Running after covid?
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Posted Jul 3, 2022, 10:41 AM UTC
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I had mild flu-like symptoms for only two days but was still out of commission for three weeks, could not seem to push myself to get my heartrate up. Got me feeling pretty low tbh. Hope it’s better for you!
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I was in same boat. I had typical symptoms for a few days. Prob tried running 10 days later and was slammed. No wind at all. Before Covid I was doing 7 mile trail days. My first run after I did a 2 mile easy run. My garmin said 68 hour recovery time!!!!! Took me about 5 weeks before everything was normal but at that point I was basically starting from ground zero again and was ticked.
Good luck to you, hope you have a different experience and good luck in the race!
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Cheers mate. Sorry you had to deal with that. Don't worry it's not an official race. I'm just trying to get my times down a bit. I went out Friday morning for a long run(19k) and it went OK but I was exhausted afterwards. Sore head kicked in that evening and then tested positive Saturday morning. Fingers crossed.
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That’s awesome, lots of luck! I was training for a 15 mile race at the time. It was weird because I felt fine but my heart and lungs said no to anything strenuous. This was back in Feb. By late March I was recovered. Worst part was starting from scratch
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At least a week most likely, and possibly much more, it depends on so many factors. 2 weeks to go you can't improve your fitness much if any anyway. Recover and rest, the timing couldn't be much better really if you recover next week. Some people test positive for way more than 2 weeks with symptoms, others clear it rapidly and don't notice it.
If it were me I'd not run unless you test negative and feel fully back to normal and then go for a gentle run a day or 2 before to see if you want to run the HM or not.