PenteKing’s BodyBlog

I hate colds. Absolutely hate them. I’d rather be sick in bed with the flue than running around with a cold. With the flu, the body shuts down, forcing you to take care of oneself. Not true with a cold. A cold gives you a runny nose, and (perhaps) a scratchy throat, but aside from that, you feel pretty much okay. And so your mind thinks that you can continue to do the things you are normally accustomed to doing - like working out.

Now, I don’t know about you, but for me, working out when I have a cold is the height of stupidity. Let’s face it; you are feeling less than your best. What you should be doing is resting, drinking hot tea and staying warm. What you should NOT be doing is throwing iron plates around. So why then did I do exactlly that yesterday? The simple answer is that I’m an idiot. The more complicated answer is that I have a cold, and except for the runny nose and scratchy throat, I feel pretty much okay. Which is why my mind convinced my body to work out yesterday, and why, today, it’s starting to nag at my body to jump on the bike and do forty or fifty miles. "You’ve got a big event coming up in two weeks," it whispers. "You better be ready."

The siren call of the mind is a hard thing for the body to ignore. After all, the body is the mind’s servant. In this case, however, I think it’s high time for the body to revolt and take a day off. Otherwise, it will spend a heck of a lot MORE time on the sidelines.

 I’m having a cup of tea and heading back to bed.

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