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Can you hit a 7 minute mile now that you've been recovered for a while? (How) did it affect your health longer term?

by rkoten 6y ago

justrudd 6y ago
Now? Yeah. I could hit a 7 minute. But it would hurt. I don’t recover as fast as I did pre-COVID after doing conditioning work. I got it end of March, and I didn’t start training again until end of May I believe? Strength came back relatively quickly. I was back to my normal training weights in about a month. Conditioning is taking a lot longer. In June, a brisk walk would have me gasping. I started slow jogging in July. I started picking up the pace in August. I’m still gasping but not as much. And my resting heart rate isn’t back to where it was. I’m at 56bpm right now. Pre-COVID I was 47bpm. Long term? I have no idea. Looks like right now my lung capacity was affected. Given my gains in the past 2 months, I’m cautiously optimistic that I’ll get back to where I was.
- alex504 6y ago
  Have you gotten tested for any possible heart damage? There are some reports of athletes being benched because of a heart condition caused by COVID that can cause sudden death during exercise.
  - justrudd 6y ago
    I haven’t. I skipped my yearly physical in April. Not sure when I’ll get it rescheduled, but I’ll make a note to ask about this.
  - bamboozled 6y ago
    That's a pretty big claim, do you have anything to back it up? How many athletes have caught Covid19 and then dropped dead afterwards when exercising?
    - mwarkentin 6y ago
      Most likely referring to this: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/red-sox-pitcher-rodriguez-out-for-year-covid-19-1.5672050 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/red-sox-pitcher-rodri...
      - bamboozled 6y ago
        Missing the season vs dying though ?
        slavak 6y ago
        Myocarditis can absolutely cause death during exercise, as the poster said. They didn't say any athletes actually died due to this. https://www.myocarditisfoundation.org/exercise-during-myocarditis-recovery/ https://www.myocarditisfoundation.org/exercise-during-myocar...
        bamboozled 6y ago
        Of course it can; however, it's not solely caused by corona virus. Is it verified, conclusively, that those people didn't already have a form of Myocarditis?
        slavak 6y ago
        This isn't something that's likely to ever be verified conclusively, but we do have evidence that COVID-19 is associated with myocardial injury and myocarditis. Sure, it's not impossible a young, fit and healthy professional athlete was suffering from undiagnosed heart inflammation prior to contracting a novel virus. It's very unlikely to be the case when a bunch of healthy young people are suddenly diagnosed with the condition concurrent to testing positive for COVID-19, though. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/what-e2-80-99s-the-link-between-myocarditis-and-covid-19-a-closer-look-at-the-rare-heart-condition-that-has-put-the-college-football-season-in-jeopardy/ar-BB17ZUmW https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/what-e2-80-99s-... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20300640 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X2...

Can you hit a 7 minute mile now that you've been recovered for a while? (How) did it affect your health longer term?

by rkoten 6y ago

Can you hit a 7 minute mile now that you've been recovered for a while? (How) did it affect your health longer term?

Now? Yeah. I could hit a 7 minute. But it would hurt. I don’t recover as fast as I did pre-COVID after doing conditioning work. I got it end of March, and I didn’t start training again until end of May I believe? Strength came back relatively quickly. I was back to my normal training weights in about a month. Conditioning is taking a lot longer. In June, a brisk walk would have me gasping. I started slow jogging in July. I started picking up the pace in August. I’m still gasping but not as much. And my resting heart rate isn’t back to where it was. I’m at 56bpm right now. Pre-COVID I was 47bpm. Long term? I have no idea. Looks like right now my lung capacity was affected. Given my gains in the past 2 months, I’m cautiously optimistic that I’ll get back to where I was.

alex504 6y ago
Have you gotten tested for any possible heart damage? There are some reports of athletes being benched because of a heart condition caused by COVID that can cause sudden death during exercise.
- justrudd 6y ago
  I haven’t. I skipped my yearly physical in April. Not sure when I’ll get it rescheduled, but I’ll make a note to ask about this.
- bamboozled 6y ago
  That's a pretty big claim, do you have anything to back it up? How many athletes have caught Covid19 and then dropped dead afterwards when exercising?
  - mwarkentin 6y ago
    Most likely referring to this: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/red-sox-pitcher-rodriguez-out-for-year-covid-19-1.5672050 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/red-sox-pitcher-rodri...
    - bamboozled 6y ago
      Missing the season vs dying though ?
      - slavak 6y ago
        Myocarditis can absolutely cause death during exercise, as the poster said. They didn't say any athletes actually died due to this. https://www.myocarditisfoundation.org/exercise-during-myocarditis-recovery/ https://www.myocarditisfoundation.org/exercise-during-myocar...
        bamboozled 6y ago
        Of course it can; however, it's not solely caused by corona virus. Is it verified, conclusively, that those people didn't already have a form of Myocarditis?
        slavak 6y ago
        This isn't something that's likely to ever be verified conclusively, but we do have evidence that COVID-19 is associated with myocardial injury and myocarditis. Sure, it's not impossible a young, fit and healthy professional athlete was suffering from undiagnosed heart inflammation prior to contracting a novel virus. It's very unlikely to be the case when a bunch of healthy young people are suddenly diagnosed with the condition concurrent to testing positive for COVID-19, though. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/what-e2-80-99s-the-link-between-myocarditis-and-covid-19-a-closer-look-at-the-rare-heart-condition-that-has-put-the-college-football-season-in-jeopardy/ar-BB17ZUmW https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/what-e2-80-99s-... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20300640 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X2...