FALL 2024 UPDATE

Shamrock 2024 8k

Hello there. It's been a while. I don't think I'll end up writing those delayed race recaps, haha! Basically, there is no point because I'm not really running competitively anymore. When I do a race, I basically just run it like a weeknight run group race. I did try pretty hard for that Silver Falls race though, and I even bought some photos, so maybe I will post about that. I was actually pretty pleased with my effort there. I'll have to at least add my times to my master race archive so they don't get lost to the winds of time.

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.