Deerhunter3
New member
I was born with Tetralogy of Fallot and had a pulmonary valve replacement back in 2017. I am 40 years old and it seems that my running is not as good as it should be, or at least as good as I think it should be. I am able to build up my running to be able to run two plus miles, but very slow (around 23 or 24 minutes for two miles...). It seems like when I take as much as a week off from running, and go for a run again, I feel like I am starting all over (not really able to run even two miles...).
Is this normal, or maybe just in my head and I am as healthy as any other 40 year old? Should I expect to be able to run faster (I believe the average adult male should run a ten minute or less mile, if I am not mistaken), or just need to realize that due to my congenital heart defect, I should not expect to be on the same level as another person who was not born with any issues?
Thank you.
Is this normal, or maybe just in my head and I am as healthy as any other 40 year old? Should I expect to be able to run faster (I believe the average adult male should run a ten minute or less mile, if I am not mistaken), or just need to realize that due to my congenital heart defect, I should not expect to be on the same level as another person who was not born with any issues?
Thank you.