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It was pre-lockdown. March I think.
The rationalist in me thinks that a bit of weight gain, lockdown inactivity and not racing are all probably bigger factors. Also just getting older. I got back in the gym to do some weightlifting earlier in the year and it really depressed me at how much I struggled to recover. 5/6 years ago in my mid 20s it would only take a couple weeks before I’d be back in the swing of things and not suffering awful doms after training, happily managing a few sessions a week.I’ve also been having similar with big hill runs - getting back to doing 20km runs with 1000m ascent is really battering me when previously I’d be able to manage them on consecutive days. But again, there’s other factors at play.
I’m going to give it a few more months of training before I make any judgments. There’s a lot of know reasons why I’m unfit to deal with first!
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When do you think you might have had it?
I kind of feel the same.. really struggling to get decent fitness back despite running pretty regularly and doing decent mileage. Lungs feel they're having to work too hard etc. I was feeling covidy rough in feb/march.. dunno - maybe it's just psychosomatic?!