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Sumo
I started to get a cough when skiing - we were there for two weeks, skiing ~40km/day.
This was in Morzine, first two weeks of January.
I then flew back to the UK, then ~12 hours later I flew to Utah for seven days of my work annual conference, which was ~1,500 people in a big hotel. I was definitely under the weather, very low energy (I had dinner once in the entire seven days, as normally I'd just pass out on the bed at 17:30), and was frankly struggling.
I came back to the UK and took a turn for the worse, energy levels sank even further and I developed a fever - tracksuit trousers, jumper, hoodie, under two duvets and still felt like I was freezing. I had to precisely time when I took paracetamol so that I could sleep an adequate length of time, as if it wore off whilst I was deeply asleep the feeling of being bitterly cold would wake me.
Energy levels really varied through the day - I'd feel almost normal at midday, then things nose-dived and I'd be wrapped in a duvet on the sofa, unable to find the energy to move at all for a couple of hours.
This went on for a couple of weeks, and I then eventually came back to being myself, but the lack of energy persisted for a long time afterward.