Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
I wish I could remember where I read the article, but recently there was a great article that quoted a 10 year old medical study on exercising when ill. The gist of the study was that people who exercised during a cold didn't get sicker than those who took off. The colds for both the exercise group and the non-exercise group lasted the same amount of time, but the exercises were more likely to report feeling less lousy.

That justifies my exercising with a cold. However, like others have said, I do tend to take it easier and prefer indoor vs. outdoor riding for the control over the workout.

ETA: Found it http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/he...best.html?_r=1
Hmm...maybe it's time to get a trainer then!

I was feeling better by Friday, so I went to the stables to ride horse...spent a good 3 hours there, felt great afterwards...and lo and behold, Saturday morning when I was putting on my cycling clothes, I felt worse and had to let BF go on his own. He enjoyed a glorious 4 hour ride, and I went through a box of kleenex and about 5 cups of tea.