And Illness Sets In. :(

I started to feel sick yesterday - woke up with a sore throat, swollen glands and throughout the day my body felt more and more tired and achy all over. I thought for sure it may be the flu, but I never ran a fever, nor did I feel any cold-like symptoms such as coughing, runny/stuffy nose, sneezing. I ended up seeing two patient's in the office and canceled the rest. I managed to get a swim in that morning, but I wasn't feeling it much and ended up with only 1000 of the 1650m I was supposed to do - better than nothing I guess. From 3:00 p.m. on I spent the rest of the evening on the couch. Normally such a thing wouldn't bother me much, but with the KDF mini coming up tomorrow, I've been a bit concerned. Waking up this morning, my glands still swollen and throat feeling on fire, I rolled out of bed at 10:30 and decided to go downtown to get my race bib. I figured getting out of the house would give me a better opportunity to really gauge how I am feeling. After three hours of being up and around, my body definitely feels drained again, and I am forgoing the 20 minute slow run that was on the training schedule for today. My plan is to rest up for the remainder of the day, and go ahead and complete the race tomorrow. Thing is: it's supposed to be about 45 degrees and rainy at the start - not optimal racing weather, but even less-so when you're sick. But....other than a few times when my depression got the best of me, I've not opted out of a race and tomorrow will be no different. If anything, I will have all day Saturday afterwards to recoup and relax on the couch with some movies. Besides, if it is going to rain all day, I probably wouldn't be doing much else regardless. I had planned on trying to beat my 2:20:38 PR on this course, but with the weather being what it will be, and me feeling like I do, I've decided my new goal is to finish feeling the best that I can. Whatever that means.