all of my athletes who had it are running faster than last year. None had any symptoms. I guess I should assume that the virus has some mysterious way of increasing lung and heart capacity. Some of the other guys on the team have been going to Covid parties in an effort to catch it.
You need to have your blood levels checked if you haven't already. It sounds like you may be extremely low in Iron, Vitamin D and possibly Magnesium.
coach of a wrote:
all of my athletes who had it are running faster than last year. None had any symptoms. I guess I should assume that the virus has some mysterious way of increasing lung and heart capacity. Some of the other guys on the team have been going to Covid parties in an effort to catch it.
Could it be that they are simply 1 year older and didn’t suffer any damage?
Not sure if you are aware but HS boys typically get faster year after year.
Probably as likely that any of the rest of these lying posters had Covid. So yes, 99% of young people who catch it have no symptoms and continue to improve normally.
I tested positive a couple weeks ago. Symptoms were the most severe days 6-10. I'm doing 3 mile very easy runs now. Hope your recovery is smooth. I don't understand the vitrol in response to your question.
As a young person (who tested positive) who knows other young people (who tested positive): we all had symptoms in varying degrees for varying durations, and some of us are still having issues months later. So I'd just like to let you know that 99% is an inaccurate number, especially with new research finding that COVID can cause permanent issues in kids. Stay safe! :)
helluva year wrote:
I am struggling with this now. If I exercise I am beat to a pulp and feel very unwell, not just out of shape. The burning in my lungs is nearly debilitating later in the day and throughout the week. Any advice? How long did it take for you to be able to exercise a bit?
Sorry you are going through this and I can relate to the burning lung feeling post exercise. For me, 1 thing I was able to do after about 1 month being sick was walk 1M+ a day, although I had odd heart spikes early on but they slowly ebbed and I usually felt better after as it helped keep me focused on doing something (I also wore out a pair of old running shoes doing it).
In terms of running, I went weeks nearly completely without running until most symptoms lessened/abated, which happened around 3-4 months (I did try a couple short runs during this time, but they triggered relapses). When I did start up again (also after getting tests that showed my heart/lungs not having anything serious), it was on a bike once a week going relatively easy for 30 minutes (doc recommended). I could still feel it in my lungs/HR was way more intense than usual (like 140 felt like 180-200), but it became easier over time. Since then, I added a 1 mile run and a 30min walk/run, which has become sort of speed work in a way. Had 2-3 solid weeks with that before a recent set-back (also getting new tests now). There's nothing linear about this, frustratingly. It's like this long, brutal weird endurance race we're in that we didn't sign up for. Still, I'm a lot better and feel on the right track.
What's maybe be important for you is to find a doctor who focuses not on whether it was/is COVID, but your symptoms. If you can get some tests on heart/lungs, that can either get you needed treatment OR if they show you are healing give you confidence to ease your way back out there. Some people discourage exercise, BTW, because exercise can exacerbate/cause ME/chronic fatigue syndrome from any post viral illness, so there is risk with that (another reason to make sure you are working with a doctor). In my case, since I'm not sure what I had initially, I do know any type of cold or virus would not be good for me now and I believe staying active -- to the extent that I can -- will keep me as healthy as possible if I were to catch anything, especially in the near-term. Hope you do better soon.
gubyenletsrun wrote:
You need to have your blood levels checked if you haven't already. It sounds like you may be extremely low in Iron, Vitamin D and possibly Magnesium.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have had several blood tests. All have been unremarkable, which on 1 hand is a good thing to rule out other bad things at least. Vitamin D does seem like something I've read that can help and is very present in my diet.
coach of a wrote:
all of my athletes who had it are running faster than last year. None had any symptoms. I guess I should assume that the virus has some mysterious way of increasing lung and heart capacity. Some of the other guys on the team have been going to Covid parties in an effort to catch it.
I'm retired and my training has kept getting faster all through this year, so I agree that the imaginary virus that no one's yet been able to find must have some mysterious way of making us stronger and more healthy. Personally I've been going everywhere with no mask and interacting with people as much as possible trying to find it, but so far have not been successful.
