Dear Richard: 
 RG> Went cycling yesterday for three hour and a half. I had the flu all 
 RG> week and thought it would clean the guck out of my luugs. Well it 
 RG> did, but I didn't feel better after the ride and instead had a 
 RG> cough. Decided not to go cycling today. It hurts since this has to 
 RG> be one of the nices weekends in a long while. 
Listen to your body. If you have a horrible flu, go to bed and rest. This 
is the voice of experience talking.
Last year, I was training for a 100 mile ride. I was following a training 
program published in one of the cycling magazines and started to get 
terrible headaches. Needless to say, stupidity ruled and I just kept 
riding (up to 40 km before breakfast, that sort of thing). Eventually, I 
had to go for a massage and some chiropractic work for what I had assumed 
was the stress that was causing the headaches. After I got home, I felt 
much more relaxed but still had pain in my head.  I concluded that maybe I 
was sick. I took my temperature and found it was 102F (about 40C?). At 
this point, I stopped riding and took a half-day off work.  I also took a 
trip in to the doctor to make sure it wasn't something more serious.  I 
felt better in a few days but could have avoided a lot of pain by taking a 
break sooner and listening to what my body was telling me.  Eventually, it 
got too cold to continue in the mornings and I abandoned my goal.
Seeya,
Steve
... To finish first, you must first finish - Fangio
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