One week before every sportive/organized ride I do...

[Dec66]

...I catch a fecking cold.

Why is this?

 

[NorthernDave]

It's the law of Sod.

Good luck!

 

[postman]

Because it's been Freshers week,have you never heard of Freshers flu.

 

[Subotai72]

Because it's been Freshers week,have you never heard of Freshers flu.

I thought 'Fresher's Flu' was more of a rash!

 

[Dec66]

It's the law of Sod.

Good luck!

It's uncanny, though... Doing a sportive tomorrow, caught a cold last Sunday.

Did the London-Surrey 100, got a cold on previous Saturday and had my back go into painful spasm, to boot.

Every time... Maybe God's telling me to take up golf

 

[Dec66]

Because it's been Freshers week,have you never heard of Freshers flu.

I'm more likely to be in "that" sort of contact with a thresher than a fresher...

 

[NorthernDave]

It's uncanny, though... Doing a sportive tomorrow, caught a cold last Sunday.

Did the London-Surrey 100, got a cold on previous Saturday and had my back go into painful spasm, to boot.

Every time... Maybe God's telling me to take up golf

Nooooo!!!!! Anything but golf - why would you want to spend a fortune on equipment and daft outfits to pursue a sport..?

 

[martint235]

Lucky, lucky b******d. Before every planned long ride of mine I break a rib or wreck my achilles.

 

[Dec66]

Nooooo!!!!! Anything but golf - why would you want to spend a fortune on equipment and daft outfits to pursue a sport..?

I took up golf. Then I lost weight and decided cycling was far more fun.

I have a set of bats in the garage, untouched in two years.

 

[Dec66]

Lucky, lucky b******d. Before every planned long ride of mine I break a rib or wreck my achilles.

Might I respectfully suggest a tricycle?

 

[martint235]

Might I respectfully suggest a tricycle?

Solves the rib issues. Not sure about the achilles though, I can still chase cars on a trike.

 

[Sbudge]

This time of year our family swear by that 'First Defence' nasal spray. Seems to hold off the colds once you sense there's one lurking (or you've been around an obvious 'plague-carrier'). Of course they have the side-effect that it feels like you have a cold for about 10 minutes every time you use the stuff but that's a reasonable price to pay.

 

[Cuchilo]

Do you change your diet before a sportive ? Maybe your eating healthy foods a few weeks before the event and are not getting enough nutrition ?
If you always eat healthy foods anyway then i'm not surprised you get ill alot

 

[Andrew_Culture]

A week before a sportive I think 'why on earth did I sign up for this'. Then for the first thirty miles I think 'I should sign up for these more often'. Then at the 70 / 80 mile mark I think 'why on earth did I sign up for this'. Then when I've finished I think 'I should sign up for these more often'.

Just an insight into the thrilling joyride that is my brain. Next up my opinion on Cannonball Run 2...

 

[Dec66]

Do you change your diet before a sportive ? Maybe your eating healthy foods a few weeks before the event and are not getting enough nutrition ?
If you always eat healthy foods anyway then i'm not surprised you get ill alot

Nope, not at all.

Five days a week, I eat just enough to turn the pedals round and stay upright. The other two, I fill my boots.