All over Ireland people have been adjusting a different way of life.
Paralympian Ellen Keane had not been out of a swimming pool for more than three weeks since the age of nine-years-old.
The last few months have brought about a lot of changes and, like so many others, the mental battle has been harder than any physical activity.
In March, with competitions on the horizon, the reality began to set in that schedules were set to be torn up.
Keane tells RTÉ Sport: "When the pandemic started we were still able to access the pool. It was hard to train as the world was shutting down and competitions and qualifiers were being cancelled.
"It was a stressful time, so when it was announced the Games were cancelled, it was kind of a relief. It meant we could relax and didn't have to worry about training and putting ourselves in danger of getting the virus.
"It's really a mind game that everyone has to play now and the training we probably have to focus on at the moment is mindset and trying to keep a positive mindset.
"The athletes that were maybe thinking of retiring post-Toyko have a little bit of a break and can look after their body and try to stay healthy.
"Everyone will be in tip top shape for when the games comes around and I think it'll be one of the best games the world has ever seen."
Keane has moved in with her boyfriend and set up a training base in the back garden, but the loneliness of solo training – even in an individual sport – became too much.
"I'm missing the pool and training, but most of all I'm missing competition and I don't know when we'll be able to get back competing again. I've only competed twice this year so I feel a little bit lost.
"I have my bike which I'm using for fitness and then weights which I got from my club, the NAC Swimming Team, loaned me.
"I've only raced twice this season and that is what I'm really struggling with because I'm an athlete, I'm meant to compete and race.
"I remember doing a gym session once and I just started crying. I just couldn't continue. I was bawling my eyes out, so my team-mates Patrick and Johnny reached out to me and now every morning at 10 we schedule a Zoom call.
"We're doing spins on the Zoom call, they are different sessions but we're on it together so we still have that team vibe.
"It gets me up in the morning and get me in the athlete zone where I'm part of something. It has definitely made a huge difference.
"Swimming is an individual sport but my team-mates have helped keep me sane."
Today Swim Ireland have just released a revised plan for a return to action.
There will be no competitions until at least October and no date has been set in stone for training, but there is moves to get the elite Irish swimmers back in the water at the National Aquatic Centre when possible.
For Keane, there is a distraction in the intervening months.
She concluded: "I was studying Culinary Entrepreneurship and I had postponed my thesis for after Toyko because I didn't want that stress.
"Now that Toyko is postponed I should probably starting doing that now!"
A recipe for success awaits in late 2020 and 2021 if she can win the short-term battles to come.
