Time for me to retire

I have decided to hang up my running (and cycling) shoes. I have a heart issue which was of concern to the doctors when I was in hospital, and with some trauma already done there's a major health risk to me by running long distances. I'm going to see a cardiologist soon and find out just where I am at and what I am able to do; every person with aortic stenosis is different, so at this stage I don't know if I'm okay to race at all. All I know is that endurance events such as Ironman and ultra's are something I have to step down from.
So for the sake of my family and friends I won't be training or racing anything out of the ordinary any longer. Not sure what I'll do instead, initially I think I'll just get back into the gym and maintain what fitness I have right now.
Matt left a comment saying how he thought I was a fraud and I never clock up the distances I talk about, also commenting on how low my mileage was through July and August. Well that's probably because I only took up running again this June! I hadn't ran seriously at all before June, so I'm hardly going to jump straight into racking up the km's. I do often fall short of what I aim for and I admit that, I have a family and things in my life crop up. But I can be sure this obviously isn't someone that lives in Christchurch, where all through September & October we were simply trying to get through some major earthquakes and aftershocks (and even now). Being with my family was more important than leaving them home alone to fit a run in. The majority of October also saw me struggling with digestion / stomach problems which left me feeling generally 'off'. It was a pretty rough time for me overall.
So with this poster knowing nothing about what was happening with me over the last few months, I found it a pretty disrespectful comment that I deleted in the end, especially as he thinks I am trying to make money of having some kind of a 'false image'? Just for the record NONE of the clients I have I charge. I already have a full time job, I just happen to love training people towards their goals; I am not in it for any financial gains and I do not make even a cent from personal training anymore. Same as running... I run becasue I love running. If my passion for what I do can inspire others to do more with their life than that's a tangible difference I have made to their confidence, lifestyle and health.
So as always, I'm just gonna keep doing what I've always done and ignore people like this. I'm now at a point where with my health I need to reassess what I am able to do. Whatever you do, do it because you enjoy it. Dedictaion and passion is a powerful combination J.

Postscript: I have been recently criticised for 'advertising' that I run more than I do. This is due to me being an over-ambitious person, I try to aim high and I guess the reality is I do fall short a lot of the time. This is what it comes down to, nothing more, nothing less. But you know what, at least I put it out there what I am trying to do and it's myself that lives with the outcome at the end of each training week.
So for those few individuals out there that seem to get a kick out of giving me a good old bashing, if you scroll through the blog over the next few days you should see that I've followed up with postscripts where neccessary. The idea that I'm somehow creating a 'false image' is laughable, I'm at the stage of my career where I do things because I want to - I have nothing to prove. I've ran an ultra, 7 x marathons, 30+ half marathons and numerous 5/10/15km races. And that's not even including what I've done in cycling, powerlifting, duathlon etc etc. But these guys still know more about my workouts and running than I do ?! No, I'm not going to make the mistake of worrying about people that mean nothing to me, what a waste of positive energy! J