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Okay, so I've been thinking about this for a while. Here's some background info. I don't have heavy asthma and never had an asthma attack, however, I still suffer from breathlessness and a pain in my chest after doing cardio.

Since dating my new gf, I've started to get into exercise and working out. This is many due to her father being an exercise nut. Not the body building, muscle mass type but the sporty, running, and swimming type. He runs 5km in about 15 minutes and swims 1km in a 25m pool everyday. It takes me 15 minutes to run 1 mile and this is a run, walk, run, walk style so I can catch my breath.
<bot>: My question is, can someone with Asthma match or exceed the psychical peak of one without? Is it possible for me to match or at least get close to my gf's dad's fitness level?