Good decision. For myself with actual covid I had next to no cough or breathing/lung issues during or in the 3 weeks after covid. I really thought i was in great health when I started. About 15 hours in I started to phlegm up and then trying to sleep wearing all of the clothes I brought in an emergency bivy bag almost killed me.
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Those Covid boosters work really well. I had one Covid shot and came down with heart palpitations…no more. I just deal with Covid when it comes by the same as I do dealing with the common cold.
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Back when the first vaccine came, I read that your immunity dips for a week or two. And then about week 3 your immunity is stronger. Seems like it might be the same for a booster. Just mentioning for anyone else considering the timing of a shot before traveling or what not.
I am sorry you had a negative reaction to your covid shot. I assume you and your doctor weighed the risks/protections to arrive at your decision. I hope you continue to avoid contracting and if you do, I hope you find yourself lucky to have “common cold” level of symptoms, unlike me and a number of others on this thread, that have experienced serious and lasting impacts not remotely similar to the common cold.
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Yes I caught Covid about 6 months after that “vaccine” experience. The worst thing from Covid was losing my smell and taste for a little while. That really sucked.
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Just curious how your recovery has been. Similar situation for me. New booster and then hit with positive test 2 weeks later. Day 4 today and symptoms are gone. Sorry to hear you missed your A race, I can understand. Due to other health issues I canceled every event I had planned for this year, things I had been training for since Nov '21. Next year…right!!!
I had the new booster a week and a half before I traveled, caught Covid on the flight Monday, first symptoms were Tuesday night. Felt sorta crappy with a moderate cold, mild fever through Saturday / Sunday. By Monday was definitely getting better and mostly functional again.
Where I am now: I had done my entire taper, then took 2 weeks 100% off the bike. Literally the first workout I missed was the race and then I didn’t do more than walking around over those 2 weeks. I’m now almost 3 weeks out, feel almost 100% but with a little lingering congestion and every once in a while feel a little more tired than I think I should, but I could be imagining that.
Have done two “productive” Endurance workouts where my heart rate was right where it should be, have another one today. But, have not gone back to anything higher than Endurance, that will come Monday with my first VO2 at 3 weeks out from catching it.
As much as it sucks, trying to prioritize being recovered and easing back into it.
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Thanks for the response. Here’s too hoping for a return to normal as soon as possible.
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Got hit by covid for the first time 3 weeks ago. Been more than 6 months since I had the booster (called in for new booster here in october).
Definitely not like a regular cold or flu. After 3-4 days I started to feel better and after 1 week I thought I was recovering well. Then suddenly. I had a week of fatigue and feeling under the weather.
The most astonishing thing was that I was not at all itching to go back on the bike. Normally, when recovering from an illness I can’t wait to get back on bike. But not so with covid.
Luckily, I am starting to feel better and went out for a short easy ride today.
But losing motivation to ride was… a tad scary.
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I caught it for the first time at a conference two weeks ago. I can’t pinpoint exactly when it started because my main symptom was fatigue and I was expecting to be tired due to the conference schedule. But on the journey home I realised it wasn’t normal tiredness and tested when I got back. No cough and a slightly runny nose, with fatigue and headaches. A bit of muscle tiredness too.
The worst of it only lasted a couple of days for me, then a few more of feeling fine in the morning but struggling for energy later in the day. I was a week out from my last race of the season and an end of season break which gave me a perfect excuse not to rush back onto the bike - I just brought the break forward and started it early. I’ve been mainly fine for a week now so thinking about starting to get moving again.
This would be really short. Omicron incubation period is assumed to be 3.42 days (95% CI, 2.88-3.96 days). You would be quite an outlier.
Got my second booster last week. Mainly for the same reason, have to travel by plane next Monday. Not really thrilled about it.
Were you wearing a proper mask?
