Pursuiter's Cough

[annie]

Very interesting to see so many of us know this...

I wonder why there is so little about it in books or on the net...

I, too, wonder why so little is said! I have had the exact same experience after both mtb and road rides, when I am either racing or "racing" to keep up with faster riders. I am breathing so much, so deeply, and so fast! I can feel it stressing my throat, just to pull in enough oxygen. Then I'll cough for the next two days. At first, it only happened after really challenging mtb rides...........I thought maybe there was something in the woods that was affecting me, like allergies. Then it happened after a couple of road rides, when I was pretty much struggling to keep up for the entire ride. I figured that all that breathing irritated something and I'd have to put up with it occasionally. Now I look at it as if it was telling me that I worked DA** mightily on a ride and so earned the cough. Don't LIKE it but as long as no real harm is done. plus the fact that it doesn't happen often, it's something that I can deal with.

annie

[RoadRaven]

Yeah... I've resigned myself to accepting that like an aching butt or thighs, the coff is another clue to tell me I have pushed my self hard...

I do get tired of saying to people who look sideways at me "its alright, I'm not infectious..."

[LED_now]

Just wondering - since everyone is in different parts of the world - is there an "air quality index" as part of your daily news forecast?

I know that this has been known to happen here (Toronto, Canada) to some folks, during a chase on those days - or just a certain climb - ... And they hadn't been aware of the index that day and later found out it was high. As well, it changes sometimes very rapidly from 'good' to 'poor' as the day progresses... Just a thought.

Surprisingly, there are smog alerts reaching out into the 'burbs and throughout vast stretches of country - it's not only in the city.

[RoadRaven]

In New Zealand here, and not in a major city - not sure if they have "smog" alerts, though I suspect somewhere like Christchurch might.

However, in this part of the country (Hawkes Bay) we do get a hayever index over the summer months - I am guessing that will start next month - summer starts here about October/novemeber (though so far October has been quite wet!)

I seem to get this at any time of the year - whether riding in heat or the cold, in rain, on humid days, or on hot dry days...

But I hadn't thought about smog or pollen levels til this discussion and am thinking about writing down how much I am affected and the weather/riding conditions and seeing if there is any correlation.

There is a man who trains locally and he wears a mask over his mouth and nose over summer - I am guessing because of hayfever, but I have never actually talked to him

[Googlie Wooglie]

anybody else coughing as they read this? Suddenly I have a dry patch in my throat ... sheesh.

[RoadRaven]

LOL, GooglieWooglie... now that you mention it... and I haven't been on a bike for two days...

ROFLMAO