Have any runners you know gotten COVID-19?

I don't know anyone who has had it, runner or not. My friend is in charge of the largest hospital in the area and he has not had any patients with it yet. His biggest problem is that he had had to send the doctors and nurses home because patients are cancelling normal appointments.

A) OP is a liar. Truth is; longtimetrollandweknowit

B) Yes. Two for sure (from same town, different households). One probable.

C) Long time acquaintance on running message board lives near one of the hot zones in the US has spouse in ER. All vents taken, ie., occupied by covid patients. So flu away must be in rural Montana or something.

As of now there are around 333,000 diagnosed cases out of 328 million people so roughly 1 in 1000 people have been diagnosed with it. If you take out the New York state numbers it's closer to 1 in 1400 have been diagnosed so far.

What percentage of the population would you consider runners? 1-2% maybe?

dunno anyone wrote:

As of now there are around 333,000 diagnosed cases out of 328 million people so roughly 1 in 1000 people have been diagnosed with it. If you take out the New York state numbers it's closer to 1 in 1400 have been diagnosed so far.

What percentage of the population would you consider runners? 1-2% maybe?

This was referring to US only.

Good stats. 1 in 1400 so if 2% are runners it is 1 in 70,000 runners.

A world 400m masters champion posted earlier today that he had been confirmed positive for coronavirus. I can't find the thread, however. Surely the mods who run this forum aren't that evil to delete such a thread??

Anyway, I bookmarked his blog -

https://master-athlete.com/blog/week-8-covid-19-hit/

There have been 2 letsrunners test positive now. Both had it kind of bad as they won't test just anyone, the capacity to test still isn't what it should be. Emma Bates thinks she might have had it but couldn't get a test.

I know David Lat, we’re not close but we knew each other years ago in the legal world. His case got a lot of publicity, and he at least used to be a pretty regular runner.

former runner lawyer wrote:

I know David Lat, we’re not close but we knew each other years ago in the legal world. His case got a lot of publicity, and he at least used to be a pretty regular runner.

A friend of mine knows David Lat as well.

I had COVID for two weeks.

I’m not running 60, 70 mile weeks anymore, maybe 15-20 on a busy week. I do more HIIT and weights now for strength training but still love to run.

It wasn’t the sickest I’ve ever been by any means but it lasted quite some time. And the 10 days afterwards felt like I was living at altitude, getting winded doing simple things like carrying groceries and going up the stairs.

Actually one lady of my running group got it and spread it around before she realized she had Covid-19.

Covid-19 wrote:

Actually one lady of my running group got it and spread it around before she realized she had Covid-19.

Where? Are you in Italy? Only running group I heard of spreading it was a marathon runner in Italy?

Dwightarm wrote:

former runner lawyer wrote:

I know David Lat, we’re not close but we knew each other years ago in the legal world. His case got a lot of publicity, and he at least used to be a pretty regular runner.

A friend of mine knows David Lat as well.

I had COVID for two weeks.

I’m not running 60, 70 mile weeks anymore, maybe 15-20 on a busy week. I do more HIIT and weights now for strength training but still love to run.

It wasn’t the sickest I’ve ever been by any means but it lasted quite some time. And the 10 days afterwards felt like I was living at altitude, getting winded doing simple things like carrying groceries and going up the stairs.

Do you think it's done permanent damage to your lungs?

Did you have all the three main symptoms - (cough, breathing problems, fever)? And where you training hard when you likely already had the virus?

The V35 400m World Champion whose thread Malmo deleted, had symptoms but no cough, and so didn't think he had the virus and did high intense workout regardless. The next day he was needing to get tested and it was confirmed he had it.

I woke up the five days ago with a bit of a headache and feeling lethargic, but as I suffer from sinus problems it wasn't all that unusual. Decided to do a fairly easy run and I felt labored and heavy from the off, actually having to stop to rest after 1km. Ploughed on and even ended with a 600m at mile pace, just to reassure myself that nothing much was wrong with me. Next day started having breathing problems and a fever, now it's literally painful for me to breath when lying down and my head feels like it's going to explode.

But no cough at all. Anyway, obviously going to phone the doctor today.

I know a 63 year old who runs everyday and has run 30 marathons in NYC. He was in bad shape but is getting better after being given experimental drugs. Look him up - Dr Arnold Weg.

longtimelurkerforsttimeposter wrote:

Seriously - is running keeping us safe from COVID-19?

Of anyone I know who runs, I haven’t had a single friend, friend of friend, anyone any of my friends friends who run say they’re positive or have even had symptoms. No one I exclusively know through Strava or social media has either.

Does that mean we’re safe or have had it without symptoms? Obviously I’m keeping up with social distancing guidelines and wearing a mask, only going out to exercise/run daily and doing a once a week grocery run.

I wish I knew. In February I ran a half marathon (they say runners have strong immunity but often not after a hard marathon or half marathon) and four days later I was flat on my back for two days with most COVID 19 symptoms. Never had anything like it. Bounced back quickly, only missed 2 days of running, ran 20 miles on day 4 of the sickness, coughed for three weeks, seem fine now.

All that was after not being sick for many years.

May never know if it was COVID 19 because we don't have widespread testing. Only the very sick are tested which skews the death rate upward.

My point being that perhaps this virus is much more widespread and people with no symptoms, mild symptoms, short-lived symptoms are positive and it will never be known. ..and that perhaps the death rate is much much lower than reported.

I think my family had it. My wife had all the symptoms. Namely, a bad fever, a dry cough and a hard time breathing. Her breathing was bad enough that we debated going to the hospital but never did. They said she couldnt be tested unless she was actually hospitalized.

I had a cough that lasted for about about 1-1/2 weeks, but that's it.

In NYC we've lost two highly respected runners in the community, Anick Jesdanun and Arnold Obey. Nick was an 83-time marathoner and Obey was a NYC-marathon mega-streaker with 38 finishes.

It's real, and it's affecting runners just as much as anyone else. I'm still running almost every day but with a mask and gloves, and at odd times of the day.

Stay safe!

Yeah, of course. And not only runners. My friend who is a football player is infected be COVID but he is doing okay very fast. The sportsmen are cured very quickly. But everybody is at the risk. I'm very afraid of this virus and for the safety net I bought 2 tests from https://www.confirmbiosciences.com/covid19-instant-coronavirus-test-kit/ because the health is very important. I've already used one test because I was in a panic when my temperature was 37.7:))

Yes, an Olympic medalist sprinter got it in Japan and was hospitalized for a few weeks.

Jimmy21 wrote:

I think my family had it. My wife had all the symptoms. Namely, a bad fever, a dry cough and a hard time breathing. Her breathing was bad enough that we debated going to the hospital but never did. They said she couldnt be tested unless she was actually hospitalized.

I had a cough that lasted for about about 1-1/2 weeks, but that's it.

I think my family also has it. Neither of us had a bad fever. For me it started with a sting in my lungs and occasional coughs. I did go for runs, but each time I had a hard time breathing after them for days. Now the cough has gotten more dry and severe. Fortunately it doesn't keep me awake, and still no fever. I won't run anymore until it's over.