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This think zinc (with vit c) is the only thing to have any statistical significance on the length of a common cold.
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I ran Orkney marathon with a cold in full swing.
After a few miles, HR was over 175 when it would normaly have been around 150- 155 for the effort, so knew it wasn't going to end well. Made it to 18 miles, pacing a team mate, but then the inevitable wall appeared and had to walk for a good while.
Finished with a time I'd normaly cover a marathon on an easy long run. However Strava Suffer score was over 600 and if took weeks to recover from 😳Won't be doing that again.
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I'd be hitting the super juices, beetroot, carrot, Apple, orange, ginger. Extra sleeps too. Probably wouldn't run if things didn't improve though.
csb: I 'ran' the first great gorilla run when I should've been in bed, symptoms were closer to flu than common cold. Jogged about 100yds then walked the rest of 4 miles feeling like sh1t. David Blaine (or another magician?) was living in a glass box by tower bridge at the time. /csb.
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Drugs advice please. I’ve got Abingdon marathon on Sunday and been developing a sore throat all week. Today I’ve come out with full on sneezy snivelly cold. What can I take tomorrow and Sunday morning to minimise it’s impact on my run.
I’m a bit short of long runs this year but 20k runs at “marathon pace” seem to suggest I’m reasonably close to pb form. I’ve had to miss all my other planned races this year so all my eggs are in this basket...