Just Got Lymes 17 Days out From Marathon

WAKEFIELD!

Stop being a pansy and run. I've run a marathon while on doxycycline. You might not run your best, but no reason not to give it a shot.

sickest I've ever been. (last July) I'd say forget the BQ and take a break, but maybe you can bounce back fast. After 3 days on the doxy I felt pretty good, so maybe your fitness is good enough that you can resume training soon. Keep in mind a July 25th date means your taper would have to start now anyways. No matter what, be conservative and lower your expectations.

Let us know how it goes.

Lyme disease is serious stuff. Running a marathon is not a choice. Take the medication and get well.

Thank you..Its knocked me on my ass since Fri but I got the meds now and will give it a go.

Chris, you're not running the marathon. Rest and get better. Pick an early Fall race and you'll nail it there.

Lyme disease. LYME. Not Lymes. LYME.

No S.

Lyme disease can be really, really serious... as in causing permanent, lifetime damage. Your health has to last you a lifetime, but marathons are a dime a dozen.

Forget the marathon. You can find another one to run after you get a clean bill of health.

fisky wrote:

Lyme disease can be really, really serious... as in causing permanent, lifetime damage. Your health has to last you a lifetime, but marathons are a dime a dozen.

Forget the marathon. You can find another one to run after you get a clean bill of health.

Aren't marathons like $100-$300 each?

Grab a 24 of Corona.

I got hit hard by Lyme's a couple of years ago. I spent most of a weekend in bed hallucinating from the fever. Went to the clinic on Monday AM, got a dose of doxy even before the lab tests (which eventually came back positive). Felt pretty good the next morning. By Wednesday I was fine. I missed four days of running (Friday through Monday), took one day easy to see how I was doing, then back to regular training. I wasn't training for anything at the time (this was five months before my next marathon) but I don't think it would have had any effect even if I was (other than missing four-five days of running). Good luck.

I think it depends on his fitness level. Sounds like he's put in some serious mileage and should be able to bounce back in a week or so. And again, this is a taper phase no matter what.

ChrisRun55 wrote:

With the medication I can't be in sunlight and will experience being tired just walking.

People sure are dumb, to take medications that make theyselves sick, and also to pay for them. There sure isn't much thinking going on.

Of course you're going to be sick by taking the harmful medications. This is not rocket science.

Pure water enemas wrote:

People sure are dumb, to take medications that make theyselves sick, and also to pay for them. There sure isn't much thinking going on.

Of course you're going to be sick by taking the harmful medications. This is not rocket science.

Yes. He should leave the Lyme Disease untreated. A much better idea.

hear me out bro wrote:

Stop being a pansy and run. I've run a marathon while on doxycycline. You might not run your best, but no reason not to give it a shot.

I don't get what people are complaining about with doxycycline...I used to take it everyday between the ages of 18-22 or so for acne, and consistenly ran 50-60 mpw in the process. Maybe this guy's prescritpion is stronger? Mine was 100mg/day. I still have ths prescription actually, just never take it...maybe 2-3 times/month or so on average.

I only once got horribly sunburned, and that was from being out on a lake for 8 hours on a 90 degree sunny day. A few hours won't hurt you.

ChrisRun55 wrote:

Put in a ton of mileage & workouts with a goal of hitting a Boston Qualifier July 25th. Everything was going fine until I started getting real achy last week, I contributed it to the heat and mileage, but I got progressively worse over the weekend. I had fevers, chills & extreme fatigue. I got tested yesterday and came back positive for Lyme Disease. With the medication I can't be in sunlight and will experience being tired just walking. I have a pipe dream of still running, but I know that may be stupid.

me

I guess if you want to see God's sense of Humor, Make Plans.

Has anybody bounced back quick after Lymes?

If you are in really good shape and you just got it 17 days ago, I suspect you make be able to run a good marathon. However, as your Lyme progresses, you will definitely start to lose fitness and may get to the point where you can't run at all and it could take you several months to get better. Your Lyme will get much worse before it gets better. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news by Lyme is no joke.

It sounds like they caught it right at the beginning of a symptomatic stage (it can be asymptomatic a while), so it is not progressing. The doxy stops it pretty cold in its tracks. Lyme is no joke, but it also sounds like he is on top of it.

Lyme absolutely sucks!! While some (more than 1/2) can knock it out with antibiotics within a month or two, MANY suffer for months/years with symptoms. I've had it 5 months now & can barely run at all. Wanted to do a 6 mile progression run today (2 @ 9:00, 2 @ 8:30, @ 2 @ 8 flat) at obviously very modest paces & just barely slogged the first 4 miles. And for the ignorant poster claiming you should just buck up & "what's the big deal with doxycycline", it's not the friggin antibiotic that's gonna prevent you from racing, it's gonna be the fatigue, joint pain, numbness of feet, headaches, …. Read the article in July's Runners World which does a decent job on touching on most aspects of Lyme. Donn Cabral was out all last year with it. I think Bart Yasso says he's had it for over 10 years? Be forewarned. Going to be an epidemic someday soon. And don't think you're safe in the winter as I got mine in Jan. in N.Y. Sorry Chris, hang in there bro, & I hope you kick it soon….

Borrelia burgdorfi wrote:

I got hit hard by Lyme's a couple of years ago.

No you didn't. You got hit hard by Lyme Disease. The disease is not named after anyone. It is LYME DISEASE. There is no S and there is no 'S.

You reveal your idiocy when you write Lymes or Lyme's the same way rednecks reveal their stupidity when they say "I'm goin to tha Walmarts."