A dad who would run five to seven times a week suffered a silent heart attack which he said “probably saved my life” after it uncovered a deadly defect.
Alex Roth, 56, a media executive from London, initially thought he was having an asthma attack when he had trouble breathing while running in January 2022. What Alex did not realise was that he had suffered a heart attack and was at risk of premature death due to an unrelated heart defect.
Nearly a year on from lifesaving open heart surgery, Alex has now trekked 100 miles through Snowdonia for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). He has raised more than £50,000.
