- Local every day in
Oaks-to-CHOP Run Will Raise Funds for Charity
Six months after heart surgery, an Elverson man will run a marathon.
Jeff McBride, 27, had major heart surgery on Sept. 17, 2012. On March 17, exactly six months after the operation, he plans to run 26.2 miles from Oaks to the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania. McBride told the Tri-County Record that running is something that has always been a hobby, and it was running that McBride turned to start recovering from his heart surgery. "Running was always an activity I could do to get away from it all, let off any stress, clear my head. So I decided a while ago that I wanted to run another long distance (run) just to do it," he told the Record. McBride says on his website, www.motivatedheart.com, that he was inspired to raise money for CHOP after his son was born on Christmas Day. He said he couldn't …
