Rest in peace.
He was always one of my inspirations. I watched that race on TV when I was studying in Manchester.
Rest in peace.
He was always one of my inspirations. I watched that race on TV when I was studying in Manchester.
Are you sure? wrote:
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/obituaries/james-f-fixx-dies-jogging-author-on-running-was-52.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11926483shortly after wrote:
Fixx did not actually die while running.
Other accounts differ. Along the lines that it happened after he's stopped his run and had sat down to possibly stretch.
Ric Sayre died at a similar age right after finishing a run. He was talking to his neighbour after his run and dropped in his tracks.
He was also a vegetarian.
As MD House said: " Everybody dies"
fixx er upper wrote:
Are you sure? wrote:
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/obituaries/james-f-fixx-dies-jogging-author-on-running-was-52.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11926483Other accounts differ. Along the lines that it happened after he's stopped his run and had sat down to possibly stretch.
Oh, well that's totally different. If only he hadn't stopped to strech, and just kept running, he'd still be alive!
Ryan Shay.
Not sure about Bryan Maxwell and Ron Daws if they wererunning .
fixx er upper wrote:
Are you sure? wrote:
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/obituaries/james-f-fixx-dies-jogging-author-on-running-was-52.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11926483Other accounts differ. Along the lines that it happened after he's stopped his run and had sat down to possibly stretch.
Aren't you splitting hairs? Are you saying that in order for it to be running related a person would have to have the heart attack while they're actually in movement, i.e, running or jogging? ? What's the difference if it occurs while you're actually in motion or just a few minutes later while you stop and stretch?
Are you splitting hairs? wrote:
Other accounts differ. Along the lines that it happened after he's stopped his run and had sat down to possibly stretch.
Aren't you splitting hairs? Are you saying that in order for it to be running related a person would have to have the heart attack while they're actually in movement, i.e, running or jogging? ? What's the difference if it occurs while you're actually in motion or just a few minutes later while you stop and stretch?[/quote]
This proves that stretching is dangerous.
James Fixx wrote:
People die while running - if not all the time - certainly enough for it to be common. See Fixx, Jim, for example.
Fixx had high cholesterol and clogged arteries, from his terrible diet.
Micah True, the Caballo Blanco of "Born to Run" was 59 when he died. It probably was heart-related while on a trail run.
dunes runner wrote:
James Fixx wrote:
People die while running - if not all the time - certainly enough for it to be common. See Fixx, Jim, for example.
Fixx had high cholesterol and clogged arteries, from his terrible diet.
And a family genetic predisposition to heart problems, he thought running would protect him from it.
"The autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 70%."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_FixxMany people carry out strenuous exercise when stricken with a virus, very dangerous, especially if it's on the chest, don't do it as even with a healthy heart it can kill you.
My college teammate (and my groomsman) died 5 years ago at age 40 from a heart attack while playing with his kids in the snow in western New York. He wasn't a world beater, but ran 14:40s and won a decent high end regional race in the Albany area (Stockadeathon). No family history of heart disease, no cholesterol issues, and I had run 10 miles with him a few months before so he was still fit. Heart just went into a bad rhythm and that was it for my boy.
This is an issue close to my heart, because my competitive running ended when I had an incident of ventricular tachycardia after a mountainous 10K. i was in training to run a marathon in a couple months after I turned 60. My left ventricle was pounding away over 190 BPM for 45 minutes after the race until it was shocked back into a normal rhythm in the back of an ambulance.
I was a runner for 45 years at that point and finished 50 marathons. Now I have an implanted ICD - a pacemaker / defibrillator that will shock my heart if it goes into a bad rhythm.
I still jog 4 to 5 times a week for 3 - 4 miles and take a beta-blocker, which makes it really difficult to run hard - which I don't do now anyway. My cardiologist isn't fond of my jogging, but I wear a heart monitor and keep my HR under 130 BPM.
If I could say one thing that sticks in people's mind - it is that we all intellectualize the concept of death in the abstract - but when you're in an ambulance and your heart is malfunctioning, it's a mighty different thing, kiddo.
I used to believe the old saying "that which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" in the abstract also - but remember, if it does kill you, that's it, bro.
Anyway, here's an interesting video. 95% of you will be fine, but it is something to think about, especially, it seems, as you get into your 50's.
My EKG resembled the slide at 10:50 in the video.
Anyway, good luck, everybody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y6U728AZnV0
I'm pretty sure that Daws went in his sleep.
If in doubt leave the run out. wrote:
Many people carry out strenuous exercise when stricken with a virus, very dangerous, especially if it's on the chest, don't do it as even with a healthy heart it can kill you.
I remember Gerry Stevens - one time British record holder for the 3000m s/c - narrowly winning the Berkshire x-country championships in the late '70s while suffering from a cold, and suffering a heart-attack. Happily he survived, and even made it back to running, and now coaches at Reading AC.
I think it's known as viral myocarditis.
Definitely have to be wary of running hard with that kind of virus.
Cavorty wrote:
I think it's known as viral myocarditis.
Definitely have to be wary of running hard with that kind of virus.
Yep, and various viral infections can cause it, it's something every runner should be aware of:
https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/myocarditis#1Are you splitting hairs? wrote:
fixx er upper wrote:
Other accounts differ. Along the lines that it happened after he's stopped his run and had sat down to possibly stretch.
Aren't you splitting hairs? Are you saying that in order for it to be running related a person would have to have the heart attack while they're actually in movement, i.e, running or jogging? ? What's the difference if it occurs while you're actually in motion or just a few minutes later while you stop and stretch?
Yes. They would have to collapse in motion.
@fixx er wrote:
fixx er upper wrote:
Other accounts differ. Along the lines that it happened after he's stopped his run and had sat down to possibly stretch.
Oh, well that's totally different. If only he hadn't stopped to strech, and just kept running, he'd still be alive!
Maybe. Experts said he died because of the way his body was positioned.