Hay Fever and Running

Maggie's running podcast by Maggie Cooper

Apr 26, 202528:51Health

With the London Marathon tomorrow, I was reminded of the year when I ran the marathon but really struggled because of hay fever. I didn't really recognise what the problem was at the time but with a high tree pollen...

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