Heart surgeon Dr. Peter Mancao ran in college. But then he stopped.
About two years ago, however, he started feeling out of breath when going up the flight of stairs to the operating room of Cebu Doctors’ Hospital.
That prompted him to go back running. Mancao said he took to the web for help on how to start running and found that online, you can get an “instant coach.”
HEART SURGEON Dr. Peter Mancao talks to newbie runners on how to start running. Mancao was the guest in last Friday’s night run with the CebuRunning community. SUN.STAR PHOTO/ALEX BADAYOSMancao told more than 70 runners gathered in the Sun.Star Cebu central newsroom for last Friday’s night run that in the operating room, surgeons had a rule of thumb: if the patient is under 40 years old, there is no need for medical clearance.
Mancao said that was a good rule of thumb to apply to running. He said that if someone who is over 40 years old wants to start running, he or she should get a comprehensive medical checkup and a doctor’s clearance.
