Last June 26th, I had surgery to repair the worst Hiatel Hernia my doctors had ever seen.

A Hiatel Hernia is when the contents of the stomach move into the chest cavity. I had all of my stomach, part of my colon and two feet of my small intestines crammed into the space my left lung is suppose to occupy. It was also pushing against my heart and giving me an irregular heart beat.

I road my bike in this condition for 2 years until I figured out that there was something wrong with me. I thought I was just in really bad shape and needed to work harder. Damm was I stupid.

On two occassions I had people jump out of their cars and run over to me where I was siting on my bike gasping for air and they asked me if I was having a heart attack.

The good news is that I have been riding again for a couple of months now and am much stronger and faster than before. Hills that use to max out heart rate don't even cause me to breath hard now. If feels great.