Tri After Serious Heart Issues

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Mark

I had a triple bypass in April 2005. I trained and ran the Seattle Marathon in November 2005, seven months and two days after surgery. I got into tri's after that as a way to encourage and motivate other heart patients and have completed the following:

2-IM(CDA), 2-HIM, 2-Olympic, 6-Sprint, 3-Marathons, 2-Half-Marathons, and a handful of other races. On 11/15 I turned fifty and celebrated by swimming 50 minutes in Kailua Bay, riding 50 miles on the Queen K hwy. and running 50 minutes from the Natural Energy Lab into Kona, HI. the site of the Ironman World Championship.

I volunteer weekly at my local hospital (PeaceHealth at Riverbend) in Eugene, and am working toward becoming a Certified Personal Trainer and a motivational speaker. While here in Hawaii I will be speaking at the Straub Medical Center in Honolulu on 11/19.

My father died of heart disease at forty-six years-old, the age I was when I finished the Seattle Marathon. Because of the advances in medicine I was given the chance my father never had and I'm trying to make the most of it.

Jeff Hardisty

Also as a side note, some here have referenced the heart transplant patient trying to complete an IM. He was 8 seconds past the swim cutoff exiting the water, therefore not allowed to continue racing. Only 8 seconds.