And why does rest make you recover? You'd think that if you could hold down food and get some oxygen in your blood, it would help you get better.

I've been fighting off this crud for awhile and my wife has been bugging me to take a sick day (I have well over 1000 hrs of sick leave so it's not like it would cause trouble at work). On Monday, I told her that my basic rule of thumb is that if riding 40 miles with gear and putting a full day in sounds good, I ride.

Today, just walking the dog nearly wiped me out. I figured I could probably make it to work and through the day, though the ride home would be tough. It did not sound fun, so I took off my gear and went back to bed for a couple hours.

The new plan is to spend the day sleeping and gargling salt water, and my wife is happy about that. While doing nothing certainly appeals to me at the moment, I'm trying to figure out why that should make me better. Normally, that's a great way to wreck your health.