Originally Posted by
billridesbikes
It might just be taking a long time to fully recover. I think a finger tip blood ox sensor is pretty cheap and might be a good investment. 97 is a good normal number, but maybe something is happening as you exert yourself? Maybe try to do ‘the same’ workout every couple of days and see where HR and Power are trending over the next week or so. Probably not too many medical studies of athletes recovering from Covid yet. Keep us up to date!
I didn’t have COVID, I had influenza-A which is a pretty bad form of the flu with similar effects as Covid-19 in terms of lung function. It took me months to recover my fitness. It seems like, even though you feel fine, your lungs still aren’t recovered from damage that they went through.