Covid and Running
After 2+ years of avoiding Covid, it caught up with me. Not at an opportune time (if there ever is one!) as we were in Boston for the week to do a variety of things and had to high tail it back to Vermont, leaving Covid in our wake with two of our friends. My symptoms included a pretty deep cough. Perhaps because I had been vaccinated and boosted, within five days most symptoms were gone. But it did set me back. This was two days after running the National Masters 10K race in Dedham MA and to be honest I felt a little tanked then. So, after walking easy for several days I began running 3 miles, then 4, then 5. All very easy, though none of it felt that good and I was as tired as if having done a tempo run. Nevertheless, I pressed on, and the following week picked up the pace and distance. All clear? Maybe not! 10 days post symptoms I did my first track workout. All seemed fine, ran pretty good splits, and I was thinking of running a local five-mile race on the weekend to test my fitness. After stretching and doing some weights at the UVM gym, I walked back to … Continue reading