More than 1000 people competed in the Presque Isle Half Marathon on Sunday morning, all doing it with different goals in mind.


But for Greg Woodman, the race was a bit more personal, as he almost lost his life on the course a year ago. He was saved when fellow runners stepped in and provided CPR.


As Woodman described, "It was 3.63, I have it on my watch, where my heart just flat lines or starts jumping around actually."


Woodman had a heart attack during the thirteen-mile race, but fellow runners helped save his life.  Aaron Taylor helped provide CPR and said, "I actually watched Greg go down and once we realized what was happening, it was kind of all hand's on deck."


Nurses quickly stopping their races to help a fellow runner. As Laura Overly described, "If I can help, I'm going to jump in and help and I went in and took over CPR for the gentleman in front of me."


Even though competing, they said time stood still when trying to save Woodman's life. Tabitha Bowser also helped and said, "Times didn't matter. Yes, we are nurses, but there is a life at stake, so our times meant nothing to us."


After emergency services arrived, the runners completed the race, but with another goal in mind. Mikaela Hess, a nurse and fellow runner described, "We ran that race for Greg."


A year later, Woodman made his way back to the place where his life was changed forever, "I walked out there yesterday to go to the spot."


Out of the 1000 racers competing on Sunday morning, Greg was one of them, hoping to achieve is goal of completing the race. But he wasn't alone, he had more people cheering him on, the same people who saved his life.


"I'm delighted to be back again a year later, thanks to all the people that saved me, who stopped their race, performed CPR and brought me back literally to life", said Woodman.


One year later, Woodman accomplished his goal and finished the race.

Since last year, he started a non-profit called the "Run with Heart Foundation" to help promote the importance of learning CPR. He said he plans to come back to Erie every year to run the PI Half Marathon.