I felt that this would be a great way to start out the reasons for running blog. About two years ago, June 2007, my father was suffering from pneumonia which apparently triggered a minor heart attack! Fortunately for him, he was a runner and had a pretty strong ticker, yet this attack has left him with a series of ailments for the past two years. He is not able to run like he use to and may never get down to the 5k times that he once was doing, but as long as he keeps at it, his doctors have told him that it will help push through the course of heart disease that he is suffering from, Cardiomyopathy.
Prior to that summer I was pretty competitive into running myself, at least in the road racing scene, and I was always worried about getting better and faster. That is good motivation, until you hit a plateau of sorts. I stopped running about a year before my dad had his heart attack and put on quite a bit of weight, from 165 to about 240, in a year and a half. After the heart attack I realized that I was not as healthy as I once was and being the ripe old age of 25 and a half, I thought I should do something about it! I am now running for health rather than time improvements (though they are still nice to achieve). I have hopes that one day, hopefully not, should I have trouble with my heart, the doctors will tell me that running quite possibly saved my life, like it possibly did for my father. I am proud to say that I am now down to 185 pounds and trying to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle, centered around running.
The first reason to run is for Health! No it does not guarantee that you will not suffer health related problems, but it definitely can't hurt!
Run on! Enjoy the start of a warm running season!
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