David Kimani from the U. of Alabama. The anniversary of his death just passed a few days ago.
David Kimani from the U. of Alabama. The anniversary of his death just passed a few days ago.
I should make it clear that my PhD is in law, not medicine. The articles referred to have been produced in conjunction with the relevant medical experts. However, on my reading of the literature, and our discussion with the experts, it is clear that each exposure to an anaphylactic reaction increases the sensitivity of the system to the introduction of further allergens. Obviously a subsequent attack can always be more serious than the last.
I would recommend contacting Dr Richard Pumphrey in the UK. He is the specialist referred to in our article, and he was most helpful to us in responding to our enquiries. His current contact details can be found on any web search. It is obviously important to identify the cause of such attacks.
Best wishes,
Bob
Giles,
I knew all four guys, Andy, Bruce, Ed, and Tom Dowling, Maxwell, Bob Hersey—all long-time, well-trained runners who dropped dead.
On the other hand I ran a road race today in Winchester, MA and saw 5 guys with whom I raced in the 1960s.
Tom
Derderian wrote:
Giles,
I knew all four guys, Andy, Bruce, Ed, and Tom Dowling, Maxwell, Bob Hersey—all long-time, well-trained runners who dropped dead.
On the other hand I ran a road race today in Winchester, MA and saw 5 guys with whom I raced in the 1960s.
Tom
I met and had breakfast with Jim Fixx when he was going around the country in the late 70's doing those promotions for Quaker Oats Cereal, 10k races. After a Quakers Oats 10k race in Griffith Park, L.A. they had picnic tables lined up and the runners who wanted to stick around could have a bowl of cereal and talk with Jim Fixx. He was a humble and nice guy. I sat next to him during the breakfast.
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The other guy I was trying to remember was Ed Sheehan - ran 1:08 at Bar Harbor.
Strangely, all three guys I've mentioned: Andy Palmer(48), Bruce Ellis(30's) and Ed Sheehan (47), were top three at least once at the Bar Harbor Half Marathon...
I never met Bruce, but the other two guys were really good people. And fit beyond anything I could ever have dreamed of...
http://runningtimes.com/rt/articles/?id=6712
- Andy
- Bruce
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/3/3_1/edward-sheehan-47-was-baa.shtml
Ed
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Andy Palmer - 48
Ed Sheehan - 47
Tom Dowling ~47
Al Salazar -47
All top runner fanatics in great shape with New England connections. Is this freaky?
Also, the first three did not procreate.
Al has kids but
Did Jim Fixx have kids...
That's a pretty narrow profile:
*New England raised
*47-48 years old
*active runners
*very competitive in their youths
*many, many 100 mile weeks logged
many of these deaths are due to steroids and HGH. don't be like lance armstrong and barry bonds. it's russian roulette.
Add Jeff Drenth to the list of elites who died early from heart disease.
Yes, Fixx had a son, at least. Jim used to call me for shoes for himself and son when I worked for a running shoe company.
I remember being on some panel with Fixx after his book came out. He was nervous to be on with a "real" runner and expected me to attack him for being slow but I didn't was supportive of his good work. I had the impression that he felt like an impostor. So maybe he was unduly stressed.
I knew all those guys well and yes, they were driven, but so were lots of other guys who aren't dead or had heart attacks. I doubt if you could cause a heart condition by training hard as you could, say a stress fracture of the tibia.
Tom
Travis Landreth formerly of UConn died at 24 from a heart condition I believe. He was training with the farm team out in Palo Alto when it happened.
Waco Mind Contol ... wrote:
"How could such a man in seemingly peak condition, who had run 60 to 70 miles per week for more than 12 years, be stricken by a disease most strongly associated with a sedentary life?"
"Jim Fixx, despite his running, was at extremely high risk for heart disease--yet he chose to ignore the warning signals. Jim's father had died of a heart attack at age 43."
"On autopsy, it was discovered that all of Jim Fixx's blood vessels were partially or nearly completely blocked with plaque buildup. The autopsy also showed scar tissue from three previous heart attacks, and a congenitally enlarged wall between his heart's two ventricles."
"Up to his mid-30s, Jim Fixx was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, weighed 220 pounds, and had a high-stress executive job. At age 35 he tried to turn his life around by running. He soon began racing marathons and lost weight, but he chose to continue a poor-quality diet. He decided there was no need to see a doctor, despite experiencing heart disease warning signals such as throat and chest tightness. In addition, Jim Fixx was not coping well with the stress that popularity had handed him. Seventeen years later he lay dead of a heart attack."
"... The danger of heart attack increases with the number of risk factors. Jim Fixx, at age 35, probably had seven risk factors (of 10) for heart disease, putting him at extremely high risk."
Don't use Fixx as an example, except that running will not make up for heredity, being overweight, years of smoking 2 packs a day and leading a sedentary lifestyle for years.
I miss Jim Fixx. What an exceptional writer. I miss Sheehan, too.
jackshun wrote:
Also, the first three did not procreate.
Al has kids but
Did Jim Fixx have kids...
That's a pretty narrow profile:
*New England raised
*47-48 years old
*active runners
*very competitive in their youths
*many, many 100 mile weeks logged
tom had 2 sons, sam and sean. his wife marcia lives in the kansas city area. the boys are college age.
***close to college age
