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AZN vaccine on 5 May, 9:45. By the following morning, I had a temperature of 39.1 degree Centigrade, measured using a Braun digital thermometer in the ear. Was like I had a massive hangover and felt very sick when I moved around, so I spent the day in bed. Last night, I woke up with massive sweats, bedding was saturated with sweat. I think I had Covid last March. Today, my upper body is tingling to the touch.
Definitely wont be getting in the car or doing any riding for a couple of days yet.
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First Moderna shot was yesterday morning. Age 53, male. Twenty-four hours after the shot, the was and remains significantly less sore — minimal, in fact, and easy to forget — than after a traditional flu shot. Yesterday afternoon, I did have a slight headache of the kind that preceded a flu, but it never became more than annoying.
The advice here — Switzerland — is to rest a couple / few days after the shot to let the body do its thing. With that in mind, I loaded my training through yesterday morning and trained through a recovery week. My quads weren’t happy. So with the shot yesterday and the weather turning to crap (high winds and rain), my plan on a post-shot mini-recovery is not a hard to follow. I’ll ease back into it Saturday, as I would after any rest. Sunday is supposed to be superb — clear skies, warm weather — but it’s Mother’s Day so brunch etc will (happily and joyfully) alter and reduce any time in the saddle.
I had my 2nd dose of Pfizer on a Sunday heading into a rest week as planned.
Side effects had been largely the same as before, chills, muscle aches, major fatigue, and fogginess, maybe a bit more intense. I just completely veg’d out the following Monday and started to clear up by the evening.
Again not 100% by Tuesday, but good enough to get on the bike, and by Wednesday I felt back to normal. A full week later I went out for a familiar local loop and ended up setting quite a few PRs.
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Moderna 2 yesterday. Got it in the same arm at the rec of a few others and so far its a lot less sore.
I hydrated a lot yesterday, went on a short hike, but otherwise took it easy. No chills or fever last night. I’m definitely tired today, but not as wiped out as number 1.
So far not too bad, but fingers crossed it continues to be manageable.
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Update:
Went to bed early that night. Woke up the next day with all of these symptoms gone aside from some lingering fatigue. Did Baxter -2 later that night with no issues (average cadence 1-2RPM but I’ll chalk it up to being off the bike >3 days).
Picked a higher intensity workout to do this morning with some adequate (read: long) recovery between intervals. Vandever (4x4 112-114% of FTP) came up on TrainNow and I did it without any issues to note.
Moderna #2 wrecked me. Started feeling a little weird about 8 hours after the shot at 6pm. By 8pm full on chills, body aches, very sore arm, poor sleep, and a wicked headache that just doesn’t want to go away. Luckily chills and fever like symptoms were gone the next day but still very tired with a headache and uncomfortable. Day 3 woke up as if nothing had happened after sweating through the sheets that night. Day 4 a little tired and a headache but could be unrelated. Feel basically fine now and went for a light spin yesterday with no issues.
The first shot was just a mildly sore arm for a few days so this second one was quite a surprise.
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Seems Moderna is worse shot#2.
I had the 2nd Astra Zeneca last week, no ill effects, just a slightly wuzzy head for a couple of hours.
But the first one was bad , but trained through it and took twice as long to recover
M39 got my first jab of Moderna yesterday and still only dealing with a sore arm - - same with my wife who got hers the day before me. Not looking forward to the more likely 2nd jab side effects, but that’s probably about 3 months away at this point.
M51 got my first shot (Pfizer). Also a T2 Diabetic. Did a 2 hour endurance ride prior to the shot and went to work after getting it. Woke up in middle of night feeling a little warm but otherwise fine next day.
Had typical good fasting glucose numbers which indicate no stress to the body, did a 2 hour tempo-ish ride and worked all day and felt fine.
Day 2 of Moderna 2 was mostly just fatigue and a little bit of fever. Manageable for working remote, but if I had been on my feet, I would have felt pretty crushed.
Woke up today on Day 3 and feel a lot better, but I’m only about 80% right now. Still will be a day or two before I get on the bike.
