Covid Isolation Day 6 - Another day, another test..

Another test, and it's still positive. Last night's sleep wasn't as good as the night before, definitely more broken, but ended up waking refreshed and fully charged.

Last start to the day, starting work early to pass the time, and then getting in a 4 mile run. I say run, but same as before, intervals building up to a longer duration of running.

Can't say it was too hard on the body. Legs and lungs not struggling, and HR recovering quickly each time. So that was a mental boost for me. Definitely could not have managed that for a couple of days.

Took my LFT around lunchtime, and as I said it was positive. Big bold line within 75 seconds of starting the test. So pretty sure that's right.

The earlier running helped get things moving in my lungs, with a few nice coughs, but thankfully no soreness in my throat while breathing harder today, so that's an improvement.

This afternoon, feeling daring I decided to jump on the rower for a bit. Wake the whole body up and see what that did. I am happy to report that I managed pretty well. Not a long session, but enough to remind me that certain body parts have not been used for a few days, and that I am still a bit low on energy.

Tomorrow is another day.... I get the impression the LFT will still be positive, but that's OK, cos I'm keeping positive too, and have exercise plans, so balls to you Covid!

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Day 8 - Test time.

Nope, no suspense this time, straight up positive still. My gentle morning walk was a bit more of an effort than expected to begin with, coughing almost immediately, but settled in OK in the end. Temperature is down to 36.6c now which is nice. I can feel the difference as its starting to drop. 4 days of isolation left now inc today, so the clock is ticking down nicely now. Can't wait to get out for some gentle exercise. Cue the shite weather!

Running outdoors resumed today.

Wow that was lovely to get back out there on two feet and see what my body had left in it. I was a little concerned about running, but I needn't have been. Starting out nice and gently, with a simple, flat 5k being the goal, I felt better than expected from the off. Setting out a little faster than planned, I eventually just settled into a 10.15min/mile average and kept it there. Giving things a chance to warm up a bit, inc my body as it was a bit chillier than I thought! Much to my surprise my lungs were fine, breathing wasn't a struggle in any way, and my HR remained under control, falling nicely after any inclines. One thing I did notice throughout the day post run was a cough. Not bad, nothing serious, but more frequent that it has been for the past few days. That said, its productive, so that's a good thing. Clearing that chest up nicely now. Oh and sore legs! Still achy this evening, after such a short run, haha! So that's me, let's see how I feel in the mo...

Covid Isolation - Day 7 - Strength returning.

Today I decided was a ride day, on Zwift of course. So jumped on the TdZ for Stage 5, a nice flat fast route. Decided against the slightly tougher Richmond course, as I don't want to push too hard too soon. Starting out I felt a bit urrgh, but as the first few miles passed, I settled in and found my flow. 45 mins or so at 225w, with a max HR hitting 160s. Haven't done that for a while! And thankfully it didn't feel too dramatic either. Gentle spin after to let everything settle down. End result, feeling good, but cough has increased a bit post ride. Which is pretty normal for post effort recently. A little bit productive, but not painful, and most importantly, no stress on the trachea this time. So things ARE improving. On the flip side, today's test was..... POSITIVE! Oh well, they are coming up positive almost immediately, so any chance of early release is out the window. But that's OK, I am actually alright with that. Take it easy, (yeah yeah I know I'm not...

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