Cold sucks
11-24-11, 06:57 PM
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Cold sucks
Not the temp - the virus. Temps in the 60s today and sunny and I'm sitting home with a cold. Maybe could ride, but would rather not push it and just get better first (take your htfu and shove it - I know my body). Hopefully the nice temps will hold for a few more days.
As a side note, my TG dinner was great.
As a side note, my TG dinner was great.
11-24-11, 07:07 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
I have been sick since last Friday. I have been on the bike a whopping 30 minutes (rollers). I am going out tomorrow for a 50 mile group ride with a few riders that can all bury me on my best day. I am just hoping that I survive.
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11-24-11, 07:30 PM
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TG = Thanksgiving. A US holiday.
HTFU! If you have no fever, you can ride. I find that a cold might make me feel like crap, but I don't notice it when riding, only before and after.
HTFU! If you have no fever, you can ride. I find that a cold might make me feel like crap, but I don't notice it when riding, only before and after.
11-24-11, 08:00 PM
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Agreed. I got the sniffles so bad riding the other day I almost gave myself an ear infection. I really got to work on the fine art of snot rocketry
11-24-11, 08:23 PM
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11-24-11, 08:49 PM
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11-24-11, 09:53 PM
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Too many times I refereed that match with a cold, and ended up with worse for a couple of weeks. Did the same thing two weeks ago on group ride in the cold rain - sniffles, cough, etc, day of the ride, then ended up missing three days of work and a week of riding. No fever and ride may work for you, but it most certainly isn't the best route for me.
11-25-11, 12:31 AM
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Totally going with rule 5 as well. Seriously, what else did you expect? A hot cup of tea and a cuddle? Not happening.
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to answer your question seriously...it depends on how bad you feel... if it just a cold with no fever and the weather is nice (55+ degrees or so) then I would ride. If not, then I would rest up for a few days.
11-25-11, 01:25 PM
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Too many times I refereed that match with a cold, and ended up with worse for a couple of weeks. Did the same thing two weeks ago on group ride in the cold rain - sniffles, cough, etc, day of the ride, then ended up missing three days of work and a week of riding. No fever and ride may work for you, but it most certainly isn't the best route for me.
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11-25-11, 01:38 PM
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A hot chocolate with marshmallows would be nice.
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11-25-11, 02:34 PM
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Riding with a cold might pass as an extreme sport - bordering insanity.
I'm not a doc but I wouldn't take chances with viral infections, particularly with mutating-reiterating ones (no real vaccines) like cold and flu. I would stay warm/indoors until after several days of zero residual symptoms.
FWIW, the best therapy for me for cold/flu is keeping myself constantly hot and SWEAT like a horse, for a couple of days or so. It's amazingly effective. With all that sweat, though, keeping warm can be tricky when I have to get out of bed. Need to take extra precautions for that.
I'm not a doc but I wouldn't take chances with viral infections, particularly with mutating-reiterating ones (no real vaccines) like cold and flu. I would stay warm/indoors until after several days of zero residual symptoms.
FWIW, the best therapy for me for cold/flu is keeping myself constantly hot and SWEAT like a horse, for a couple of days or so. It's amazingly effective. With all that sweat, though, keeping warm can be tricky when I have to get out of bed. Need to take extra precautions for that.
11-25-11, 04:19 PM
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Isn't there some general guide line that says go a head and ride if it's above the neck but if it's a chest cold to rest?
