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The purpose of the Heart2Heart Run is to raise money & awareness toward better identification and treatment of heart disease.
Heart
disease is the number one cause of death in the United States today and
soon will be the leading cause in the developing world. Unfortunately,
most people are not aware they may have, or be at risk for heart
disease; others may simply ignore symptoms and early warning signs.
Bill Nawn was one of those people who ignored early signs of his heart
arrhythmia. It was not until he experienced an acute episode while
competing in a road race that he finally sought treatment.
Click here to watch Chet Curtis' interview with Bill Nawn and Dr. Craig Vinch on NECN about heart health and the Double Marathon in 2007.
Boston Marathon 2008 Update:
Bill Nawn and his friend, Sean Luitjens, ran 52.4 miles (2
marathons) each on April 21st, 2008, the day of the 112th running of the Boston
Marathon. They started at 4:45am at the Finish Line on
Boylston St. in Boston and ran the race route out to the Starting Line in Hopkinton--a distance of 26.2 miles, arriving shortly after 9:00am. There they joined the
25,000+ other runners preparing for the official start of the Marathon.
Leaving Hopkinton at 10:35am with the second wave of runners, they arrived at the Finish Line around 3:00pm. They both ran a 10 minute mile on the way back and completed the second half of the double marathon in 4 hours and 28 minutes!
With their return run back to Boston, after nearly 8 hours of running, Bill and Sean completed a round
trip distance of 52.4 miles each or 104.8 miles total together!
To see photos from this year's Marathon,
please visit the Heart2Heart Flickr page!
Sponsors this year included:
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Newsflash
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The 2008 recipient of the 2nd Louise Lown Heart Hero Award is The Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention Program in Tonga, which screens primary school children for rheumatic heart disease and provides early, effective treatment.
ProCor's award review committee chose the 2008 winner from applications
from 14 countries, including Rwanda, Indonesia, Israel, Eritrea,
Mauritius, Nigeria, the Philippines, Iran, South Africa, India, Nepal,
Kenya, and the US.
To find out more about the program, please visit ProCor's new and enhanced website.
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Giving
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© Copyright 2006 Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
21 Longwood Ave Brookline, MA 02446
P: (617) 732-1318 F: (617) 734-5763
LCRF is a 501(c)3 non-profit.
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