Shamrock 2024 8k |
I think I might have long COVID. My cardio is just really screwed up in a way I've never experienced before. Anything longer than 4-5 miles is basically impossible. Every time I go to ramp up and try to extend my mileage my heart rate spikes and it feels like I am going to die. So that's really limited my ability to do very much. Sometimes even a four mile run is way harder than it should be. My psoriatic arthritis is not the limiting factor anymore.
So that sucks. I've completed nine marathons and I feel like I need at least one more. I really would like to do Chicago. But I need my cardio situation to be resolved before I can even think about doing another training cycle. Right now it's pretty frustrating because even slow runs are so hard and I'm basically always the slowest person at the running group. Very discouraging.