Sheesh, it's been months since I wrote last. I'm trying to remember exactly where I left off. My previous post was " How Not to Train for a 50k ". And, shockingly, I did not do a 50k last year. I didn't even do the 25k, but I did do the 10 mile version of McDowell Mountain Frenzy. It started out kind of rough, but I pushed through long enough to finish. I kind of enjoyed it. Not long after, I started working with a functional medicine doctor to try and determine what exactly I was dealing with health-wise. I took the entire month of December off from running because I wasn't sure what my body really needed to heal and/or lose a few pounds. That is the cliffnotes version to get us to today. I have worms . Ugh. I actually have a bunch of other stuff wrong with me. My gut is a mess, my microbiome is all out of whack, and there's all sorts of bacterial presence in my system. My thyroid doesn't work like it's supposed to, but
Thyroid-Waning but NOT 50k Training (at least not yet)