You are incorrect. There is no evidence that young people have any permanent issues and young people are dying at a rate of .00001. So you may want to actually check some facts other than a handful of people on Letsrun who are lying about being infected.
[quote]DwideSchrude wrote:
Exposed to COVID on Friday, symptoms first showed on Sunday morning and have progressed since then. Everything except for loss of taste has showed up. Respiratory symptoms hit today, but it has been mild soreness in right side of chest, occasional mucus with a mild cough. No shortness of breath for the most par
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Hey, dummy, that's a hang-over you got.
Not sure if it was mentioned in the thread but a person with Covid should not be exercising due to the risk of causing greater damage to the heart among other things.
This virus will be known in history as the "Biden- China Flu" if that he wins.
coach of a wrote:
You are incorrect. There is no evidence that young people have any permanent issues and young people are dying at a rate of .00001. So you may want to actually check some facts other than a handful of people on Letsrun who are lying about being infected.
People like you who chose to deny reality because it is inconvenient to them and does not align with their political priors will be the downfall of this country.
dunes runner wrote:
coach of a wrote:
all of my athletes who had it are running faster than last year. None had any symptoms. I guess I should assume that the virus has some mysterious way of increasing lung and heart capacity. Some of the other guys on the team have been going to Covid parties in an effort to catch it.
I'm retired and my training has kept getting faster all through this year, so I agree that the imaginary virus that no one's yet been able to find must have some mysterious way of making us stronger and more healthy. Personally I've been going everywhere with no mask and interacting with people as much as possible trying to find it, but so far have not been successful.
If you have not been able to catch coronavirus, you are not using your creativity. Go to your local hospital emergency room, and use the bathroom. Lick the door knob.
You anti science and anti data people are crazy. Have you looked at the CDC stats? There have been 60 deaths from Covid for kids under 15. There have been 250 from the flu. More than 100 have committed suicide. 400 have died in car crashes. We definitely need to stop driving if we truly care about children. More than 100 have died as pedestrians. Sobwalking is more dangerous than Covid. Looks like Covid is not very high on the list.
The CDC now says that it is rarely transmitted from surfaces, especially through the mouth. There is a low risk that it can be caught by touching a surface and then touching your eyes. The best way to catch it is in to be in an enclosed area for more than 15 minutes within constant contact with an infected person.
Only my experience, but I tested positive for Covid in July. I had symptoms days 3-6.....coughing, mucus, fatigue. By day 10 I was back to normal, and back to running at almost full strength. I had complete blood work done in August as part of a physical and nothing was unusual.
I had this years flu in February and struggled for a month, could not run at all for 4 weeks. Symptoms for a month. I was one of those who swore later I had Covid back then, but apparently not Since I tested positive later. Don’t wish either illness on anybody.
[quote]coach of a wrote:
You are incorrect. There is no evidence that young people have any permanent issues and young people are dying at a rate of .00001. So you may want to actually check some facts other than a handful of people on Letsrun who are lying about being infected.[
dunes runner wrote:
https://off-guardian.org/2020/06/27/covid19-pcr-tests-are-scientifically-meaningless/
No where in that article written by two guys with a history of trying to debunk viruses, do we even get a clue that RT-PCR itself is not a test for a virus, but merely a simplification of a test for the ordinary person, the same way they describe drug tests etc, and everyone accepts the positive tests found by scientists because its outside their realm of understanding.
But the response to a pandemic has somehow made ordinary people who believe the conspiracies, think that they ought to know and they ironically and stupidly bandy about the term RT-PCR, a term they never heard before.
However you would expect the authors trying to mislead them to know, wouldn't you? Or maybe they do, but it doesn't fit their dogma.
RT-PCR is simply sample preparation, in the same way you don't just pour some athlete's blood into a machine that spits out a positive test....there is a lot of sample prep going on in the background, and RT-PCR enables the detection of minute RNA strands.
Pretty much standard cookie cut technology these days, with a lot of built in safeguards that eliminate the source of the DNA produced being from anywhere else but the virus sample.
The detection of said DNA comes after RT-PCR etc...it is not RT-PCR itself.
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