I'm 2 weeks away from a marathon and i got a bad cold. My nose is running, sore throat, moderate fever. I take some medication but no antibiotics until it goes away. Should i train further these days? And if yes, how? Slower than how i would normally run or not as long? Please help me out.
Training with a fever? No. You're either already tapering or about to be, so you're not losing fitness. The best thing you can do to help your marathon time right now is to get over your cold.
reality czech wrote:
Training with a fever? No. You're either already tapering or about to be, so you're not losing fitness. The best thing you can do to help your marathon time right now is to get over your cold.
+1
Solid advice. Don't follow it at your own peril.
a cold isn't the end of the world
I will follow your advice, seems fair and reasonable. However, what if it takes 4-5 days to go away? Don't run at all until then?
I caught a cold a couple weeks out from my most recent marathon too. I took one day off from training and then ran 6 miles a day for a couple days and then 8, all easy pace. After about 5 days I was back to training normally. I found that running some easy miles was better than nothing at all. I skipped tempo runs and speed work obviously. By the time the marathon came, I felt fine and lost no fitness.
But if you have a fever or bad cough I would take more time off.