Well Doc its like this... my body's way of telling me it doesn't like training for marathons is to give me a cold. A severe one nearly wiped me out just before London this year and now, in the final run-up to New York I'm struggling against another embryonic one.
I'm flinging Vit C, echinacea, zinc, and cod liver oil down me but I think if anything they're only delaying the inevitable. So, do I stop fighting it now and let it come and be done with and throw my final preparations off track, or do I keep on with my fingers crossed, operating at about 75% of what I should be doing and risk a last minute wipe-out again? Decisions, decisions!!
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I read that somewhere ....
Don't run if you are sick. Even if you think its "just" a cold.
A cold is a virus, like the flu is a virus. A virus is a virus - treat 'em all the same. Rest and fluids, with Paracetamol if you feel too cr*p.
Salutary tale no 348: I had a sore throat and a sniffle about two months ago. A low grade cold in other words. Didn't even take a day off work. The guy at the next desk picks it up and goes down like he's been sandbagged. OK so he wasn't particularly fit, but my "Cold" was his "Flu".
Sorry to nag - just take it easy. You can't "Scare" a cold away by running. It'll go when its good and ready.
Will I be able to do the GNR? My long yearned for dream? I really cannot say at the moment. I am feeling a little bit better today and am praying that I will be ok for Sunday - this is my dream but if I have to sit at the sidelines or even walk the course - so be it. It is not something in my control at the moment. I just want to be well again!
Sorry for the "cold comfort"!
If you just have sniffles but no fever, then go ahead if you must, but take it easy. I think it's better to rest a couple of days - after all if you're doing the GNR then it's too late now for any more training anyway!
I better go now as I'm starting to rant a bit & I am talking to myself while I type.
No sleep till Gateshead!!!!!!!!!!