Hw will Sore Throat affect preparations for my 10k run??

Has anybody had a similar experience? If so, how did you cope with the situation and adapt your training?

I had the same problem last week. Woke up Monday with a sore throat, which lingered a few days. I didn't train for three days, but I have trained hard since then (last Thursday) Head cold still lingering, but that's what headcolds do.

Sore throats can be caused by bacteria (strep/staph) or virus (mono, flu).

I would get tested for strep and mono.

If strep, antibiotics should knock it out and you should feel better immediately. But I would still reduce training while on antibiotics for 10 days.

If mono, you should end your season early.

If flu, just rest is out for week(end)

I think it was strep in my case. I didn't have viral symptoms.

Its just so dissappointing that after putting in so much effort for this personal goal theres now a chance I wont be able to perform to the level I'm capable of. I wanted to run sub-45. If i run a slower time than the 46.15 i ran in training, I will be devestated and would feel that the whole effort i dedicated to this run will have been a complete waste of time.

you may be surprised how fast you come back after a week rest. illness usually occur when your body is overtrained and strained and is craving rest and nutrition. Also, it doesn't appear that you are going to win an Olympic medal anytime soon so don't take running too anal-ly and learn to enjoy it.

While I appreciate I wont be winning an Olypic medal in the foreseeable future, running under 45 mins and hopefully finishing in the top 10% of the entire field of 8,000 or whatever it will be was a personal goal of mine,a and therefore is important to me.

I had intended on winding down my training for the last week before the run, but I think now I will have to do some hard training to try regain my fitness.