Heart attack to 10K (or maybe that should be half marathon) - 'my story'

Part 4.27 - GIVING IT ALL MY HEART & SOUL (Phase VI - sustaining a healthy life-style) "Nothings going to happ en unless you ma ke it happen." It's been awhile since I last gave any thought to writing another blog, mainly because there hasn't really been that much to report and it's always difficult to get started on a new topic. Having said that (and probably not of the greatest of general interest), I have for some time been considering writing and explaining about my obsession and why I keep 'championing' a local charity that keeps cropping up throughout this series of blogs, becoming a big part of my whole rehabilitation story. A charity that left a lasting impression on me since first hearing about it during a talk given by one of the charity trustee's, Steve Wildman, during my second round of cardiac rehabilitation classes back in 2017. Back in those days the cardiac rehab. exercise sessions where supplemented by a couple of afternoons where...

Part 4.25 - LIFE CHANGES (Phase VI - sustaining a healthy life-style) "Nothings going to happ en unless you ma ke it happen." I last published a blog way back in June 2023 and fair bit has changed within my life both 'on-field' and 'off-field' since then, and as my blog is regularly mentioned to me and I'm always being asked 'how you doing now?', which is not a answer you can easily wrap up in few words while chatting, so I thought an update to this series might be a little overdue. When I left off I had just been diagnosed with ' Chronotropic Incompetence ' (CI), an exercise intolerance. I'm still not totally sure what this really means or how it will impact my life, but what is very apparent is that my parkrun times have suffered a lot since then. Since returning back to parkrun post Covid, during which time my (intermittent) paroxysmal AFib episodes had become more regular and longer causing some worry and concern, I could never ma...

Part 4.22 - STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN 6 YEARS ON (Phase VI - sustaining a healthy life-style) "Nothings going to happen unless you make it happen." I delayed writing this 'end of cardiac year 2022' review,  the 6th anniversary since my cardiac rehab heart assessment on 30th Jan 2017, partly because I only published my last blog a little over a month ago which covered most of my tribulations through the year, but also to be able to assess what impact my latest DC cardioversion in late January combined with starting the Amiodarone treatment  (antiarrhythmic drug) has made on my health and well being. As covered in my last blog [see part 4.21], 2022 has been a year of frustration and decline largely due to spending a great chuck of it from early May in persistent AFib ( atrial fibrillation ), a total of 260 days in fact in two episodes divided by my first cardioversion in August [see part 4.21]. This has greatly impacted my will and ability and to get out and exercise f...