mike868y

just code for a girl who lives in the room next to me

aaronmcd

After all the hype and love for it (Frozen), I fully expected and wanted to hate it. Then I saw it and actually liked it, except for the annoying snowman.

misterwaterfall

OIn the sickness discussion, I recently read an article about training while sick. It brought up that the week after you get better, you're still not up to 100% performance wise as your body is worn out from fighting whatever sickness was going on and is still recovering from that. Something I had never thought about, but does kind of make sense.

Homebrew01

I hadn't even heard of it. I thought he didn't finish his sentence .... frozen what ?

Enthalpic

The evidence for zinc is pretty strong, much better than for echinacea. Only downside is that it should be in the form of multiple lozenges and you need to take quite a bit for it to really work (more than what's on the package). If your stomach gets a little upset and your sense of taste nearly disappears you know you've got enough...

Zinc lozenges as cure for the common cold--a review and hypothesis. - PubMed - NCBI
Zinc lozenges slowly dissolving in the mouth over a 20-30 min period releasing adequate iZn (18 mg) used each 2h are hypothesized to shorten common colds by 6-7 days, which is a cure for the common cold. Due to inadequate lozenge iZn very few of more than 40 different brands of zinc lozenges on the US market are expected to have any effect on the duration or severity of common colds.

Reduction in duration of common colds by zinc gluconate lozenges in... - PubMed - NCBI
One 23-mg zinc lozenge or matched placebo was dissolved in the mouth every 2 wakeful h after an initial double dose....Side effects or complaints were usually minor and consisted mainly of objectionable taste and mouth irritation. Zinc lozenges shortened the average duration of common colds by about 7 days

Wesley36

A lingering sore throat has now been joined by a mild occasional cough. And a recovery week is 4 days away.

Should prolly stay off the bike and rest today, I guess. Oh, and pick up some zinc.

hubcyclist

it's my bday, who wants to chip in to help buy me a power meter?!? my real gift will be continuing to dig out the cars so we can commute tomorrow

TheKillerPenguin

Happy birthday, and in all seriousness I snagged my powertap wheelset with head unit for $640 on performance back in august...keep your eyes peeled, they have awesome deals from time to time.

grolby

I don't drive to work, travel ban applied to motor vehicles only.

gsteinb

that one guy doesn't come around here much anymore.

TheKillerPenguin

I find at some point being worn down from training feels basically indistinguishable from being sick, but when due to training the symptoms will clear themselves away with a good night's sleep and paying attention to good nutrition. Not saying you should push through it, but who knows.

bmcphx

It's hard to understand how some of you regularly ride at night. I didn't get dinner until 830, had trouble getting to sleep, and couldn't get myself out of bed to ride this morning. Stuck riding tonight as well now.

mattm

wow really? that seems wrong.

my legs just feel tired when I train a lot.

TheKillerPenguin

Heh...keep in mind that it's not uncommon for me to be running a tsb higher than -40 since I'm still building like crazy, and that my ctl at this point is 85ish. I think a lot of it has to do with the cold air and rock salt dust in the air as well, but who knows.

edit: also that feeling happens mayyyyyybe once per training block or every other training block if even that often, it's a pretty rare thing but it does happen.

aaronmcd

Idk, a good night's sleep (like 10-12 hours) does wonders when I'm sick as well as tired from training. Unfortunately, it isn't often that I can get more than 8 hours.

Ygduf

.....


14000kjs/week and you're ctl is 85? your training numbers do not align like any I've ever seen before.

Hermes

I increased zinc and echinacea and I seem to want to sleep all the time I got 10 hours of sleep last night which is a lot for me.

TheKillerPenguin

Building from a constant (like for years) ctl of ~30-40 up until like October 1. Inconsistent training is the devil, even if you do have a decent amount of natural talent.

carpediemracing 

I tried really hard riding in the morning. I feel the same way about morning riding.

Due to Junior I wake up at 6:30 or so, 7:00 is really late, and right now he's having nightmares or something so even on a late night he'll need a bit of a rescue.

Last night I rode about 10-11 PM (tired so didn't ride more, but I've finished rides at 1-2 AM recently). At 11:45 PM he started crying. When I opened his door he was trying to climb out of bed, shaking uncontrollably, look of fear on his face. It took maybe 30-45 min for him to get to sleep.

He was up at 6:30, chipper and energetic as usual.

It seems I operate best on 7.5 hours sleep at normal fatigue levels.

Creatre

Yeah it sucks.

misterwaterfall

I eat less when I ride at night, so it's a win-win for me. If I'm just lounging around I'm always tempted to grab another snack or something, on the bike not so much.

furiousferret

I might start riding in the morning more. My biggest contention is if I want to go ham at night and go another hour I can, but since I have a job there is a Cinderella time of 0620 that I have to end my ride and prep for work.

My wife travels and at least once a week I get, "Oh by the way, I'm getting up at 4:30 am". Of course I head this at 10 pm the same night....

globecanvas

My reaction exactly, except that I thought it without the misplaced apostrophe. You must be the fittest 85 CTL owner in history.

Spoonrobot 

I get some of my best sleep after long evening rides. My routine for several months back in 2013 was to ride 3-4 hours after work on Friday, eat immediately when I got home (8:30-9:00) take a super hot shower and then go to bed. The body cooling that comes after exercise/showering was like a really strong sedative and I'd be asleep almost instantly and could usually stay out for 9-10 hours with no problems.

Short rides at night are another thing. If I ride for an hour or less I am wired when I get home and end up staying up late and eating junk food while surfing the internet.

himespau 

Due to work/family, if I wanted to ride at night, it'd be right before bed, and I've found that's never a good idea if I want to go to sleep without 2-3 hours of tossing/staring at the ceiling.