Down with the Sickness

I'm sick. I’ve come down with a headache, runny nose, sore throat and a slight cough. It's 5:45 am here in Tucson, and I woke up 30 minutes ago. For the past week I haven't been sleeping well at all. It started the night of the Valley of the Sun TT, and it's been all downhill from there. The Monday following the "VOS" I took a rest day, just an easy ride to the coffee shop.

That Tuesday, we had 4.5 hours to ride with 4-4 minute hill repeats at 90%. So we hooked up with David Robinson, a friend of mine I met here in Tucson, and his TIAA-CREF teammate Sheldon Deeny. We ended up doing an extra hour, we didn't mean to, but we were riding a different loop off of the Big Square, and just miss-calculated the distance. It was a great ride, and I felt good the whole day, especially in the last hour. But that night I was a little more tired than I usually am after a ride like that.

The next morning when I woke up, my throat was very sore and dry. I cut the training short by 1 hour, went home, drank lots and rested, but nothing changed. The next day was the same thing, but this time I had a headache, so again, I only did 3 hours, cutting the training short by 2 hours this time! But I just feel horrible.

The worst part is cutting the training. I spoke with Andrew two days ago while he's in California, and he says play it safe, just relax. But cutting training short is hard to do, I feel like I'm slacking. Thing's like this never usually bother my riding, and I often just train and race right through it, but I can't this time. I’m KO'd.

Hopefully a few days easy followed by lots of water, OJ, and vitamin c pills with some sleep (if I can sleep) will get rid of this thing and I can get back on track.

Now I have to sneak around the house quietly as everyone's still sleeping, but I really want a tea, think the kettle will wake'em up?