I got sick with COVID about three weeks ago. Sick for roughly two full weeks. I had body aches, feverish (no fever), eyes/joints hurt, pretty much mix the Flu and Cold together and that that for me was COVID. At about day 5 I lost my sense of taste and smell. Slowly these are coming back, but still not as they were.
My biking stamina is not what is used to be before COVID. Not doing anything for 2 weeks other than laying on the couch just feeling terrible will do that. But even this past week (and I know it will take time) I am still having problems getting a decent ride in. I know I will have to rebuild that stamina. I can’t stay in my Zone-2 power for anything longer than 20 minutes at most. I am biking slower and less power and my heart rate is where it was before COVID.
Hopefully throughout the rest of the December and January I can get my stamina back and start getting ready for RAGBRAI L. I know I can do it, it is just going to take some extra time/training to get back where I was.