KEEPING pace isn't a problem for Binalong grazier Geoff Henderson, but that wasn't always the case.
Last April Mr Henderson was diagnosed with a slow, irregular heartbeat during a check-up and was soon after fitted with a pacemaker.
"At the time I thought I was just getting old, but looking back now I did have a few symptoms," said Mr Henderson (pictured).
Since then he's participated in the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in the US (pictured inset), trekked in Nepal, and has a trip to the New Zealand southern alps planned.
He said the marathon was "quite tough".
"When you're 68 your body doesn't work as well as it used to," he said.
The annual race brings together people from across the globe who have received medical technology.
Mr Henderson said 300,000 people came out to watch the 12,000 race competitors and lined the streets providing encouragement.
He said many farmers didn't go for annual health check-ups, thinking they were "bullet-proof" or simply because of the distance required to get to the local doctor.
"The lack of doing something can put you in a life-threatening situation," he said.
Kim Chappell
Editor of Farming Small Areas.
Editor of Farming Small Areas.
