Cold Ride

I woke up this morning feeling a little bit better. The throat is still a bit sore, and there's still a post-nasal drip, but at least I didn't feel quite as lousy as I have for the past week. Most people who have had this cold lately have told me it took them two to three weeks to get over it. Anyway, the local forecast had been calling for temperatures in the mid-30s, but when I looked over at the thermometer it read something like 42, so I decided that I needed to at least get on the bike and out the door to get a better read on my current situation. Knowing I'd be riding kind of slowly, I piled on the clothes and stepped outside just before dawn to feel the cold north wind on my face. It felt a lot colder than the thermometer had implied. I had a dull headache that made every little bump in the road rather painful, so I rode easy out to the lakefront and back through City Park. I never saw anyone else, so I don't know if the usual Thursday group materialized or not. I had gone out about half an hour later, so it's possible I just missed them since I was only on Lakeshore Drive for a little while. It felt like I was just getting colder and colder the whole time I was riding, so I guess I'm not really over this cold quite yet. I've been cold every evening at home, walking around the house wearing a fleece vest zipped all the way up to my chin. To make matters worse, it looks like I gave the cold to my daughter because she came down with a sore throat last night. I had really been trying to avoid that. I guess this is going to end up being essentially two full weeks devoid of significant training.  I can't remember for sure the last time that's happened, but it was probably back when I broke my collarbone. I looked back in the log and the last time I had a cold like this was early March of 2013, and it progressed a lot like this one, only faster. I probably missed only four days that time. We have the NOBC/Tulane training camp up in Natchez this weekend and although it's looking like the temperature will be warmer than usual, there's a lot of rain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday. I guess we'll just have to play it by ear on that. Riding around in a cold rain would probably not be a good idea for me right now.