Is Marathoning Too Much of a Good Thing for Your Heart?

[Guest guest]

Baloney there goes my training and last planned attempt at another

marathon. One wise sage (Dirty Harry in Magnum Force) once said, " A

man's got to know his limitations. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/fashion/07Fitness.html?

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Actually had a physical the day after my only completed marathon and

the doctor mentioned that the blood tests showed some muscle damage.

Always thought it was my poor sore leg muscles, but maybe it was

actually my heart itself. Anyway that's it for me folks - sticking

to 6 or maybe 10 miles max and trying hard not to hold more than a

100 lb potato sack (in each arm for at least a minute)**.

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PS Did my cholesterol today - yikes - back to some serious CRONing.

** For any retards out there, that means the sack itself, sans

potatoes. Sorry for the acerbity, but he author (me) is in a bad

mood due to high cholesterol and the prospect of a dreary life with

no more marathon training. And just when I was getting good at

running up that d*%m hill.