3 weeks ago I was in peak shape. Now I'm in the worst shape I've been in years. ?

Are you over trained?

Pick yourself up by the bootstraps sonny. Get back out there and do some fartlicks and you'll be back in business before you can say hobby jogger.

I feel your pain. I was working toward a 10 miler in July, but 2 weeks ago I ate sh*t, bruising a rib and fracturing a toe. Definitely not racing now and just trying to get back to where I was.

I once thought I had mono for an entire year, it turned out I was just really bored.

Who cares about your running times ?

You should have a wife and kids on the way by now .

Dre12 wrote:

Are you over trained?

He had a failed date on Friday night. Cleaned his basement and did not get his expected payoff. He is suffering from fixing his "little problem" by taking matters into his own hands--dozens of times since his YUGE date failure.

Have you tried to train like Mark Nenow? Who needs intervals? when you have mileage and hills.

Wanye wrote:

I once thought I had mono for an entire year, it turned out I was just really bored.

Yea I was sick for a whole year too. Turns out it was just bad allergies.

lol I was out for a whole month during the track season one year. After 4 weeks of training I got back to where I was and ran my season best (a PR at the time) at states. I started at 2:08 in the 8, then got injured and ran 2:15 then down to 1:58 in the span of about 8 weeks.

Jamin, often there is a "hangover" after the flu that lasts a couple of weeks or so. The overt signs of the flu are gone, but you're still weak and your running performance is way below par. The good news is that you'll probably return to normal soon.

Or...

In the very unlikely event that you don't, you should get checked for EBV. It's the virus that causes mono. It can cause a wide range of conditions with mild to severe flu-like symptoms. Again, in the very remote chance you have EBV, post here or just message me on Facebook. I have chronic EBV. It used to cause me recurring problems, but I've found a supplement to control it to the point that it hasn't bothered me in a couple of years.

fisky wrote:

Jamin, often there is a "hangover" after the flu that lasts a couple of weeks or so. The overt signs of the flu are gone, but you're still weak and your running performance is way below par. The good news is that you'll probably return to normal soon.

Or...

In the very unlikely event that you don't, you should get checked for EBV. It's the virus that causes mono. It can cause a wide range of conditions with mild to severe flu-like symptoms. Again, in the very remote chance you have EBV, post here or just message me on Facebook. I have chronic EBV. It used to cause me recurring problems, but I've found a supplement to control it to the point that it hasn't bothered me in a couple of years.

Or...

Lyme Disease

I know how it feels. I'm in a little less serious situation but in a similar one. I've been sick for nearly two months and I literally lost all my fitness. I was in PR shape until I got sick. Now I'm the worst I've been for 6 months or so and am trying to get back up to PR shape. I'm SLOWLY getting closer to my PR shape now even though I'm still FAR away from my PR shape.

I warned you earlier in the year that doing lots of speed reps and anaerobic conditioning might help you in the short term but in the long term you would plateau. Most Kenyans doing heaps of reps are on drugs and are gone with 2-3 years.

Sounds like mono or AIDS....get checked out by a doctor right away!

jamin wrote:

3 weeks ago I was able to do 10 × 1k @ 2:59-2:48 w/ 2:30 rest. Then I got sick for 2 weeks and counting and all my fitness is gone. I can barely walk up stairs, I'm so weak. What's worse is that I had a date planned but now I don't know if it'll ever happen because I think I have mono or something similar.

Thanks for listening to my woes.

Whenever I get like that, I just think... what would Donald Trump do??? Would he get down on himself??? Hell no! He'd get out there and grab that date by the p*ssy!!!

Now get on a golf cart son, and go grab that p*ssy!!!

You're still in great shape. You're just not healthy.

Your fitness will return...go to the doctor maybe you don't have mono

jamin wrote:

3 weeks ago I was able to do 10 × 1k @ 2:59-2:48 w/ 2:30 rest. Then I got sick for 2 weeks and counting and all my fitness is gone. I can barely walk up stairs, I'm so weak. What's worse is that I had a date planned but now I don't know if it'll ever happen because I think I have mono or something similar.

Thanks for listening to my woes.

1. What is the purpose of that workout, even??

2. Drama queen. If this is just a viral illness it is not true that your "fitness is gone"?

3. The date will "never happen"? Is it "planned" or not? If it is, go on it. Your mystery "illness" hasn't lowered your testosterone, too, has it?

If it's been just two weeks, all of your fitness isn't gone, but you are now in loss mode. CV and muscular.

2-3 weeks is a normal run for many viruses.

General rule of thumb for being sick more than 2 weeks: you need 2 weeks of intense work to make up for every week lost to being ill. So if it takes you another week to get back to working out, you'll need 6 weeks to return to where you were.