Terrible loss of fitness after COVID

justbaur wrote:

End of July I took 10 days off for groin injury. Ran for about 5 days and got COVID. Sat out for 10 more days and lost everything. I have built up to 48 miles a week, but my race times are significantly slower than last year. (17:00 5k xc to 30flat 8k xc in college) Did I damage my lungs? Did I lose that much fitness? Will I get over the hump soon? Im worried please offer explanation

It's over.

Sorry that you followed Letsrun epic disinformation campaign about Covid.

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I saw this coming 18 month ago, of course the Brojos could not have cared less.

So.. I have been having some breathing issues and recently had a stress test completed. I thought I may be anemic but the blood work said otherwise, however the stress test showed a drop in oxygen saturation when I really started to work hard (this is exactly what was happening when I would do a workout.) So more of a lung issue than heart issue.

You might want to see if you can have your doctor schedule a stress test to see is you are having lung issues related to covid. Not sure if there is a "cure" I hoping to find some answers out myself.

Good luck.

What symptoms are you experiencing, specifically? Why specifically are you running slower? Is it harder to breath? Are you fatigued?

It sounds more like a loss of fitness rather than post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, but look up "post-acute COVID-19" syndrome if you think it might be specifically related to COVID.

justbaur wrote:

End of July I took 10 days off for groin injury. Ran for about 5 days and got COVID. Sat out for 10 more days and lost everything. I have built up to 48 miles a week, but my race times are significantly slower than last year. (17:00 5k xc to 30flat 8k xc in college) Did I damage my lungs? Did I lose that much fitness? Will I get over the hump soon? Im worried please offer explanation

Loss of fitness plus it takes some people time to adjust to the longer 8k race distance.

Michael Avenati wrote:

justbaur wrote:

End of July I took 10 days off for groin injury. Ran for about 5 days and got COVID. Sat out for 10 more days and lost everything. I have built up to 48 miles a week, but my race times are significantly slower than last year. (17:00 5k xc to 30flat 8k xc in college) Did I damage my lungs? Did I lose that much fitness? Will I get over the hump soon? Im worried please offer explanation

It's over.

Sorry that you followed Letsrun epic disinformation campaign about Covid.

Ask your parents to file a lawsuit or better a class action lawsuit against the Brojos.

I saw this coming 18 month ago, of course the Brojos could not have cared less.

^^^ Hi Flagpole

justbaur wrote:

End of July I took 10 days off for groin injury. Ran for about 5 days and got COVID. Sat out for 10 more days and lost everything. I have built up to 48 miles a week, but my race times are significantly slower than last year. (17:00 5k xc to 30flat 8k xc in college) Did I damage my lungs? Did I lose that much fitness? Will I get over the hump soon? Im worried please offer explanation

I recommend you see a doctor and have your lungs tested.

really such a funny guy

justbaur wrote:

End of July I took 10 days off for groin injury. Ran for about 5 days and got COVID. Sat out for 10 more days and lost everything. I have built up to 48 miles a week, but my race times are significantly slower than last year. (17:00 5k xc to 30flat 8k xc in college) Did I damage my lungs? Did I lose that much fitness? Will I get over the hump soon? Im worried please offer explanation

Unfortunately this is not uncommon. Whether you have permanent damage to your lungs or heart is something only your doctor can tell you, but it is for sure possible. Statistically though, it is more likely that you are just feeling some long hauler effects.

COVID is a b!tch, and people really need to take it far more seriously than they are.

rojo_the_real_one_1 wrote:

Michael Avenati wrote:

It's over.

Sorry that you followed Letsrun epic disinformation campaign about Covid.

Ask your parents to file a lawsuit or better a class action lawsuit against the Brojos.

I saw this coming 18 month ago, of course the Brojos could not have cared less.

^^^ Hi Flagpole

Nope! Not me.

