Need to Vent..

Sorry to hear your sick.  I'm just getting over a bad cold.  Tough to stay healthy when you have children.  I don't have any childen but I work with a bunch of unhealthy people.   I hope you're feeling better.

trifan76 - 2005-09-28 5:00 PM I have been sick for the last month!!! I just start getting better and BAM, here comes another cold!! I have 2 young kids so it's not like I can just take a couple days and rest either. I am so frustrated!! I haven't worked out in a month and I feel like a cow on top of everything. ARGH!!! Thanks for letting me vent.

One very, easy simple way of preventing colds is to take Vitamin C crystals. Mix a teaspoon of Vitamin C (four grams) in water with half a teaspoon of baking soda (reducing acidity) and mix. Drink it down. When you have a cold take that every two hours. Your body will suck it up like a sponge. You know you've had enough when you get soft stools.

I take 20 grams of Vitamin C every day and never get sick, never get a cold.

I was sick two weeks ago... took a whole week to get over the cold.  Then another week to start feeling better-enough to train.  Yesterday's race seems to have sucked the life out of me and today I find myself wanting to take yet another nap.  I think I'll skip swimming tonight and just veg for a while. 

I'm sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.  I think it's time to get back on my regimen of Emergen-C packets and lots of water.

And, I read recently (will have to find the article) that endurance athletes actually tend to get sicker, longer, than others.  Especially after a hard race.