Meghan Roth suffered cardiac arrest during the Boston Marathon in 2021. She is returning for Monday’s race to help with a CPR demonstration to assist others.
“I think about it all the time and think about being out there that weekend. And as much as I say, you know, I want to run the marathon, I’m like,I run the marathon? Would it be better as a spectator? But then I also think, you know, of running and, you know, I didn’t finish,” she said, her voice breaking.Although Roth has resumed running and coaching the sport, she won’t be running in the Boston Marathon this year, planning to run it instead in 2024 as she continues to navigate her way back.
“... I’m so blessed because it’s so scary what can happen and the survival rate is so low [about 9 percent for cardiac arrests experienced outside of a hospital, according to the American Heart Association] that I really am just grateful that I’m okay. It’s crazy to think of my life any other way. Every day with my son, I just feel so, so fortunate just to be with him. And I just look back — it’s just a really hard situation.
That’s why the BAA annually puts on a demonstration at an expo during race weekend, and this year Roth will be a big part of it. The BAA plans to use her and others to show people how to perform hands-only CPR, and she recorded an updated version of an instructional video Troyanos and the BAA send to all 30,000 runners and 10,000 volunteers every year.
Roth is eager to participate in the expo and CPR campaign but experiences lingering emotional trauma even as her physical health has rebounded. “It’s just so hard when you’re doing something that you love more than anything and something like that happens to you,” she said. “I think I still have trauma from it, but I’m trying to just do my best, to focus on moving forward and hoping for the best for the future.
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