“No Rides in Five Days!”

I haven't ridden my bike since Monday, as I've had some sort of head cold. I'd say, "this really stinks," but actually I wouldn't know since I can't smell anything!

It's been quite awhile since I went five full days without riding, but just moving my head a little causes real pain and the idea of hitting a bump on the bike makes me cringe in fear. It's too bad, because the weather's been perfect the last two days (at least). This also means I only put in sixteen days in September, instead of the eighteen I was headed for.

'tis my own fault, though. When I went out for Monday's ride, I thought I didn't have any gatorade in the fridge so I threw in the bottles from Saturday. Meaning, I had purchased some gatorade for the Sea Coast Century, filled my water bottles with them at the start of the ride, and put the partially opened bottles back in the bag and later back in my truck. They sat in my warm garage for two nights before I put them in the fridge and then used them Monday afternoon. I never even considered that they might be a health hazard, as they looked and tasted fine, but I had a good start on a sore throat by Tuesday morning (which has happened to me before with 'tainted' gatorade).

I am such a wimp when I'm sick.