I’ve heard of multiple cases lately where people have caught it real fast with the latest wave. My first symptoms (very mild throat irritation) were about 36 hours, but it wasn’t until a day later that I really knew I had it. And, I had no opportunity to catch it before leaving. Pretty much certain that’s how it went down. (I was on a plane without a mask for 5 hours. If someone right near me had it, I could have gotten a pretty heavy exposure in that time)
While I was away I have a group of friends where 8 people caught it in the same weekend (from one sick person) and several of them had first symptoms around 36 hours, but same as me, the initial symptoms were mild until a day or so later when it ramped up.
Also important to say - it really was a pretty mild case as far as Covid goes. And, the worst of it was over by day 4.
Unfortunately, no. Am not used to traveling much and swapped laptop bags the week before I left. Guess what was still in my old one? Yep, the mask…
I was one of those people who was pretty much “over it”, but regretting that one, wearing a mask doesn’t seem so bad when I’m traveling in retrospect.
Same happened to me for a couple weeks. Once I started feeling better my motivation slowly returned. It’s been about 5 weeks since I first had symptoms and only a couple weeks of really wanting to ride again. I was worried for a while there…
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A very interesting article from Matt Fitzgerald and pertinent to those in our community who reside in the northern hemisphere and the coming winter.
The piece certainly triggered more awareness from myself and improving my behaviours.
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Hello,
Got COVID in late May, early June. Minor symptoms during some days, positive for 10 days.
As many of you here, the following weeks on the bike were difficult. Some days, I’ve been waking up completely exhausted, and even the 10 km to work were unpleasant. I had to force myself to go riding, but I had no strength, no endurance… and no will to ride the bike at all. During 3 months, the recovery has been really erratic. But now, I can tell I’ve recovered my capacities, even though I lost a bit of fitness for sure.
So if you are struggling with late covid “symptoms” on bike, keep the faith, be patient, it will likely be alright. Don’t hesitate to visit your doctor : like mine did for me, he will tell you if it’s safe to continue to train.
Good luck
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Thanks for posting this. The When It’s Safe To Train section is the bit I’m interested in as I’m currently positive but had mild symptoms although my RHR is 5 bpm too low at the moment.
Woke up Saturday with a high temperature, feeling like I was coming down with the flu, RHR 30 bpm too high. Tested negative but knew I had it as my youngest had tested positive. Took a Paracetamol based product in the morning and the afternoon.
Woke up Sunday just feeling tired and RHR was down to 10 bpm too high. Tested positive - very strong line that came up immediately. By the afternoon I felt fine and RHR was back to normal.
Woke up today after a massive deep sleep and RHR is 5 bpm too low and HR just looks too low when doing normal about the house activities and when sitting down.
Based on the article, I think I wait until HR looks normal and then do some easy rides on Zwift and see what happens.
Finally did a harder workout yesterday 3 weeks out. Got Saipal which is a VO2 Max 7.9 (5x5min @ 113%), and was a “Stretch”, probably because I haven’t done much for 3 weeks. Also worth noting - that’s the hardest TR VO2 Max workout the system has ever given me based on PL level. My FTP did adjust down from 289 to 280 beforehand, but when I finished it and rated “hard” it bumped my VO2 PL up to higher than it ever has been for me. Overall, felt pretty good. Hard in a good way and good to be back doing harder workouts
The only mildly concerning thing is I saw a heart rate 5-10 beats higher than I’ve ever seen on any TR workout I’ve done (Peak was 172, I rarely see above low 160’s on TR, more frequently 150’s as a high). I’ve been using 178 as my Max HR but I don’t have a recent test after all the work I’ve put in this year. No anomalies or weird patterns, just by the end of the 4th and 5th intervals peaked higher than I’m used to. Also, Garmin did drop my Garmin Calculated VO2 Max from 65 to 61, which I think is HR / Power based. Something I’ll have to pay attention to I guess, but feels like I’m on the right track to get back where I was.
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I got covid about 2 mos ago and it pretty much destroyed me. Pulled out of IM Canada and Florida. I feel absolutely perfect day to day but anything exercise or physical really puts me down. I’m building some furniture at the moment and get decently winded hand sanding trim. So that’s crappy.
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