 It all of a sudden felt like a hippopotamus had landed on my chest and as the pain increased I The arms and the jaw and the neck also kind of shut down and locked down in a particular place and the pain was Extraordinary and I never quite felt anything like that, but also being a long-distance runner I couldn't imagine that it was anything associated with my heart Either thought I was gonna die or or fall asleep and I fell asleep and I promised if I woke up I would call my internist the next morning to get to the doctor. It's called a spontaneous dissection of my left main artery and The lining of my artery tore and kind of had a ribbon effect through my heart and Created three blockages, so I had to have a triple bypass every one of my friends were in denial as well I'm back to running my longest distance run now as much shorter than it was in August I'm up to about six or seven miles I'm also running much slower than I would like but I am running which is fantastic even someone of my fitness level Running multiple miles a lot of long distance lifting weights having a blood pressure of 80 over 40 and a heart rate of 50 Arresting heart rate can experience a grave heart event like I did I'm Rebecca Trayhen Listen to your body take care of your heart. You could be in my shoes Well, I guess now I make a little room for chocolate