Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

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Alister Hart

Alister Hart

My Story

I am running for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) to support its valuable work with young athletes. I became aware of this charity through its founder Sanjay Sharma who is also the medical director of the London Marathon and is a co author on my research paper on MRI scanning knees of midlife London marathoners ( https://www.exerciseforscience.org/studies/study-1-can-distance-running-be-good-for-your-knees ). 

I am an orthopaedic surgeon and exercise scientist (https://www.exerciseforscience.org/ ). I have run 2 marathons before but 13 years ago. After my first i could not walk for 2 weeks and thought that it was bad for our musculoskeletal system. However, I have since done the largest MRI studies of marathoners, looking at their knees, hips and spine. After MRI scanning 4 months before the marathon and again after the marathon we found that the marathon did not cause damage to the joints. 

So i am trying to spread the word about the benefits of running on our musculoskeletal system and practice what I preach ...

 

 

 

About us

The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.

What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.

Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

Raising for:

Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
172%

Funded

  • Target
    £1,000
  • Raised so far
    £1,721
  • Number of donors
    28

My Story

I am running for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) to support its valuable work with young athletes. I became aware of this charity through its founder Sanjay Sharma who is also the medical director of the London Marathon and is a co author on my research paper on MRI scanning knees of midlife London marathoners ( https://www.exerciseforscience.org/studies/study-1-can-distance-running-be-good-for-your-knees ). 

I am an orthopaedic surgeon and exercise scientist (https://www.exerciseforscience.org/ ). I have run 2 marathons before but 13 years ago. After my first i could not walk for 2 weeks and thought that it was bad for our musculoskeletal system. However, I have since done the largest MRI studies of marathoners, looking at their knees, hips and spine. After MRI scanning 4 months before the marathon and again after the marathon we found that the marathon did not cause damage to the joints. 

So i am trying to spread the word about the benefits of running on our musculoskeletal system and practice what I preach ...

 

 

 

About us

The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.

What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.