Blake Bockholt used to climb mountains, race ultra marathons, and rappel down canyons, but now he struggles to maneuver around the household. After a rough battle with Covid-19, he slowly returned to running, “We’ve got this,” he remembers thinking. “We’re one of the lucky ones. It didn’t affect us too much.” A year after his illness, he’s teaching from an electric wheelchair and is so tired most of the time that even the simplest tasks are often overwhelming. “You go from running to the top of mountains to not being able to do much. You can’t make it from the van to the sidelines of your kid’s soccer games,” Blake said of starting to feel worthless. “There’s no end in sight.” One night, he sat at his computer and started searching online for what the insurance death benefit payout would be for suicide. That’s when he realized how much damage long Covid-19 had done. When he returned to teaching, he found solace in his lessons and humor, “I told my students they get one Professor X joke.” He also found support groups with others struggling with long-covid and is learning to turn a corner in his new life.