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An enforced rest may not do much harm - look up the "Zatopek effect". I had two weeks' complete rest before a HM once but managed to PB. Mainly due to better fitness base, but the pace I managed on the day was a pleasant surprise. Having said that, if you do start to feel better in a few days, a short shake-out run on Thursday or Friday might help to feel less sluggish. Otherwise just sleep and eat well.
@user49586 - Blimey, top effort!
Big endurance weekend for me, 46 miles in 3 days (all in my lovely new shoes) and the achilles isn't complaining, even after a good heel-drop session on the incline board today followed by a jog to the gym and half hour on the Concept 2.
Tomorrow I'm volunteering for a study into exercise-induced asthma, which involves testing lung capacity, and analysing what I'm breathing out during a controlled cycle ride. I'm a "control", but I'll be interested to see if anything comes out of it, as the only point of note in the pre-test questionnaire was owning up to "excessive mucus production". Nice.
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Doing the Bath half a week today and I'm getting a cold. Generally I find running makes things worse if I feel like I'm getting sick so not sure if I should avoid it until the day? Or is that asking for a really miserable unprepared time? I have totally failed to follow any kind of training plan and not expecting a good time anyway but any advice appreciated.