Consecutive commute #110 :

Still fighting sickness. Felt like complete trash when I got up today. Sinus pressure so intense that all my teeth hurt. After I got everything ready I sat down in my chair and strongly considered staying home from work. However I really wanted to break 500 miles of riding for September, and was currently sitting at 485. I needed the 16 miles to and from work to put me over this mark. It was motivation enough to get me out of the chair.

Out in the garage I was pumping up my tires and again nearly threw in the towel and went back inside. But my desire to break that 500 mile mark was strong, so I forced myself to load up and head out.

Once riding I didn't push myself hard at all. I actually started to feel a bit better, although that's a relative thing. The teeth stopped throbbing but overall I still felt like death on toast. Temp was about 50 degrees and I had a light tailwind.

Made it to work. Once I ride home today I'll break the 500 mile mark, so at least I've hit my goal. We'll see how long I make it today. After taking some pain killers my head has calmed down a little, but I'm still constantly coughing and have a runny nose. Thankfully with my current work assignment I'm quite sequestered from anyone else in the office so there's little risk of me infecting others.

My wife was chastising me last night. She wanted me to drive to work this morning. My attitude was, "if I'm not well enough to ride my bike to work, I probably shouldn't be going to work at all." Well, I rode but it was a dubious decision.