Results tagged “man flu” from Birmingham Mail - Road Runner

What is the last thing you want to happen just five days before the big race?

Like everybody else running in next weekend's Birmingham half marathon I have been doing everything I can to avoid an injury.

So far so good - but now I have come down with a full blown cold which is threatening to turn into man flu.

Can I recover in five days or am I going to have to cough and splutter my way round the 13.1 mile course?
To be honest, I have no idea how much effect a cold will have on my performance.
Normally I have quite a laid back attitude to this kind of stuff and just assume that I'll be fine.

But then I spoke to my dad.

"Oooooooooooh! You don't want to do exercise with a cold," he said.
"Tut tut, that's the worst thing you can do."

"But dad, I'm 26, fighting fit and at the peak of my health," I protested.

"Oooooooooh. Well you can do yourself some serious damage if you do the race with a cold," he retorted.

So now I'm worried and trying everything to get rid of my cold, including spending all of this morning in bed.
If it does turn into full blown man flu then I dread to think what will happen to me. Perhaps my lungs will explode while I'm racing?

Keep an eye out for me during the race - I'll be the greeny, purple looking one crawling along the pavement weeping, crying and begging for the pain to end.