Sex: Male

Occupation: Mortgage broker / IFA

Country: UK.

Height: 182 cms

Bodyweight: 77 kg

Resting pulse: 48 per minute

Maximum training pulse: Not sure. My cruising rate when running is 153 per

Heart condition(s): Heart attack at 7.00 a.m. on 20/1/1999

Fitness before treatment(s): Had smoked for 30 years, eventually reaching 50 cigarettes per day. Wrong diet, high stress, sedentary lifestyle, but not overweight. Family history of heart attack, possibly/probably smoking-related.

Treatment(s): Aspirin, Captopril, Atenolol, Atorvastatin.

Cardiac rehabilitation: Quit smoking immediately after heart attack. Changed to healthy diet. Took up walking 3 times a week as originally advised, but gradually progressed to jogging and then running.

Present training regime: Two serious training sessions per week with local running club, plus a road race at the week-end.

Achievements as a Cardiac Athlete: Have so far done 12 half marathons with a PB of 1:57:07. Completed Leeds Marathon on 12/5/2002 in 4:47:18.

Training tip(s): Just do it!

Future goal(s): London Marathon April 2003 in under 4 hours 30 mins. New York Marathon in November 2003 in under 4 hours 15 mins. To run a 10k in under 48 minutes (current PB 50:31).

Motivator(s): Staying alive!

Thanks to: The ICU at Hospital Universitario de la Princesa in Madrid for getting me through the initial heart attack. Dr Lorenzo de Caceres, my GP in Madrid, for supporting me in my initial athletic efforts. More recently, Abbey Runners in Leeds for turning me from a jogger into a runner.