Can I Train for a Marathon after Recovering from a Ruptured Posted: 03-10-06 03:13am
I had a ruptured aorta from a car accident
six years ago and since then have remained
pretty active (weights and aerobic
exercise). I have recently wanted to run
a marathon and am thinking about training
using the Jeff Galloway method ie
run/walk. I ran 7 miles last week and my
heart rate stays at around 148 for the
running portion of 5 mins and drops to 127
during the 1 min walking portion. I am
currently taking Vasotec 20mg BID and
LoPressor 50mg 1/2 BID plus aspirin.
Initially my cardiologist heard that I
wanted to run a marathon and said no way,
but I have not yet had a chance to
describe my training program and my
pace/heart rate measurements. I have read
alot about the benefits of exercise in the
target heart rate zone and I was wondering
if there is alot of risk running longer
distances in this zone. Can people who
have this surgery run longer distances
with walk breaks taken frequently, or is
this dangerous? Thanks for any
information you might be able to offer
me.
Joe
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Fitness Answer A596 Posted: 03-28-06 10:08am
I recommend you listen to your
cardiologist because for a person with
such difficult heart injury like yours it
is very dangerous to train for hard sports
like a marathon... no matter the technique
he uses. During hard physical activities,
blood pressure increases and there is a
risk for another local rupture of the
aorta on the previously injured location.
Anti-hypertensive drugs (Vasotec and
LoPressor) won’t help you in extreme
conditions such as running a marathon.
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