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

Part 4.26 - PERSISTING WITH PARKRUN - PART 2 (Phase VI - sustaining a healthy life-style) "Nothings going to happ en unless you ma ke it happen." It's nearly 3 years since I published part. 1 of my 'Persisting with parkrun' blog [ part 4.20 ], soon after completing my 150th parkrun and as I'm now fast approaching my 250th - a shirt at times I never thought I would get my hands on, it just seemed a good time to recap on what has happened both parkrun & health wise within my life since part 1 and consider how  parkrun and I can carry on persisting together from here. With four runs still to go, I've decided to publish this blog before actually attempting my 250th parkrun to help mark the actual occasion and hopefully muster some support and encouragement (and boy do I need it!). This could possibly be my 'swansong parkrun'  for reasons I hope will become apparent below, and l et's face it, I'm not going to get the next 500 parkrun shirt ...

Part 4.24 - WHAT I CAN, WHEN I CAN (Phase VI - sustaining a healthy life-style) "Nothings going to happ en unless you ma ke it happen." As covered over my last few blogs, since returning from the Covid I have never really got back to where was hoping to be, becoming less active, slower and as of result together with my diet slipping, a bit more podgy. Before Boris separated and isolated all of us I was enjoying some excellent support on group runs of varying distances with many of the 'Your Pace or Mine (YPOM)' ( photos ) members which kept me progressing and pushing further with my fitness plan, achieving beyond anything I could have dreamt or hope to achieve when I first started out in 2017, improving my weight loss and generally feeling better than I had in years. Your Pace or Mine and me at Parkrun The YPOM group sessions was of a great benefit to me pre-Covid at a time when post heart attack I was still re-building my fitness, stamina & increasing my runnin...

Part 4.17 - Get that crazy rhythm (the low down on AFib) (Phase VI - sustaining a healthy life-style) "Nothings going to happ en unless you ma ke it happen." I'm not sure who is actually reading this blog or even if you find it interesting or not, with little feedback it can be difficult to know how well it is received.    I'm certainly no expert and just write from my own experiences and what I have learnt by facing or overcoming certain problems as they occur, I hope by writing this blog to raise awareness on matters of the heart so others might consider their own health and fitness needs and seek medical attention, if needed, before letting things get out of hand ..... at the very least writing this stuff helps me to recall my recent medical history & achievements 😉. My biggest concern of late has without doubt been Atrial Fibrillation (also known as AFib or AF) and its quite noticeable from my conversations that many 'non-hearties' have no idea what t...