okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Friday, March 14, 2003
Recoving from a cold
I've been orienteering and training for over 20 years. I feel like I know a lot about how I react to training and how I need to prepare myself physically and mentally. But, I've got no idea how best to recover from a cold.
I've been suffering from a cold for the last week or so. I first noticed some symptoms last Friday. My throat felt a bit dry; not really sore or scratchy though. I ran both Saturday and Sunday. I didn't feel terrible, but I slept a lot on the weekend. I probably shouldn't have run, but I didn't have the self discipline to rest. I ended up taking all week off from training and one day off from work. I went through the week on "wal-phed" (Walmart's brand of psuedoephedrine) and some sort of wal-nite-gel-caps (a mix of various symptom relievers).*
I feel decent today. But, this is when the uncertainty comes in...
How can I be sure I'm resting enough, but not more than necessary? How can I tell if I'm ready to resume training?
I don't have a good feel for how to answer those questions.
* I expect that taking this sort of stuff at a race would be doping.
posted by Michael |
7:13 PM
