I took 2 weeks completely off with covid-- exercising was out of the question. my body was too f'd up and i could feel it. I took another 2-3 weeks of z1/z2 very easy~ 30-45' a day but fatigue was quite strong.

Only about 5 weeks post positive did my energy start to return at all. And at about week 5/ week 6 did I go from feeling the post-viral fatigue (basically not feeling like myself) to a place where I recognized myself again and my body responded to training and exertion in predicable ways.

7/8 weeks on, I now feel like myself again, just myself who is very out of shape. The previous period of time post-covid, it wasn't that out-of-shape-feeling, it was something entirely different. Things werent responding the way they should have been. fatigue was higher, cardiac drift was higher, energy levels were different. It was not my body as I recognized it over the previous decade+ of training.

Give it time, be patient, and embrace the fact that there isnt meaningful racing for a while and let yourself get back to normal.