12.03.2008 1:02 am

When having a heart attack, can coughing save you?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Every once in awhile, it arrives in my in-box with instructions to forward it to loved ones: an e-mail claiming that if you’re having a heart attack and you’re alone, you can perform CPR on yourself by coughing forcefully and repeatedly.…

New York City Marathon Recap: Bonking at Mile 23 then finishing

By Cindy Gregorian

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I finished the 26.2-mile jaunt through the five boroughs Sunday. Here’s a synopsis of my run.

BEFORE THE START runners are shipped by bus from Manhattan to Staten Island where we sit in 40-degree, ultra windy conditions for three hours. I wear…

Training is over; the marathon looms.

By Cindy Gregorian

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This Sunday, at 10 a.m., for the second time in my life, I’ll embark on a 26.2-mile journey through all 5 burroughs of New York City. I ran New York in 2001, right after Sept. 11.

Training this past week was unnervingly…

When having a heart attack, can coughing save you?

New York City Marathon Recap: Bonking at Mile 23 then finishing

Training is over; the marathon looms.

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