| Al K |
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I was just wondering of anyone else who has had mono in the past. How long did you take off from running? I was told 4 weeks by the health center at my university. When you returned to training, what was your experience like and how was the following/current season? What should I be doing to make sure I can return healthy? Just a few questions thrown out there. If there's anything else you would like to share, please do so. |
| Dill Dickleson |
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I had mono this past spring, missed the whole outdoor season. Since I wasn't really concerned about coming back right away as I would have months to catch back up before cross starts in the fall, I took 8 weeks off. From what I understand, it varies a lot by the severity of the mono. Some people get hit by it really hard, i.e. sleeping a ton, strep throat, absolutely zero energy. You just want to be a little cautious with it because you can relapse into it if you start back too early. I started running again about three weeks ago. I was definitely over the mono after taking 8 weeks off, but I was really out of shape. I kinda wish I didn't take as much time off because now I'm concerned I won't be ready for the season in August, but we'll see. When you start running again, be ready to feel really slow and out of shape. Hope this was helpful and hope it was actually worth it for you to contract mono, cuz it definitely was not worth it for me. |
| Al K |
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lol thanks i dont even know specifically how i got it really |
| off the leash |
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It was a looooong time ago for me, but as I recall, poor running was the first symptom. I just couldn't run at all. And then the sleep came on. I mean I slept for nearly 20 hours a day, not an exaggeration. So, that was for about 3 weeks. And then there was still some tiredness when I went back to school. I think I started running in the summer. I would ask your doctor for a guideline, but ultimately you must decide. |
| Sagarin |
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Actually, I think you took a very smart approach. I ran with mono for about a week to ten days until I could tell my wicked sore throat just wasn't going to go away. My doctor then told me the diagnosis and to take a "couple" of weeks off. So that's what I did, two or maybe three weeks and then I began running again. After about a month or so, it came back on me and my tempo runs started deteriorating big time. Funny thing is, I never really felt "fatigued," but definitely had swollen glands and night sweats. So then I decided to take another two weeks off and do nothing but sleep and nap. I missed cross and was able to build into it much more slowly as a result. A couple years later, I developed CFS/ME. I don't think Epstein-Barr is the cause of CFS, but it could certainly have been one of the catalysts or co-factors. OP, I would take off as many weeks as your doctor says and then double it. Start back slowly. You don't want to become one of the unfortunate ones with chronic relapsing/remitting mono. |
| Sagarin |
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If you only take four weeks off, come back extremely SLOWWWWW. I wouldn't run very far, hard, or every day. |
| jimjamesrunner |
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I've dealt with it twice. I missed the entire cross country season during the fall of '10. I had put in a huge base during the summer, so when I came back, I came back fast. I was in 52:30 10 mile shape at least in about a month and a half.--->I'm not super fast, so don't think I'm some freak and the same situation can't happen to you. Then after running pr'ing every race I ran indoors, I got overtrained badly, caught a nasty stomach virus and the mono relapsed. I was out for the whole outdoor season and it messed me up at indoor nationals. I then was really into this girl and was kind of fed up with my running, so I took a break until right before the next cross season. It'll take a month or two to be fully recovered. Just make sure you don't do jack crap until then. Enjoy the time off. |
| anonomie me |
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I'd take 8 weeks off and then come back slow. |
| Al K |
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Thanks for sharing, I really don't feel bad at all, I had the sore throat last week, my right lymph node is swollen though. I may have already had it for a while looking back at this 5k I ran this season. I was trying to break 17 and ended up blowing up with a "cramp" which may have been my spleen and ran almost 19 minutes. |
| Al K |
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