Simple chest x-ray will show whether their is COVID related damage. 17 5k to 30 min 8k isn't that massive of a drop in time. Seems to be consistent with a slow return to fitness after a pretty long layoff. If disappointing race times is the only issue, I would just keep at it. If there are other problems, go to a Dr. and get checked out.

roller coaster wrote:

justbaur wrote:

End of July I took 10 days off for groin injury. Ran for about 5 days and got COVID. Sat out for 10 more days and lost everything. I have built up to 48 miles a week, but my race times are significantly slower than last year. (17:00 5k xc to 30flat 8k xc in college) Did I damage my lungs? Did I lose that much fitness? Will I get over the hump soon? Im worried please offer explanation

Loss of fitness plus it takes some people time to adjust to the longer 8k race distance.

Some loss of fitness, yes (even if he just took that time off and didn't have COVID), but unless a HS runner never ran further than 3 miles in training, a 17:00 5k guy should not be running 30 minutes for 8k if training went uninterrupted. No accounting for getting used to the longer distance here. A 17:00 5k guy (on a legit course) should be running 28:00 for 8k (on a legit course), so bare minimum just under 29 minutes right off the bat.

Precious Roy wrote:

Simple chest x-ray will show whether their is COVID related damage. 17 5k to 30 min 8k isn't that massive of a drop in time. Seems to be consistent with a slow return to fitness after a pretty long layoff. If disappointing race times is the only issue, I would just keep at it. If there are other problems, go to a Dr. and get checked out.

He should see his doctor. I agree. Loss of fitness and then having his body wrecked a little bit by COVID is the cause of the slower time, but that is a pretty significant drop. 17 minute 5k is equivalent to about a 28:00 8k. He's 2 minutes slow.

I also agree that if slow race times are his only issue, he should keep at it. It IS advisable for him to see his doctor though if he has not. Usually college athletes have to have some sort of physical before the season, so I assume he has at least gotten an OK from a physician to compete.

Flagpole wrote:

Unfortunately this is not uncommon. Whether you have permanent damage to your lungs or heart is something only your doctor can tell you, but it is for sure possible. Statistically though, it is more likely that you are just feeling some long hauler effects.

COVID is a b!tch, and people really need to take it far more seriously than they are.

Nonsense.

I have been informed by experts on this very site that the only thing that matters when it comes to covid is its death rate, which is extremely low for everybody except those who died.

Why should runners of all people be concerned about loss of fitness?

Ridiculous.

calling out the nonsense wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Unfortunately this is not uncommon. Whether you have permanent damage to your lungs or heart is something only your doctor can tell you, but it is for sure possible. Statistically though, it is more likely that you are just feeling some long hauler effects.

COVID is a b!tch, and people really need to take it far more seriously than they are.

Nonsense.

I have been informed by experts on this very site that the only thing that matters when it comes to covid is its death rate, which is extremely low for everybody except those who died.

Why should runners of all people be concerned about loss of fitness?

Ridiculous.

Good show, brother.

calling out the nonsense wrote:

I have been informed by experts on this very site that the only thing that matters when it comes to covid is its death rate, which is extremely low for everybody except those who died.

Why should runners of all people be concerned about loss of fitness?

Ridiculous.

Well played, sir/ma'am.

Long Covid has taken me 8 months to recover from.

I'm at my normal 'baseline' now not where I was precovid.

Long Covid symptoms were no smell, brain fog, fatigue, little confusion, felt cold a lot, didn't like sound a lot, little out of it. Good luck

Obvious typo. You clearly meant to say "Terrible loss of fitness after COVID vaccine."

Everyone here knows that COVID has no effect on anyone who isn't elderly or morbidly obese, while the vaccine is leaving otherwise healthy people dead and disabled left and right.

Disagree with everyone else.

This isn’t that dramatic of a loss of fitness.

You have gone from 17 to roughly 18:10/15.

17 was likely at the end of the season and fully sharp.

You have only discussed cross country times. What kind of shape were you in prior to the groin injury, how much had you been running?

Not much to lose from seeing a doctor for blood work, but I bet your times will improve as you sharpen up.

good one bud