Booster shot effects on training - better or worse than the second Pfizer/Moderna dose?

The booster shot for Pfizer is just the second dose again. Actually it's just the same on all three shots

For Moderne it is a half dose , to be clear the booster on moderna is a half dose

Anyway I think generally speaking there's less side effects for the booster than there are for the second dose oh, but you might want to Google it , but that's the general thing that I've heard I know people who got the booster and said it wasn't as bad

I had a similar sounding reaction to my second as you describe. 18 hours of "just not right", some body aches, head ache, but nothing major.

Booster(9 mos. all Pfizer): Slightly worse than the 2nd but still nothing terrible or even particularly notable. Just felt "not right" for from 12-36h after shot. Knocked off the day after and the following day. The latter for no good reason except I did 3h of yard work.

Felt fine after Moderna booster.

Had some good workouts a couple of days later and ran a PR 3 days afterward.

Don’t sweat it....huehuehue

I had a low grade fever for a few hours but didn’t miss any running and have had a bunch of great workouts since.

No issues here

FWIW I’m a 53 yr old male in decent shape

my 5G signal is getting weaker wrote:

So I'm thinking of drinking the Kool-Aid and getting my booster shot tomorrow. The question is, approximately how long will it take for my training to recover from this?

If you're racing next week, you're good.

If you have a Turkey Trot this Thursday, you're screwed.

Moderna first dose: just a sore arm.

Second dose: fatigue, muscle aches, 101.5 degree fever, but all over within 36-40 hours.

Moderna booster: fatigue, muscle aches, 103 degree fever, apparently over within 36-40 hours. However, on the second day after the shot I went for an easy run and pulled a calf muscle, probably in part because I was dehydrated from the high fever.

I scheduled my booster for after the turkey trot in my case. I had Pfizer and am sticking with that. I was just tired and dizzy for a day after the second dose so I expect the same as I'm sticking with Pfizer. I had a friend to had Pfizer then did a Moderna booster and was flat out sick with flu symptoms and 100 degree fever. I'm not messing with Moderna. Everyone I knew who got that vax had severe side effects.

I had the pfizer booster, no issues other than a sore arm. And that wasn't even anything to write home about.

My wife had the pfizer, and was on and off sick for the following day.

Soooo, hit or miss?

my 5G signal is getting weaker wrote:

So I'm thinking of drinking the Kool-Aid and getting my booster shot tomorrow. The question is, approximately how long will it take for my training to recover from this? When I got my second dose in April, I felt like crap the next day and didn't run. I felt better 2-3 days afterward, but my running still sucked. Two weeks after that, I mysteriously ran a PR.

Should I expect the same results this time?

I had no ill effects at all.

You folks sound weak.

amkelley wrote:

However, on the second day after the shot I went for an easy run and pulled a calf muscle, probably in part because I was dehydrated from the high fever.

That is not how dehydration works.

You will feel like absolute crap for 18 hrs or you won't feel anything but a sore arm or you'll develop an inflamed heart and experience serious complications on your next long run. It's a really small chance for number 3, like lottery winning odds.

I'm not getting anymore shots.

My reaction to the pfizer booster was exactly the same as my reaction to pfizer second dose. Aches and pains for 24 hours, then a bit of elevated RHR for about six days. Trained through it all, except for the day after, and basically felt fine.

40 year old male, FYI

I got the Moderna 3rd Booster half dose about a week and a half before a half marathon. It made me feel out of it and mildly ill for a day or two. After a day or two, I felt just a little off for a full 6 days. The shoulder pain went away in 3 days instead of 8 days for the second shot. It did totally affect a week of my training. I had a weak of forced weak training not feeling great. By the time I ran the half marathon I felt better and oddly ran a PR. Probably because I was already quite fit before I got the vaccine and just needed to maintain my fitness and not build it for my race goals.

I had the Pfizer booster a few weeks ago, no side affects at all; training was not impacted. Ran a marathon shortly after with a 20+ minute sub BQ time.

You're free to do as you please and get a booster shot.

Just don't go around acting superior and shaming/labeling people who don't do the same thing as you. As a non vaxxed person, that's all I ask.

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""--'-"--^' wrote:

You're free to do as you please and get a booster shot.

Just don't go around acting superior and shaming/labeling people who don't do the same thing as you. As a non vaxxed person, that's all I ask.

Just because you have an inferiority complex, no need to tell others what to do

well......... wrote:

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""--'-"--^' wrote:

You're free to do as you please and get a booster shot.

Just don't go around acting superior and shaming/labeling people who don't do the same thing as you. As a non vaxxed person, that's all I ask.

Just because you have an inferiority complex, no need to tell others what to do

I don't have an inferiority complex because those vaxxed who do act superior are living a lie. They are in fact not superior. Acting and actually being superior are two different things. But I can acknowledge I do see sheep projecting an inferiority complex whenever I flex, which is primarily due to their animosity and stupidity. If they could mind their own business, which they can't because their lives are mundane, then i wouldn't have to flex on them.

Received Phizer booster Saturday mid afternoon, after Phizer doses1 and 2.

Felt sluggish Sun am. Did a slow ez 90 min run. Just did not feel great. but it could have been the cold weather as that was my first run of this fall in temps below 30 degrees.

Very tired Sun. afternoon. Unusually tired took a nap. Suddenly felt much better ~6pm Sunday, almost like a mild fever broke.

Went to bed early and slept well.

Felt good Monday morning. Did a 1K pickup mid run near current 3K date/race pace and felt strong.

For me the sore arm and fatigue from the booster were similar to first two doses, except it all seemed more intense for a shorter period after the booster.

Did not feel like even trying anything like that K after the first two doses. Felt off for about a week then, and just ran easy. Even though I feel relatively better now after the booster, still planning an easy week.

Everyone reacts a little differently

q

I had Moderna. 1st dose, just a sore shoulder. 2nd dose, that plus about a day with unusual fatigue (although no impact on runs). Booster, though, wiped me out for a couple days and I had to cut mileage back a little.

My wife -- a former nurse -- tells me reactions indicate a strong immune response, but she just may be trying to make me feel better.