Stopping me breaking something returning to racing

[Flimflab]

Thanks to the encouragement from members of this forum I am now back up to parkruns again.

I am now looking to enter club 10k races. I am speaking to my GP next week and ideally I would like to get their clearance, or a cardiologists, on how hard I can push myself. The surgeons did a good job and I don’t want to break their handiwork 😊.

Has anyone had experience of getting medical sign off before returning to racing or any suggestion of who I should speak to? Or any tests that might help give a maximum heart rate I should run to?

Some background if it helps

I had a stent fitted last August fortunately before any heart damage so luckily have been able to make a good recovery. The cardio rehab team suggested exercising by effort rather than heart rate formula, but I am running well above 220-age (63) which leaves me a little nervous.

[Heartattackvictim]

Yes I'm with you on this one Hidden . I'm 63; first NSTEMI 5 days after a sub 2 hour half marathon. at age 59. Took me over a year to do a half marathon in 2 and a half hours before yet another NSTEMI. So now it's jogging and I'm mindful of HR and the BORG scale. I've done a few Park Runs recently (best recently is 33 minutes Vs 24 minutes before NSTEMI #1. But I enjoy Park Run for what it is: some exercise in the fresh air and I'm afraid targets don't enter my thinking at all as I run by listening to my body (if you know what I mean). Heartbeat do private treadmill tests linked to ECG (if I understand their site correctly). Good luck!