Do you guys still ride when sick?

[SheFly]

Thanks all!

Fuji - I can SO relate to what you are saying. I am lucky that I can work from home, but most of my work is over the phone, and coughing has really affected that. It's been annoying.

The good news is that I finally slept through the night, IN MY OWN BED! WOOHOO! No middle-of-the-night coughing fits, no sleeping on the couch, no sleeping sitting up. So exciting.

I have, in the interest of full disclosure, ridden the trainer the past two nights, but just easy spins for a max of 45 mins. Will need to be careful again today as well, but hoping to get outside for a ski tomorrow.

I hope everyone is starting to feel better!

SheFly

[jobob]

Geeze, it's like we have this little club going. I'd just as soon not be a member though. Nothing personal, ladies.

I was feeling a bit better so I went into work yesterday, but I was coughing a lot last light. This morning I have a splitting headache, I imagine from all the coughing.

This is all so frustrating to me because I had this schedule mapped out for myself to start building up the base miles this month in preparation for the start of the TNT program next month - morning rides before work, occasional commutes, longer weekend rides. But I don't even have the energy to get on my trainer. This sux!

Well, on a more happy note, tomorrow I go to get fitted for my midlife crisis bike.

Here's hoping we all feel better soon.

[Aggie_Ama]

Well, on a more happy note, tomorrow I go to get fitted for my midlife crisis bike.

Here's hoping we all feel better soon.

Are you getting another new bike? Details!

My head is hurting and my throat too this morning. I hope it is more because the man insisted on running the AC last night and I was a bit cold than anything else.

[jobob]

Are you getting another new bike? Details!

Geeze, that didn't take very long to pick up on. I should have camouflaged it.

More will be revealed at a later date.

[Tuckervill]

OMG! We get to choose a midlife crisis bike!!?? I turn 47 on Sunday, is that old enough for a midlife crisis???

Karen

[OakLeaf]

If I already got a new bike at 47, how long do I have to wait for my midlife crisis bike?

[five one]

I got mine last year at 56

[Tuckervill]

I'm not waiting that long!

Karen

[GraysonKelly]

Hi All,
I hope everyone who is feeling bad gets better soon! Just a little piece of advice I got from my dad (he's a pharmacist). He agrees that if the cold is in your head, it's okay to exercise but keep it light. But if the cold is in your chest you should not. He said that chest colds (depending on what they are) can actually make you very, very sick because if there is an infection it can travel to your heart.
His biggest piece of advice was to be very, very careful of what meds you take. Decongestion meds can be particularly dangerous because of the effects they have on your heart.
I asked him all of this with regard to a cold I had over Thanksgiving. Thought I would pass along his advice. I have a lot of trouble with my sinuses and ears around this time of year so I have to be careful. Sometimes I don't know that the congestion is building and before I know it, my ears are full of fluid and I can't stand up because my balance is off. On a bike, that sucks, big time.
Feel better everyone!
Gray

[five one]

I'm not waiting that long!

Karen

Well, I was nearly 50 before I ever began riding

[Tokie]

Fuji,Shefly,Jobob,fiveone, Jocelyn - Hope you are all feeling better every day...I skipped the club ride and drove in to our crit practice. Of the 12 of us, I think 5 were hacking away. I think I"m going to try a 2 hour endurance ride in the morning,( when no-one can hear me cough). It's just a bit of hacking spells and the lingering fatigue....Fuji, I hope your eyelid irritation calms down soon - that's a ridiculous time to wait to see a dermatologist! Tokie

[five one]

Did an easy flat ride today, my first on the road since the end of November. It's a quick 4.5 miles to our local MUT. Once there, I rode out about 11 miles and back, then a slightly different route home. 33.2 total miles at a much slower pace than I normally ride. I waited until the day warmed up (we got into the low 60's), so the cold morning air wouldn't trigger this pesky asthma. Everything went well, but by mile 6, my sit-bones were reminding me how long I had been out of the saddle! No problem with asthma, no coughing fits. As I sit here right now, there is only a little tightness in my chest. I can take a deep breath and not feel like I need the inhaler. Yay! I feel like me again .

DH did his own longer, harder ride today. I'm hoping I feel up to getting out tomorrow to join him on what will be a recovery ride for him.

Hope everyone who's been under the weather is getting back on track.

[Fujichants]

Thanks for the kind words Tokie!

I can happily say that the worst of my cold is over. I'm still coughing a bit here and there, but I was able to do a 40 miler this morning with some climbing. I had a lot of pent up energy! Let's hope I don't wake up sick again tomorrow morning.

I hope everybody else is feeling better!

[SheFly]

Good to hear a few of us are on the mend! I still don't quite feel well enough to ride outside, so did just over 2 hours on the trainer yesterday. I actually think it might have hurt me though - I was cold the entire time (despite sweating and working).

Had a relapse to sleeping in the spare room again two nights ago, but did sleep in my own bed last night with no coughing fits! YAY! I am feeling better this morning, and may go out and play in the snow today instead of doing any trainer time.

Be well everyone!

SheFly

[tzvia]

What the heck is this thing!! You think you are over it and start feeling better, then bango, it's baaaakk. With me, it's been off and on for almost a month. It's good to see that at least some of you are getting over it but don't count your chickens and take it easy. I now have it in my chest; the coughing is just killing me as I crashed last week, landing on my back/shoulder and breaking my ruby frame . Coughing takes on another dimension when your ribs are sore; by comparison paying my part of the crash replacement is a lot less painful. Please all, be sure you are really over it before upping the intensity; I did when I was 'almost' over it and here I am spewing out my lungs again. Today even though it is lovely outside, I am going to put my MTB on the trainer and do low intensity while I dream of the local trails (I don't want to suck in the dust and pound my sore back right now.)

Well, at least I am getting the next frame model up on the Ruby from the Elite to the Expert but I would have preferred doing it the normal way. Thanks to Wheelworld Santa Monica for the help there!