Re: Gladiators 'Cobra' in hospital
Originally Posted by
pauline3
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And long may it continue!
I voiced my opinion,I have read so much about long distant/marathon running,I also know the damage it can cause,
Correct me if I am wrong,OGF,but didn't I read on my heart thread,that you had,had a few heart attacks?
Out of curiosity,do you run everyday?
Oh That!.....
Yes you are quite correct Pauline, back in 2004 after a career of long and Ultra-long distance running my training was interrupted by an untimely Heart Attack...I actually flatlined twice as I was rushed to hospital. Within six weeks I was back on the road again doing short slow jogging, and after having stents fitted later that year I resumed full training and returned to running Half Marathons. Unfortunately, due to family pressure (an attempt to keep me alive) I was banned from running full marathons and forty mile fell runs.....
Due to a faulty stent I suffered a further Heart Attack in 2014, but returned to running later that same year, however! I've now been banned from running half marathons....
So ten miles is my maximum distance these days.
I've always run three times per week with a long run on Sunday, in my marathon running days it would consist of an eight miler on Tuesdays, a ten miler on Thursdays and fifteen or twenty miles on Sundays, but this would be increased when training for a long fell running event......
Recently because I've reduced my mileage to five miles on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I've put an extra five miler in on Fridays and continue running up to ten miles on Sundays......
Originally Posted by
Realist
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I'm curious old bean. You had heart treatment didn't you?
What was the cause of that if I may ask?
Hi Realist, when at 53 years old, I was admitted to hospital during my first Heart Attack I had low blood pressure, slow heart rate, cholesterol of 5.5 and weighed just ten stones.
My Dad had also suffered a heart attack when he was young, so hereditary connections were suggested. I had also been a smoker for thirty five years prior to my attack. After an angiogram revealed that just one small group of arteries were responsible, and the rest were in very good condition, they said it was the years of running that had saved my life, and I would make a good recovery, which I have.
Needless to say, I haven't smoked one cigarette since that Sunday morning back in May 2004 and although several previous attempts to stop smoking failed, I have never even given it a second thought since......A recent full body medical scanning has revealed that I have indeed got the body of a 53 year old.......