Great job! It's always nice to see improvements.
Hope this finds everyone well!
I am on track with this goal. I am consistently weighing about 220 lbs so far and have hired a nutrition coach (who is part of the runDisney community!). I wrote about my sugar addiction, and I am still soda free since March.
I signed up for all 4 races for MW 2023.
I haven’t done these races yet, but I did do a sprint in June. I have been working on my swimming and running, as well as practicing brick workouts. I have been doing good at maintaining intervals in these which has always been a struggle before.
I had OG covid back in early 2021. I had very few and mild symptoms and never stopped working out.
Naps are priority. Good on you for prioritiziy rest.
I recently met my neighbor because strava notified me that she stole my local legend title. Literally the creepiest technology that I use but I still can't seem to quit? Okay... Deleting it now.
Same for me at the beginning of June. I had no running on my plan on Friday. I was sleepy Saturday and Sunday and rested. I ran a recovery 5k on Tuesday. Skipped Wednesday. Recovery 5k on Thursday. Then 10k easy Saturday and Sunday. I resumed to following my training plan on the next Tuesday, respecting my body if it was telling me to take it easy. I would say, make sure that you rest enough to fight this virus properly.
Thank you! I'm in the middle of marathon training (Chicago) so the timing isn't great! I might skip my planned long run this weekend but will see how I'm feeling. I tested positive Tuesday night - I woke up Tuesday not feeling great but went for my 10K run anyways, it was a total struggle and I felt sore all over after, I was like what is wrong with me??? Oh....
I will try to find the source for you to read if you want but the quick version of current recommendations is no high intensity exercise until symptom free for 7 days. There is some research showing longer recovery times and a higher risk of long covid symptoms in people who do high intensity exercise before they are fully recovered. If you are afebrile and any symptoms are above the neck, low intensity exercise is fine, and even encouraged. If you have any chest congestion, joint aches, GI symptoms, you need to rest.
I had what we now believe was COVID in Jan. 2020 (there was no public testing then, so we'll never know for sure, but it hit all criteria for COVID). It was "mild" in the sense that I wasn't hospitalized and it felt slightly less terrible than a bad case of influenza, but it hit my lungs pretty hard, and 2+ years later I'm still experiencing some Long COVID issues and what's likely permanent lung damage (to be fair, I'd also had pneumonia twice before plus mild asthma, so my lungs weren't in great shape to start.) I was down entirely for a week, and felt better enough to start some easy runs maybe 3 weeks out... but my doctor has pointed to some emerging research on athletes that may indicate a hasty return to exercise might raise the risk of Long COVID.
As everyone says, you know your body so make sure you are not doing anything too intense. I did not have mild covid. Mine was worse than mild but not as bad as severe. I did not run for two weeks and honestly i probably should have stayed out for 4 weeks because of the fatigue. I will say those first two weeks back were tough and slow.
I had mild case in mid-May. After 4 days I felt much better and decided to go for a short run. After I finished, about 30 minutes later I felt like my lungs were on fire and it made my cough, which had been improving, much worse for next fews days. Because of that, I took that week basically off to not inflame them again.
I took three weeks off from running after having C-19 in October 2021. My symptoms were similar to a mild case of the flu. I did do a long walk or two during that time but I had no desire to run so I didn't.