Had my second Pyzer on Thursday, woke feeling very ache’y on the Friday and improved as the day went on, woke feeling fine on the Saturday 7am, and had Eclipse on my calendar, got on the bike (still feeling fine) at 10am, heart rate started being a little eratic in the second 20 min block, started the 3rd and couldn’t turn the pedals, went back to bed at 11:30 and slept for 2 hours
Similar to my AZ experience. 5-6 hours after the jab, got fever, shivers, and stomache ache that lasted 36 hours or so. I had to go to work about 12 hours after the jab, drugged myself up, which just about made it managable, though I still felt feverish with chills all day. The next morning, I still had those symptoms, but they went away during the day. Did not even want to think about bikes. Four days in, rode my 10min commute to work and tried to go a bit faster at one point, but got light headed and dizzy. Otherwise I was ok, still a bit tired and stomache not right. Six days after I went out for a 4 hour easyish ride with mates and it was fine. This week (second week in) I still felt a bit tired and hve no desire to push myself, but that could just be due to life and other factors and not the vaccine.
Oh and my arm felt like it had been hit with a hammer all week.
Just wanted to give a bit reassurance, considering most people here seem to get off lightly!
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Age 49. Johnson & Johnson 1 and done shot on Tuesday May 4th.
Felt absolutely no different the following day and have felt that way since.
Just did a group ride (on my Single Speed) and managed to still crush and finish 2nd overall.
Not sure if I’m blessed with a wonderful immune system, but a friend of mine age is in his early 50’s got the Pfizer double shot and felt like I have. Fine no issues for either of us. He could have 3rd if he had bothered to show up at 4 Celsius and wet start, so I guess he can be excused!
Get the shot.
Don’t be afraid.
Rumour has it what Pfizer will give you a 3rd eye and the Moderna give you a tail. The J&J evidently will turn us into gorillas.
Always look for the up shot!
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2nd Moderna on Thursday around 1pm.
Mild soreness in arm after, but comparable to first shot or an annual flu shot.
Felt pretty normal 24 hours later so did 90min Endurance Ride Outside. Didn’t notice anything off.
After the ride I was really cold, probably underdressed for the weather was my thought, but from then until the next morning (so roughly 24-36 hours after shot) had clear aches and chills. Didn’t sleep great, RHR up 5 bpm over normal.
Woke Saturday and felt pretty normal so went for my usual longer weekend run and just felt athletically awful. It’s hard to describe… kind of heavy and slow, any slight incline was extra hard almost like it was hard to elevate my heart rate and do work.
Finished run ok, pace was 30-45 seconds slower than “normal” and RPE was probably even higher than that “normal”. Average HR probably lined up with the pace, however (not really high).
Feeling ok still all day but haven’t tried any more exercise, Ramp Test Tuesday will tell me if I have any odd 4+ day lingering effects 
Still glad to have gottten the shots and feel fortunate for that.
Just had my second Moderna shot on Friday, Saturday did not fill good about 60% took some Naproxen in the afternoon started felling better. Today (Sunday) did a hard group ride with now issues.
44 years Male.
Got my 2nd Pfizer this past Thursday. Some fatigue set in by Thursday night, chills and fever overnight and then a headache and fatigue most of the day Friday. I took 2 naps through the day, one for about 50 mins and the other for 1.5hr. I felt better by Friday evening with my energy returning back to normal. Tried doing Juneau -1 on Saturday and bailed 4mins into the first interval. The interval felt way harder than it should’ve. I ended up subbing in West Vidette for 45 min of varying endurance paces. I felt okay below 75% of threshold but once I hit that 75% mark it felt difficult. Debating taking off today or doing something easy.
I recently was reading about increased heart rate after getting a vaccine. I looked back at my morning readings for hrv that had my heart rate measurements. Heart for me is generally 47-51. One week after my vaccine it was 55-58. It went back to normal in week three. I noticed no real change during exercise but I did consciously do easier workouts