
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 26, 1990                   TAG: 9003242438
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: E3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

WHEN POLLEN PEAKS, ALLERGIC ATHLETES SHOULD CROSS-TRAIN

The pollen season is upon us, and so is the urge to be outdoors. But nature and allergic athletes don't mix well.

Activities that involve prolonged exposure to allergens or moving at high speed are likely to cause discomfort for allergy sufferers. Runners, for example, inhale up to five to seven times more pollen when running than during normal activity. If you like jogging but ragweed drags you down, swim during the ragweed season.

During the height of the allergy season, you may be better off taking up water sports, which generally reduce exposure to allergens, except for molds.

For more information on how best allergies and the outdoors can coexist, send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to Chlor-Trimeton Guide to Seasonal Allergens, P.O. Box 5137, Bergenfield, N.J. 07621.

by CNB