Cycling to work when ill (or to anywhere)

[Keith Oates]

Three years ago I kept commuting when I had a bad cold and to be honest when actually on the bike it seemed to ease it a bit. However things took a turn for the worse and I ended up in hospital for 11 days with Pneumonia. I don't know if cycling with the cold caused the pneumonia, but for sure since that time I've eased up on the commute if I have a cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hugo15]

Full of cold this week. Went out on Sunday for a couple of hours but it was a struggle. Woke up on Monday and felt rough - realised why Sunday had been so hard. So no cycling this week and have been in the car. Boy have I missed my ride to work.

 

[BentMikey]

Should you really be going to work if you have shingles? It is contagious to people who have never had chicken pox (like me for example).

Suggestion - get the vaccination. Chicken pox as an adult really sucks, I had it last year.

 

[Joe]

Looks like I've also succumbed to what's going around
My mileage is really low at the moment and I wanted to get a big one in this weekend
Hopefuly I can get over it by Monday as I can't stand the bus. I've ridden when ill before and I'm pretty sure it slows down the recovery.

 

[Madcyclist]

I've been forced to drive to work for the past week, due to the practicalities of a severe bout of IBS. I thought i'd settled down a little, went out for a 2 hr spin earlier and will be back to driving again tomorrow .

Maybe it's my body way of telling me to slow down, having built my weekly mileage up from zero to over 150 over the past 8 weeks. How quickly am i likely to loose the fitness that I've now built up ?

 

[LLB]

I've been forced to drive to work for the past week, due to the practicalities of a severe bout of IBS. I thought i'd settled down a little, went out for a 2 hr spin earlier and will be back to driving again tomorrow .

Maybe it's my body way of telling me to slow down, having built my weekly mileage up from zero to over 150 over the past 8 weeks. How quickly am i likely to loose the fitness that I've now built up ?

Have you considered the stone age diet ?

Sounds severe, but many bouts of IBS is the result of the crap western diet we endure.

 

[Plax]

I seem to have a slight cold today. Hopefully it'll clear up by this evening. I think I'm quite tired at the moment - I had to go for a lie down yesterday evening for half an hour after tea I was that tired (never usually have to do that). I'm going to cycle to work anyway all this week - don't tend to not cycle unless I have sore throat / bad chest. Got a week off next week to take it easy.