At the end of a work trip. Feeling pretty rough. 102 fever and cough. Anything that worked well for y'all? Hydration and rest?

I had it last November, fever and all, felt like the flu (which is what I thought I had). They have something similar to Tamiflu, that my doctor prescribed. Seemed to work well and I was over it all completely in a few days.

Time. I had four days of hell, then slowly improved over the next 3-4 days. Then weird cough for a month.

Crushed my fitness progress and finally I am back to my own personal pre-Covid fitness level

Take the hottest shower or bath you can stand for as long as you can stand it. I can only speak anecdotally, but that at least made me feel a lot better. Some argue that hot showers help your body increase temperature without the stress of generating a fever, but I don't know if that is scientifically accurate.

Take an Advil.

I slept a lot and took headache meds. Treated it like a bad cold.

Paxlovid if any risk factors, safe aside from drug interactions.

During the most critical point of my full marathon training, I tested positive for Covid-19 on 1/27/22. The symptoms went away the next day, but I defied logic by running 20 miles on 1/29/22. I continued drinking plenty of water and refrained from running or swimming for two consecutive days. Then, I ran 15 miles on 2/5/22 and 10 miles on 2/12/22. Because of the Lord's abounding grace and my resilience, I was able to overcome Covid to continue training for the Austin Marathon.

As a result, I felt fully prepared for the 2022 Austin Marathon on 2/20/22. I completed my first ever full marathon in 3:55:21.3. On 2/19/23, I will run the 2023 Austin Half Marathon, and this will be my 9th Half Marathon.

It's going around. I just got over it. Dr prescribed Paxlovid right away. It helped. Resulted in only about 3 days of flu like symptoms.

Had the original strain in Dec '20 and what was likely Omicron (but who knows) in May '22. Both times I had high fever and was sick for a solid 2 weeks. The first time really kicked my butt and took me a solid 3 months of training before I was back to pre-COVID level of running. Second time I returned to training fairly quick with no lingering loss of fitness other than what you typically lose taking a couple weeks off.

Doc had me on a refining of tylonel, Vit D, zinc, mucinex and an inhaler (inhaler for the first time only). Seemed to work. And of course lots of fluids.

AggieBarstool said:

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Iraq2xVeteran said:

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During the most critical point of my full marathon training, I tested positive for Covid-19 on 1/27/22. The symptoms went away the next day, but I defied logic by running 20 miles on 1/29/22. I continued drinking plenty of water and refrained from running or swimming for two consecutive days. Then, I ran 15 miles on 2/5/22 and 10 miles on 2/12/22. Because of the Lord's abounding grace and my resilience, I was able to overcome Covid to continue training for the Austin Marathon.

As a result, I felt fully prepared for the 2022 Austin Marathon on 2/20/22. I completed my first ever full marathon in 3:55:21.3. On 2/19/23, I will run the 2023 Austin Half Marathon, and this will be my 9th Half Marathon.

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Hey, I wonder if this guy likes to run marathons?

As far as Paxlovid, it worked well for my wife and I. No side effects whatsoever. My symptoms abated in about 72 hours. My wife was not as fortunate as she was pregnant at the time (with a suppressed immune system).

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Yes, I enjoy running half marathons because it is the sweet spot of long distance running. For many, including myself, a half marathon is the ideal balance of speed and stamina. It's long enough to feel like a legitimate effort, but short enough to run hard without limping for the next three days. Also, there is much less time commitment to train for a half marathon.