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Competing in sprint triathlon with a cold...

  • 07-08-2009 8:11am
    #1
    Mainah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    ...what do people think about this? Bad idea? Do-able with extra precautions? Not really a big deal?


Comments

  • #2
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Bad idea. very. sorry.


  • #3
    Highway_To_Hell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Highway_To_Hell


    tunney wrote: »
    Bad idea. very. sorry.


    Says the man who made a heroic attempt to complete an Ironman with a broken collerbone :)


  • #4
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    If you want to do have a good race and/or a good time, forget it. Your body won't let you work hard enough.

    If you just want to drag yourself through the race to finish, well, that's possible. The question is, why on earth would you want to do that?

    And if it's a bad cold, don't even think about it. You could do some real damage to yourself.


  • #5
    Mainah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭Mainah


    Thanks for the feedback everyone. That's kind of along the lines of what I was thinking myself but I wasn't sure whether I was being overdramatic. It's not a bad cold at all, but I'm new to this and obviously don't want to hurt myself in any way.

    However, there's also the (dumb-a$$) side of me that thinks back to when I used to swim competitively and practiced and raced with colds a several times a year and thinks, "eh, it's just a cold, no big deal".:eek:


  • #6
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Actually it really depends on the cold and where it is :)


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  • #7
    shels4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭shels4ever


    I'd say you know yourself if you can do it or not, If you dread the though ouf getting out of bed then you wont be able to do it, if you feel tired and would take a few days off training then you shouldnt do it.
    If its a light cold that you would have trained with then you maybe ok but prob wont perform well.


  • #8
    MCOS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭MCOS


    Hi I did this at the start of May and the Cold thus developed into a chest infection...

    I rationalised that the cold was just sniffles above the neck etc... then the event was positively winter like and I pushed hard on the day.

    So, if you are just doing the sprint to finish it and feel up to it then cool (with extra precautions) but I'd recommend backing off if you have another goal or more important goal beyond the Sprint


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