A helpful graph.....

I HAD to share a helpful graph from this article here .

Yes, she's talking about running, but you could either extrapolate to endurance riding!

I like it! Finally, an *impartial* guide to justify to our non-endurance friends why it's *perfectly* Ok that we are heading out onto the trail, even though we're not exactly the picture of health.....

Of course, there's always Funder's comment to consider: " You're not tough just because you can destroy your body faster than everybody else around you. "

mmmm.....

URL here in case the link doesn't work:
http://www.healthytippingpoint.com/2011/03/can-i-run-when-im-sick.html