Sick two days before conference meet — what do I do?

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6 years ago 02/15/2018 6:58pm EST

I’m stressing out because im a potential scorer for our conference meet in the mile and our team is heavily depending on my and my teammates to come through.

I have asthma that’s controlled but when I get sick it’s game over. Not Bronchitis yet but I can feel my lung function going down and I have a cough. Runny nose, sore throat, headache — the whole deal. What can I do to put myself in the best position to buckle down and fight through it? Our conference and team is small and me not running is not an option.

6 years ago 02/15/2018 7:09pm EST

re: TrackHackAttack

Take some echinacea and hope for the best.

6 years ago 02/15/2018 7:11pm EST

re: TrackHackAttack

Time to DNS, bro. Your body is not Rupp-certified.

6 years ago 02/15/2018 7:30pm EST

re: isitlupus

isitlupus wrote:
Time to DNS, bro. Your body is not Rupp-certified.

If I could I would. But the team needs me too much and the pressure is so high on me that I would be a wimp if I didn’t run.

6 years ago 02/15/2018 7:37pm EST

re: TrackHackAttack

Give it a chance to get better.

[Do you have a fever? This could be the flu--but in any case, running hard with a virus is a really bad idea, as some viruses can attack the heart ('nuff said). You have to accept the possibility that not running is the best thing for you *and* the team (so you don't travel with them and give them the flu, too).]

If you're without a fever, just take it easy for now. No running till Meet Day--then you can run an easy mile or so in the morning, to get the stiffness out. At the meet, take a limited warmup: like 8-10 gradual accelerations, with the first very easy and then slowly building from there, so that the highest speed you hit in each accel is just a little faster than in the previous one.

In the race, let the other guys take it out for the first 600-800m. Just go medium early on--if you feel better as you go, pick guys off after that.

Good luck to you and the team.

6 years ago 02/15/2018 7:39pm EST

re: lease

Oh, and I hope it's obvious that you need to keep taking fluids (preferably/mostly water) the whole time, between now and the meet.

6 years ago 02/15/2018 7:44pm EST

re: lease

lease wrote:
Oh, and I hope it's obvious that you need to keep taking fluids (preferably/mostly water) the whole time, between now and the meet.

Yep. Try to pee it out. Two days for someone in great shape is a piece of cake to get better. Be glad you didn't wake up race day sick.

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