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Have had a mild chest infection/sore throat/cough/endless stream of stuff coming from my nose for the last 2 weeks. Had hoped it would pass quickly but it is still here. Like (man)flu but without any fever or aches.
Quite an enforced taper, have only done 1h40 of footy a week since a hard 80km cycle ride on August 29th.
Doc appointment today and I'll see what they say. I suspect they'll recommend against doing an Ironman in 6 days time.
Head says I'm not prepared for it and should junk it and concentrate on getting properly fit (Brighton or London marathon next year) and losing the weight.
Heart says sod it, I'll get round (however slowly) and will have then done it.
Need someone (i.e. the doc) to make my mind up for me (although there's a good chance they won't). If there had been the full refund insurance available when I signed up I'd probably be playing up the symptoms to get the doc to sign me off and so I could have my money back. Can't transfer to another IM this year as there aren't any others in the UK and I'm not making it even more expensive by going overseas (to the cold).