Common Colds

[Thomas Paul]

Fortunatly colds are not "common" for me however I've got a nasty one
settling in. I'm currently running about 35 miles a week. How much should
I cut back and how long should I wait before resuming a full schedule
including my weekly tempo run? Would appreciate any feedback.
Tom

[Mark Cleary]

If I do not have a fever then I would run just what I planned or felt like.
If you have fever it is best to bag the run until it goes away. I have run
with a fever but my brother-in-law- Doctor says this is dangerous. He runs
too and say it can lead to damage of the heart muscles in rare case but
that is not something to mess with. I find as long as the cold is in my
head and not affecting my breathing then it helps to run. Clears the head
for a while. A run and a hot shower after can be nice. I would go with the
old cliche run as you feel.
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[Frank Pirrone]

In article <01bc1c02$89d3c240$0aa3...@534144628worldnet.att.net>, "Thomas Paul" <tp...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Fortunatly colds are not "common" for me however I've got a nasty one
>settling in. I'm currently running about 35 miles a week. How much should
>I cut back and how long should I wait before resuming a full schedule
>including my weekly tempo run? Would appreciate any feedback.
>Tom

Tom,

I hope you get an answer more specific to your question, but let me share one
small piece of medical advice, that is consistent with common sense - it's
generally safe to continue running with a cold above the shoulders (head cold,
conjestion, runny nose, stuffed-up sinuses) but not with one below the
shoulders (cough, rattle on breathing, pain in chest). Certainly, intensity
and duration are factors in both scenarios, as are other subjective concerns,
but then that was your question.

Frank