Comments on: Commuting 101: Don’t get sick!

By: Ed Fry from Electric Bikes Experts

Ed Fry from Electric Bikes Experts — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:40:58 +0000

“Get the endorphins pumping. Very spicy foods, sex and laughter are good for this.” — What, all at once?

Great report. A lot of myths dispelled.

By: Mckain

Mckain — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:53:35 +0000

nice tips, thank you! =)

in Guatemala is rain temporary these tips really are really working XD

By: Likhi

Likhi — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:13:34 +0000

Staying hydrated really helps keep illness away, or at least reduce congestion and other phlegm-related symptoms. Whenever I have a sore throat coming on or otherwise feel an oncoming cold, I double my water intake during the day, usually resulting in healthiness.

As an asthmatic, I’ve noticed the extra hydration helps assuage bronchi inflammation (or something to that effect) and reduces the extra wheezing associated with colds. The less albuterol I’m forced to use, the better.

By: Bay Area Commuter

Bay Area Commuter — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:59:17 +0000

“It’s Not The Cold, It’s The Rain And Fog And Icky-Yucky-Eewwwy Wet Season!”

“Here In The Bay”, there’s two seasons:

1. Glorious!

2. Occasionally Damp-ish

(Your Weather May Vary. Objects On The Hills May be Closer Than They Appear. Seasonal Prediction Not Valid In “The City”, itself. Do Not Relate To This In The Snowwwwy Climes of Ice Bowl Central or MinneSNOOOOWta.)

In the “dampish” season (from november-ish to [maybe as late as ] february-ish), the air’s damp and humid, perfect for incubating pneumonia.

Get the flu and pneumococcal vaccines!

By: RainCityCyclist

RainCityCyclist — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:40:50 +0000

Chilly and wet here in Seattle the last 2-3 months. I have one lingering cold that I’m hoping to get rid of soon…..thanks to my 4 year old and her infectious pre-school, no doubt!

I couldn’t breathe well on Monday but said “f-ck it, I’m riding anyhow”. I think 8 times out of 10 this is a bad idea, yet I am too stubborn at times to listen to reason. I decided to ‘power through’ and get a good workout in. In this instance, it worked and I felt much better just by making myself work harder, breather harder, etc. I’m sure there is no rational reason to this, but I’ve done this a few times now (running or biking) and had positive results at times. Crazy….

By: Siouxgeonz

Siouxgeonz — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:44:07 +0000

When I moved out here, I was around cats that I”m a bit allergic to. Therefore, whenever I got near a cat, I washed my hands.
I didn’t get even a cold for two straight years… by which time I’d been desensitized to the felines and had lapsed from the hand-washing habit.
When teaching in Virginia, the school had a “wash your hands and don’t spit” campaign and that month there were fewer absences for illness than the previous year. Sample size was a fatal flaw but the message got out there and the sidewalks were much more pleasant.
On the other hand, the last week of this year I got a bit of a head thing (yea, I had lapsed in the hand-washing again), but I also wanted to hit that mileage goal. Talk about snot rockets! The highway department had a crawler on the telly that night about a “mucus advisory” and drivers had to watch for slick spots … but the cold was *gone* in three days and never crawled down to my lungs. I could feel that cold air just wimpifying them viroids, and the heightened circulation sending that immune system set of defenses charging at ‘em. Or maybe that was the endorphins speaking

By: Quinn

Quinn — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:39:41 +0000

I realized over this Big storm that we had in the Sierra the 2 days after I did not Need to wear my mask to stay un-conjested.

I thought about it and realized the Dry air out here was evaporating All the moisture and leaving all the junk in my lungs to cause pneumonia that I got.

So even if your in a humid part of the country, Stay Hydrated!

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:41:18 +0000

Bravo, Mike! As a former state health official, I wholeheartedly agree with frequent hand washing as the best preventative you can do to keep yourself illness-free.

If you have children, it’s one of the best things to teach them as they get to be school-age, too — keeps the school-borne illness critters away from the rest of the family.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:14:35 +0000

You forgot the most important thing to do to stay healthy – wash your hands frequently!

By: Jeff Moser

Jeff Moser — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:14:25 +0000

I’ve found that when riding in low temperatures below freezing, keeping a slower pace and breathing through my nose seems to keep my throat and lungs feeling good.

Exercise, eating healthy, and taking supplements keeps my immune system running at full power. I seldom get knocked down longer than one day per year.