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Six years ago tonight, I was leaving the cath lab, going to my room awaiting surgery the next morning. Six years later, three marathons and a few half marathons....I can't complain!

The Empire State Marathon wil be out meet up for runners in 2013. It is in Syracuse, NY on October 20th. Last year in Baltimore, we had a big turnout, including a runner from India! The race has a full, half and four person relay, something for everyone. I hope everyone will consider joining...

A LARGE group of cardiac athletes are meeting up this year at the Baltimore Marathon. There is a 5k, a half marathon, the full and a 4 person relay for the marathon. We will have participants in ALL the events, so all are welcome! The event is October 13th. We have runners coming from...

Our group of cardiac runners have picked the Baltimore Running Festival as our meet up for 2012. It is October 13th (an unusual Saturday event). The events include a full, a half (marathon) and team relay, which most of us do. I will post more info as it becomes available, but please think...

Well, it's been 5 lovely years since I had my aortic valve replaced, with one CABG....no complaints whatsovever. In the last 5 years, I've run 3 marathons, 4 half marathons (those include the Goofy Challenge at Disneyworld where we run the half on Saturday morning, then run the full marathon on...

Many of us will be meeting up at the Akron Marathon and Relay next weekend...the race is Saturday 9/24. We are getting a tour of Cleveland Clinic on Friday morning...here is a nice article from the web...

Our annual get together for runners and such in conjunction with Cardiac Athletes will be the Akron RoadRunner Marathon and relay September 24th. If anyone is interested, just PM me and I'll get you the details. The race is Saturday, so it is a bit unusual in that respect. There are options...

I'm off to Fort Worth this weekend for the Cowtown Marathon...but only running the half marathon. If anyone stops to watch Sunday morning, I'll be in my cardiac athletes T shirt!

1/25/07 was a new start on life for me! Looking back over the last 4 years...brilliant!! Life gets better everyday!! Thanks to everyone who was here for me then!

Just wanted to post a note that many of us met up in Harrisburg over the weekend to run all or part of the marathon there. These meetings started 5 years ago here on valve replacement by 5 runners who had valves replaced. Since then, we have invited other cardiac patients over at cardiac...

I posted a new thread in the active lifestyles forum on my Disneyland half marathon experience, but I waned to add a thread to talk about my tour of Edwards Lifesciences while I was out west. If any of you have an Edwards valve, and you get near Irvine, I hope you consider setting up a visit...

I made it out to LA for the race. Sunday morning was a good day for the run, 60 degrees and cloudy. Ran a 2:20 with some cramping issues (calf) due to the humidity and sweat loss. The first couple of miles ran through the parks (California Adventure and Disneyland) then out onto the streets...

I have signed up for the Disneyland Half Marathon on Sunday 9/5, and have my tour of Edwards Lifesciences on Tuesday 9/7.....leaving me time in southern California.....any ideas?

3 years ago today I was having my heart cath then getting admitted for my AVR the next morning...Janurary 25, 2007 was the start of a new era for me. One year before my surgery I was able to finish the Goofy Challenge at WDW (half marathon followed by a full marathon on consecutive days), and I...

I'll be in Orlando for the WDW races in January. This year I am doing the Goofy Challenge....the half marathon on Saturday and the full marathon on Sunday....39.3 miles in 24 hours. I did the inaugural Goofy in 2006, and 3 months later got my diagnosis, so I wanted to do this again to show I...

As Kodi has mentioned in another thread, we have chosen a race for our 2010 get together. It is the Harrisburg, PA marathon and relay. Some runners will sign up for the full, others will be part of a 4 person relay team. The date is tentively the first Sunday in November. All are welcome...

So, Robin is doing a show in Syracuse November 21st. For just $350 you can have a one on one meet and greet with him before the show...as much as I want to talk to him about his surgery and all, I'd rather not pay that much! I'll just pay the $45 for a regular ticket and chase him down...

Opened my October issue of Runner's World, and a story about a 76 year old doctor in St. Louis, Ironman triathlete post op! http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--13297-0,00.html

We are firming up plans for the Wineglass Marathon Relay Teams! Please consider joining us, even if you don't run, we are in New York wine country and our weekend includes a nice tour of wineries on Saturday! You can let me know if you are interested, or check out cardiacathletes.org!

Annual report just came out from Edwards Lifesciences...they asked if they could mention me in it for the NYC marathon..... http://www.edwards.com/SiteCollectionImages/Edwards/investorrelations/ew2008ar.pdf page 10