6 days + a cold

I can’t believe that 6 days prior to my race I’ve managed to snag a cold.  I’ve never gotten sick during a taper.  Of course, this is also the first time I’ve worked a stressful job and trained at the same time, so maybe I’ve had it coming.  I’m just mad that after training/planning for almost 2 years for this half ironman something as stupid as a cold is gonna bring me down.

So what do I do?  Do I do my scheduled workout (a one hour run) or do I sit at home and nurse my cold with tea and sleep?  I know the answer is the later, but after already feeling like maybe my training wasn’t enough, it’s hard to do even less.

The last time I got a cold I used my old voice teacher’s remedy and took 1000 mg of vitamin C an hour until I felt like I was going to vomit ascorbic acid.  2 days later I felt much better.  I was out of C this morning, so instead I took Cranberry supplements all day – they have lots of c in them, so I’m hoping it was equivalent.  I’ll skip the workout tonight and try to get a good night’s sleep, because wednesday and thursday are going to be bad bad bad work days.

I should probably publicly apologize to Aaron for being such a bitch last night when he came to bed.  But the dog started barking, I was in a Benadryl haze, and all I could think about was how much it sucked that I was getting sick right before the race.  I need earplugs and a sleep mask.