When to call it a day due to sickness!

Iron Enthusiast

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Over the past week i've had sort of a chesty cold / cough develop and have been trying to figure out what to do about it. Initially i ignored it and went for a run as planned as I guessed it would help 'loosen' things up. Unfortunatelyit doesn't appear to have helped.

The question: Overall i don't feel sick except for blocked sinuses and this chesty cough - no temperature etc, what do others do in similar circumstances re: Training?

(i know might sound like a stupid question but i've become pretty used to feeling tired / run down, so that its now hard to tell the difference!)

Mods please note i'm not looking for any medical advice, i'm just wondering what others do in a similar situation re: Training!

Thanks in advance!

Billy Whizz

Iron Enthusiast wrote: »

went for a run

There's your problem.

If it's chesty, then rest up until it's gone.

john__long

I've been the same way.

I rested up for a week and a bit. Went out yesterday for a spin.

Always better to rest and wait!

biker_joe

I think the general rule is .................................
If in doubt leave it out ..... in other words, when you feeling a bit run down, getting sick ... and have doubts about going out ... don't ignore it !!! miss the session, better to miss a few sessions, than to make it worse and miss a few weeks .....

There also is a real easy test, called the NECK CHECK and it's very simple, and definately applicable in your case !

Above the Neck Symptoms.
It is probably safe to exercise if you have only above the neck symptoms, such as a runny nose, sneezing and a sore or scratchy throat etc

Below the Neck Symptoms.
Do not exercise if you have below the neck symptoms, such as a fever, muscle aches or a cough particularly if you are producing phlegm.

Hope this helps

Biker Joe

blorg

I have this at the moment as well, as do some colleagues at work.

Started with a bit of a cough.
Cough went away, replaced with VERY sore throat. Lots of sweating at night.
Sore throat went away, cough back now.
Blocked up nose.

All reasonably mild.

I am off the bike other than commuting; hope to be better to race Sunday but might have to give it a miss. Doing the Gorey next weekend. Sickness started Monday after I overdid the cycling on the weekend. Possibly depressed my immune system just around the time I was exposed to the infection?

Last winter I went for a cycle just when I thought an illness was ending, bad mistake, knocked me back out far worse for another week. Never again.

jwshooter

think we should open a small hospital !.

i have the same the same thing myself,bloody sore throat in the mornings ,coughing and just not feeling well .

i have not had a good nites sleep all week .

taking exputex and nurofen cold & flu ,there helping.

went across mt leinster sat week got cold on the decent .had 50k done tue eve knew i was not right and came home ,i have not been on the bike in over a week now .

really pissed of as my training was going well.

el tel

Chest infections? Just do what David McCann did - get out on the bike! (and take the yellow jersey, maintain it for 6 days and win the Tour of Taiwan)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-taiwan-2-2/stage-1/results

happy_73

Stay away from the bike/running... training for Cork marathon and got a chest infection over a month ago but still went out doing 50-60 miles a week. Now because I didn’t let up for a week or so to clear it properly I'm after two different courses or antibiotics, two lots of steroids (great for interval training ) and an inhaler.

bcmf

One (and prob the only thing ) I remember from an training manual a good few years back was this. "If you are not feeling well better to be 1 week behind then missing 6 weeks with Bronchitis or some such illness"
Embrace your sofa and hot whiskeys for a week.