Jeff Lebowski
Well-known member
Greetings, first of all, I am very glad that you have recovered your health. How is your sports life progressing after aortic surgery?
For 12 years before my surgery last year, I was doing marathons, ultra-marathons and long and brisk road bike rides. I was chasing degrees in my age group in marathon and ultra-marathon races. However, as you can imagine, running, especially trail conditions, are very impactful sports. In the preoperative period, I had accustomed my heart to long-distance and brisk conditions, so let me put it this way, I was finishing a marathon with a pace of 4:50 km and my average pulse rate was in the range of 135/140 bpm.
To put it bluntly, I was hesitant to go back to running after the surgery, firstly because I wanted to put too much strain on my heart, and secondly because, as you can imagine, you haven't run for a certain period of time, and your heart works at very high pulse rates and with difficulty in the training you will do until you get back to your old self. I didn't want to do that, so I only focused on road cycling and I continue my long and partially brisk road cycling rides.
