Weeknotes #380 — 85%

Last weekend’s sore throat and feeling parched after a very warm cycle ride turned into something else on Monday. It started as a head cold and then later in the week worked its way down into my chest. I didn’t have any kind of fever; it felt as though I was running at about 85%, enough to be a little frustrating but not enough to keep me away from work. The week consisted of copious amounts of tissues, menthol lozenges and smoothies. I’ve read somewhere that if you’re ill from the neck up, it’s still OK to do a cardio workout, but if you have a fever or something in your chest then exercise can prolong the illness. I skipped my midweek bike trainer session but by Friday I was itching to do something, so I hopped back in the saddle and had a long indoor ride on Saturday morning too. The cumulative effect of being slightly ill, having a long week of work and then doing some exercise meant that I found myself drifting off to sleep like an old man as soon as I sat down to watch anything…