475 Posted February 22, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, AJB76 said: All the best with the recovery. I got it 3 weeks ago. Only had fever and severe tiredness for one day. So the actual symptoms weren't with me for long. Lost my taste for about 3 days (after I finished isolation; go figure) But now. HR still shoots sky high while doing the most mundane tasks, like taking a shower and washing my hair. Haven't been able to do any worthwhile training at all. Tried 30 minutes on the trainer. 50% FTP easy ride results in Z5 heart rate. Next day I have a Whoop recovery score of 26%. I'm completely gutted. Hoping for a miracle improvement this week. Just hang in there and get your health back. Don't rush things. Think the long game. Thanks for sharing your experience. That was my plan - taking it as easy as possible. At the moment I'm drugging up and sleeping / lying in front of the TV - rinse repeat. Also hydrating and eating regularly (can't hurt with the recovery process). If I feel fine I'll look at doing a short / easy spin a week before CTCT and decide where to go from there. DieselnDust, AJB76, ChrisF and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted February 22, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, 475 said: Thanks for sharing your experience. That was my plan - taking it as easy as possible. At the moment I'm drugging up and sleeping / lying in front of the TV - rinse repeat. Also hydrating and eating regularly (can't hurt with the recovery process). If I feel fine I'll look at doing a short / easy spin a week before CTCT and decide where to go from there. If your heart rate is still unstable in the last week before the tour (resting HR too high, arrhythmia or sharp spikes with relatively mild effort) I would think twice about riding the tour. Perhaps check with your GP or cardiologist before going ahead. You don't want to cause long term harm by exerting your heart too early on in the recovery. (Post Covid, my wife took the best part of a year for her HR to go back to its normal self and the specialist ran a gazillion tests but never quite figured out what was wrong or what to do about it.) AJB76, 475, DieselnDust and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted February 22, 2022 Share Kilometre 76ish - time to pop a gel for Suikerbossie NicholasT, Milosh, Meezo and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecheng89 Posted February 23, 2022 Share 12 hours ago, 'Dale said: Kilometre 76ish - time to pop a gel for Suikerbossie **** the police NickGM and Scary Rider 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecheng89 Posted February 23, 2022 Share 17 hours ago, Bub Marley said: Anyone have any info on the post race festivities? Is there anything happening or is it just collect your medal and go home? This is what I can find on the website https://www.capetowncycletour.com/lifecycle-week/ctct/race-day-information-centre/finish-line-101/ Beyond this, I can't see anything happening due to the ongoing pandemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K20Champ Posted February 23, 2022 Share What is the weather predictions reflecting thus far 🙄 NickGM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickGM Posted February 23, 2022 Share 3 hours ago, mecheng89 said: **** the police Straight Outta Constantia Scary Rider, mecheng89 and El Duderino 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HdB Posted February 23, 2022 Share 14 minutes ago, K20Champ said: What is the weather predictions reflecting thus far 🙄 Hopefully less windy than the Herald 🤞 Wayne pudding Mol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted February 23, 2022 Share 25 minutes ago, K20Champ said: What is the weather predictions reflecting thus far 🙄 mecheng89 and K20Champ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted February 23, 2022 Share Accuweather says NE at 9km/hr swinging to WNW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecheng89 Posted February 23, 2022 Share 22 minutes ago, ouzo said: This is great. I'd much rather have a tail-ish wind home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted February 23, 2022 Share 6 minutes ago, mecheng89 said: This is great. I'd much rather have a tail-ish wind home. still to far out to take any weather predictions seriously at this stage though. Cutney and AJB76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted February 23, 2022 Share 14 minutes ago, ouzo said: still to far out to take any weather predictions seriously at this stage though. trying to predict weather in Cape Town? interesting proposition. good luck with that Frosty, Trashy, K20Champ and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkp Posted February 23, 2022 Share 19 hours ago, 475 said: Thanks for sharing your experience. That was my plan - taking it as easy as possible. At the moment I'm drugging up and sleeping / lying in front of the TV - rinse repeat. Also hydrating and eating regularly (can't hurt with the recovery process). If I feel fine I'll look at doing a short / easy spin a week before CTCT and decide where to go from there. I picked up Covid this last week. It's pretty mild, but I still have flu-like symptoms after 5 days - haven't even tried any kind of exercise. Theoretically, I should be able to at least have an easy spin on the day - really take it slow, but I've heard too many stories of athletes (and I am no athlete) causing long-term damage after exercising after a viral infection, so will probably sit this one out. If you do it, enjoy 475, ChrisF and AJB76 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
475 Posted February 23, 2022 Share 12 minutes ago, lechatnoir said: trying to predict weather in Cape Town? interesting proposition. good luck with that I usually follow the "weather stone" approach - I've found it to be the most accurate source: Hilton., Trashy, K20Champ and 8 others 5 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HdB Posted February 23, 2022 Share Flying cardboard bins and toppled portaloos at the start area, ala 2009 = windy (or with the new rules, probably cancelled race) Edited February 23, 2022 by HdB DieselnDust and 475 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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