection Christian s Jackson Fagerlin brother Lincoln continue family legacy at Colorado state track finals Colorado state track notes Heritage s Zona Welling lays claim to title fastest girl in Colorado Colorado state track notes Overland s Jarrius Ward dons Lilo Stitch onesie dominates A discus Colorado state track meet Day Live results from Jeffco Stadium Colorado state track notebook Class A girls final racked with disqualifications but sportsmanship prevails This was fully unpredictable Anderson advised Kiesewetter Absolutely uncontrollable The more you focused on it the more stress it induced and the worse it got Anderson who finished third in the A Saturday meditates every night to quell his fear Kiesewetter does his meditations of sorts before races He didn t fully get over that mental hump Kiesewetter announced until a month ago Still he entered Saturday as the top-seeded runner in the A field He heard footsteps fade behind him down the stretch and adrenaline took over no thoughts of his windpipe clouding a record performance Just thug it out man Kiesewetter smiled Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams
