race coming up and i have a cold

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Melissa Lane

Any advice on training and running a race when
catching a cold?

for 3 months now, i've been training hard for the brooklyn
1/2 marathon coming up april 24th. unfortunately i've come
down with a cold this past week (sinus congestion, runny
nose/eyes, and cough) but no fever. i have given my body a
rest for a couple days hoping to get better. yesterday, i
took the first run in 2 days and it felt like a struggle
just doing 6 miles. i still feel run down and congested.
tomorrow is my long training run day where i was planning to
run about 10 miles (i'm at the point of starting to taper).
i'm wondering if i should even attempt it. with the race
coming up in 2 weeks, i feel i can't afford to lose training
days, but then again i don't want this cold to get worse and
end up having to forfeit the race (which would totally suck
after all this hard work and training). so i feel stuck. any
advice would be appreciated. thanks.

Dan Stumpus

I've read that doing nothing for 5 days causes you to lose
only 1% of your conditioning.

I also rember Lance Armstrong's coach saying something
similar about a setback Lance had in training.

Just take 4-5 days off, or jog slow and short every other
day, and ramp up again. You'll be fine. you'll still get a
week of training in before your taper.

I know how hard it is to stop training hard, but you really
don't lose much from a few days off.

I once had a hip injury and didn't run a step for 6 days. My
first run after the layoff was a 10k, and I got a PR.

--Dan

"Melissa Lane" <mlane5@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:fNzdc.21663$Nn4.3656061@twister.nyc.rr.com...
> Any advice on training and running a race when
> catching a cold?
>
> for 3 months now, i've been training hard for the brooklyn
> 1/2 marathon coming up april 24th. unfortunately i've come
> down with a cold this past week (sinus congestion, runny
> nose/eyes, and cough) but no fever. i have given my body a
> rest for a couple days hoping to get better. yesterday, i
> took the first run in 2 days and it felt like a struggle
> just doing 6
miles.
> i still feel run down and congested. tomorrow is my long
> training run day where i was planning to run about 10
> miles (i'm at the point of starting
to
> taper). i'm wondering if i should even attempt it. with
> the race coming
up
> in 2 weeks, i feel i can't afford to lose training days,
> but then again i don't want this cold to get worse and end
> up having to forfeit the race (which would totally suck
> after all this hard work and training). so i
feel
> stuck. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.

Eno

Melissa Lane wrote:

> Any advice on training and running a race when
> catching a cold?

Yes, even though it's a little late in the game... Zinc
losenges. I swear by these puppies, especially for the
type of run-down colds we runners tend to get when we
get a little too close to the over-training/under-
resting edge. Last three colds have come and gone in 2
days; take 4 losenges, preferrably with food, per day,
and presto, Cold be gone. It's best to use these at the
first sign of symptoms.

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J.A. Morin

Melissa,

I just came through a cold. I ran my normal training program
(48K a week) and had no problems. Infact my running helped
me to feel better and fight off the cold. Did not have to
take any medications but did run with a hankerchief because
of the increase in runny nose. I believe I read in Runners
World that as long as you dont have a fever, it is ok to run
as much as you feel like doing. The more I run the fewer and
the weaker my colds are.

Good luck. Remember a training schedule is just a
guide. I redo and change my schedule based on what
happens in my life.

Jim

"Melissa Lane" <mlane5@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:fNzdc.21663$Nn4.3656061@twister.nyc.rr.com...
> Any advice on training and running a race when
> catching a cold?
>
> for 3 months now, i've been training hard for the brooklyn
> 1/2 marathon coming up april 24th. unfortunately i've come
> down with a cold this past week (sinus congestion, runny
> nose/eyes, and cough) but no fever. i have given my body a
> rest for a couple days hoping to get better. yesterday, i
> took the first run in 2 days and it felt like a struggle
> just doing 6
miles.
> i still feel run down and congested. tomorrow is my long
> training run day where i was planning to run about 10
> miles (i'm at the point of starting
to
> taper). i'm wondering if i should even attempt it. with
> the race coming
up
> in 2 weeks, i feel i can't afford to lose training days,
> but then again i don't want this cold to get worse and end
> up having to forfeit the race (which would totally suck
> after all this hard work and training). so i
feel
> stuck. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.

