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1/ Yesterday I ran the #NB5thAveMile, a virtual one-mile race hosted by @NYRR and #sponsored by @NewBalance -- the first time I've run a mile since almost dying from #COVID19.
(For more, see @ZacharyKussin's great @NYPost story.) https://bit.ly/2RiAebq
(For more, see @ZacharyKussin's great @NYPost story.) https://bit.ly/2RiAebq
2/ I ran rather slowly -- 10:30 a mile, really more of a jog -- but at least I never stopped.
It was the culmination of an arduous, six-month process, which I'm sure my fellow #LongCovid patients can relate to.
#COVID #COVID19 #COVID_19 #running #jogging
It was the culmination of an arduous, six-month process, which I'm sure my fellow #LongCovid patients can relate to.
#COVID #COVID19 #COVID_19 #running #jogging
3/ When I got discharged on April 1 from @NYULangone, after 17 days being treated for #COVID19 -- including 6 days in critical condition in the ICU, on a ventilator -- I had to use a wheelchair. I wondered if I'd ever be able to walk again.
4/ Luckily, I did get better. I graduated from using a wheelchair to walking, and from walking a block to walking a mile.
By late April, I could walk a mile without stopping. By late May, I could walk almost two miles at a stretch. https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/1263261108321816581
By late April, I could walk a mile without stopping. By late May, I could walk almost two miles at a stretch. https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/1263261108321816581
5/ Over the spring and into the summer, I gradually increased my walking distance. In July, I completed a 4.5-mile hike in the beautiful #Berkshires (albeit with many stops along the way).
6/ Then I started running (or, to be more accurate, jogging). I went from being able to jog a quarter-mile to a half-mile to three-quarters of a mile (as of early September).
#running #jogging #COVID19 #COVID_19 #COVID
#running #jogging #COVID19 #COVID_19 #COVID
7/ Yesterday, a gorgeous Saturday afternoon here in NYC, I completed the #NB5thAveMile. Thanks to @NYRR for encouraging me to take on this challenge, and thanks to @NewBalance, which #sponsored the race, for the great (free) running gear.
8/ For more on how #running helped me recover from #COVID19, please see this great @Instagram story by @NYRR/ @NYRRnews, which followed me through my different running milestones.
https://bit.ly/3itFyo7
#COVID #jogging #NB5thAveMile
https://bit.ly/3itFyo7
#COVID #jogging #NB5thAveMile
9/ Now that I can run a mile again, I'll start training for another virtual @NYRR race, perhaps the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K in late October.
Although it has been six months, I feel that my #COVID19 recovery is just beginning.
#running #jogging
Although it has been six months, I feel that my #COVID19 recovery is just beginning.
#running #jogging
10/ To my fellow #COVID19 patients, especially #LongCovid sufferers, I'd say:
Hang in there. Try to push yourself (safely) with exercise, as my pulmonologist urged me. Don't lose hope.
Hang in there. Try to push yourself (safely) with exercise, as my pulmonologist urged me. Don't lose hope.
11/ Everyone's #COVID19 recovery story is different, as I wrote about in this @LATimes piece, and I don't claim that my story is the same as anyone else's.
https://lat.ms/2ZSHWgf #COVID #COVID_19
https://lat.ms/2ZSHWgf #COVID #COVID_19
12/ I do think my #COVID19 recovery shows that, at least for some (very lucky) subset of us, things DO get better over time.
To everyone else living with #COVID/ #LongCovid, I'm thinking of and praying for you -- and I hope you'll do the same for me. Onward!
To everyone else living with #COVID/ #LongCovid, I'm thinking of and praying for you -- and I hope you'll do the same for me. Onward!
