There was a time during my marathon running days that I thought I was invulnerable to ever having a heart attack. I had read somewhere that running a marathon, even one assured you of never having heart disease in your life time. Certainly a popular myth because shortly after reading that snippet, Jim Fixx died. He was a runner who wrote the famous book:The Complete Book of Running. Jim helped start the long distance running craze in this country. He died while running in 1984 of a fulminant heart attack. Jim's famous legs and fantastic physique belied the fact that he had an enlarged heart. And so I take my LVH seriously enough that I have no extended lease on life. Just ask Jim's family.
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