Melissa Lane

Thanks for all your advice. I think I'll pop some lozenges,
vitamin C, and continue running.

Thanks again.

Miss Anne Throp

You seem to have confused this newsgroup with
rec.constant.whiners.

Onemarathon

In article <fNzdc.21663$Nn4.3656061@twister.nyc.rr.com>,
"Melissa Lane" <mlane5@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> Any advice on training and running a race when
> catching a cold?
>
> for 3 months now, i've been training hard for the brooklyn
> 1/2 marathon coming up april 24th. unfortunately i've come
> down with a cold this past week (sinus congestion, runny
> nose/eyes, and cough) but no fever. i have given my body a
> rest for a couple days hoping to get better. yesterday, i
> took the first run in 2 days and it felt like a struggle
> just doing 6 miles. i still feel run down and congested.
> tomorrow is my long training run day where i was planning
> to run about 10 miles (i'm at the point of starting to
> taper). i'm wondering if i should even attempt it. with
> the race coming up in 2 weeks, i feel i can't afford to
> lose training days, but then again i don't want this cold
> to get worse and end up having to forfeit the race (which
> would totally suck after all this hard work and training).
> so i feel stuck. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.
>
>
>

my personal attack on such things:

lots of vit. C garlic tablets to boost the immune system
hydrate even MORE than usual eat especially well for vital
nutrition to keep the body well cut back a bit on the
training so the bod can draw on its resources to
prevent/heal the cold rather than heal up from hard workouts
get extra rest/sleep don't worry!

repeat as necessary

best of luck... you'll make it

Cam

Me Again?

"Melissa Lane" <mlane5@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message news:<B4Tdc.31760$WA4.9797@twister.nyc.rr.com>...
> Thanks for all your advice. I think I'll pop some
> lozenges, vitamin C, and continue running.

Those won't help, riding my monster will.

Me Again?

High_Colonic@webtv.net (Miss Anne Thrope) wrote in message news:<24793-40780FE4-675@storefull-3157.bay.webtv.net>...
> You seem to have confused this newsgroup with
> rec.constant.whiners.

No, no, she's defeniately got the right place, same
subjects, people, and posters, just a different name
for the BB.

Me Again?

"Melissa Lane" <mlane5@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message news:<fNzdc.21663$Nn4.3656061@twister.nyc.rr.com>...
> Any advice on training and running a race when
> catching a cold?
>
> for 3 months now, i've been training hard for the brooklyn
> 1/2 marathon coming up april 24th. unfortunately i've come
> down with a cold this past week (sinus congestion, runny
> nose/eyes, and cough) but no fever. i have given my body a
> rest for a couple days hoping to get better. yesterday, i
> took the first run in 2 days and it felt like a struggle
> just doing 6 miles. i still feel run down and congested.
> tomorrow is my long training run day where i was planning
> to run about 10 miles (i'm at the point of starting to
> taper). i'm wondering if i should even attempt it. with
> the race coming up in 2 weeks, i feel i can't afford to
> lose training days, but then again i don't want this cold
> to get worse and end up having to forfeit the race (which
> would totally suck after all this hard work and training).
> so i feel stuck. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.

So Melissa, how big are they? And do they bounce nicely
as you run?

Steve Hansen

onemarathon wrote:

>
> repeat as necessary
>

With no treatment at all, colds generally last about a week.
With elaborate treatment, they generally last about 7 days.

Eno

Steve Hansen wrote:

> With no treatment at all, colds generally last about a
> week. With elaborate treatment, they generally last
> about 7 days.

Check into recent research showing that Zinc, when taken at
the first signs of a cold, shortens the duration, at least,
of the worst symptoms.

For instance:

1) In Children: http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/ne-
ws/8525697700573E1885256C6D0022C1BD

2) In General: http://www.coldcure.com/html/hand_4a.html
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/58/66373.htm

"In his study, published in the January issue of the medical
journal QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, patients
using Zicam, an over-the-counter nasal spray, cut the length
of their colds an average of 1.5 days compared with those
treated with a placebo. However, some patients slashed their
cold duration in half -- from six days to only three."

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