A few Sunday's ago I made a serious error of judgment. In my bid to make 2012 my best year for cycling to date, I eagerly set off for a club ride on saturday morning knowing that I wasn't feeling great. I was infact suffering from a virus.
My lungs felt like they were on fire by the end of the ride, I was shiverring and sweating at the same time - not a good sign. The reality was that I had made myself a lot sicker than I would of been otherwise.
My lungs felt like they were on fire by the end of the ride, I was shiverring and sweating at the same time - not a good sign. The reality was that I had made myself a lot sicker than I would of been otherwise.
Sometimes you just need to recover and I mean properly recover. I had the following week off the bike and got myself better. In part this was made easier by the fact that the Tour de France had just started, the TV coverage of which was comprehensive and not forgetting that the weather was again awful for most of the week. I'll save a review of the TDF for a future blog entry but needless to say, this was the greatest TDF ever!
The following Sunday, feeling back to normal, I was eager to get out and ride. The weather was good, the route that someone had chosen, up to Lasham gliding club, looked good, all was good. I had a geat ride. I like the gliding club. Not sure if they like cyclists, but none the less its a lovely place to ride too.
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So the big lesson here is: if you feel even slightly il, you'll be doing yourself more harm than good by going out and riding. Take it easy, put your feet up and look after yourself.
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