I currently have Covid bad. Need some training advice

The only path to "fitness" is recovery. If running is too hard you need to rest. Viral infections (even non-COVID) can take months to clear in people that over-stress themselves and try to fight through it. Rest for a week. Do very easy work. If you don't heal you will never get back in shape.

Were you vaccinated?

I am not vaccinated. Saw no need as a young, healthy teenager. Ironically, I was scheduled to get vaccinated two days after I tested positive. (College I’m going to be running at next year requires it.)

F1 Runner wrote:

I am not vaccinated. Saw no need as a young, healthy teenager. Ironically, I was scheduled to get vaccinated two days after I tested positive. (College I’m going to be running at next year requires it.)

Well given you were too stupid to follow reasonable advice before, I suspect nothing anyone says here will change your mind about running with inflamed lungs.

Hopefully you recover fast, but perhaps consider losing your spring track season a good lesson.

Let me guess, you haven’t been outside since December of 2019 and have spent that time binge watching CNN?

F1 Runner wrote:

Let me guess, you haven’t been outside since December of 2019 and have spent that time binge watching CNN?

Those lovely teenager years....

F1 Runner wrote:

I was just starting to slowly build my mileage back up after xc with 5-7 mi runs every day. I have also been exercise biking for 90 minutes a day to supplement more mileage without the risk of injury. A few days ago I tested positive for Covid and it hit hard. Running 7 min pace feels more like 5:45 pace and pushing 200 watts feels like pushing 300. Should I cut out the biking until I get healthier? FYI: I’m not going to stop running. I can’t afford to get that out of shape. Any advice is appreciated.

Keep running, so your lungs can get destroyed and some other fully vaccinated runner gets your college spot.

Remember you need a certain intelligence to go to college. So far you only have proven that you don't have it.

Good luck recovering from long Covid.

I saw this all the time in HS and college. Kids with a moderate illness that couldve been knocked back with 2-3 days of rest instead turning it into 2-3 weeks of coughing and fatigue by "crushing" a tempo run and not sleeping to prove "they weren't sick."

Despite our differences on the covid vaccine, I do appreciate your advice.

Just take a few days off and get healthy. And for gods sake... get vaccinated.

Anyone who thinks injecting themselves with clot shot poisons will make them healthy is delusional.

Stop listening to the brainwashed minions and you should recover very quickly.

LRC fake MD wrote:

F1 Runner wrote:

I am not vaccinated. Saw no need as a young, healthy teenager. Ironically, I was scheduled to get vaccinated two days after I tested positive. (College I’m going to be running at next year requires it.)

Well given you were too stupid to follow reasonable advice before, I suspect nothing anyone says here will change your mind about running with inflamed lungs.

Hopefully you recover fast, but perhaps consider losing your spring track season a good lesson.

Thanks for the liberal input. Lol

highhoppingworm wrote:

Just take a few days off and get healthy. And for gods sake... get vaccinated.

Lol

I was able to work out through day 8 and then my lungs an heart went bananas. Don't push through if your get lung symptoms.

I am about one month out and am able to start building endurance again. Up to 8 minutes on elliptical.

(Double vaxed, no booster, had mild symptoms and no fever)

Good luck. This sucks.

kplc wrote:

highhoppingworm wrote:

Just take a few days off and get healthy. And for gods sake... get vaccinated.

Lol

Did you notice that highhoppingworm wrote "for gods sake" rather than "for God's sake"? I would expect the polytheists to be more prone to vaccination than the monotheists.

kplc wrote:

LRC fake MD wrote:

Well given you were too stupid to follow reasonable advice before, I suspect nothing anyone says here will change your mind about running with inflamed lungs.

Hopefully you recover fast, but perhaps consider losing your spring track season a good lesson.

Thanks for the liberal input. Lol

I know that conservatives like to coddle their kids, even when they are big time f***-ups but we don't do that where I am from.

CrispyChicken wrote:

kplc wrote:

Lol

Did you notice that highhoppingworm wrote "for gods sake" rather than "for God's sake"? I would expect the polytheists to be more prone to vaccination than the monotheists.

Ha. That was pretty funny. I probably would have said something like "for the sake of the gods" though.

First of all, you don't have covid. trump promised that there would only be 15 cases total and those would be easily cured by drinking bleach and injecting Lysol. Swig some Clorox and you'll be fine.

I already tried drinking bleach. Will injecting some Lysol definitely make me feel better?

F1 Runner wrote:

Will injecting some Lysol definitely make me feel better?

Depends on how you define "better," I suppose, but I'd bet you'll feel *different* at least.