Iron Heart (Read 769 times)

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 8/13/2009 at 9:04 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/13/heart.transplants.ironman/index.html

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 8/13/2009 at 12:25 PM

Quote from Trent on 8/13/2009 at 9:04 AM:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/13/heart.transplants.ironman/index.html

When we test [heart transplant recipients] on the treadmill, their peak heart rate is around 140 beats [per minute] and they can maintain that for one minute. .

yowza That is like an 80 year old. So think of how impressive it would be to be 80 and finishing Kona in under 17 hrs.

I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets

"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7

runhikebird

Florida

posted: 8/13/2009 at 6:44 PM

Pretty cool. I like the guy's spirit. He doesn't see or accept the limitations that others might.