Spent nearly a year getting into the best physical shape of my life for my first marathon, only to catch Influenza A a week before the event
Aside from the fever, night sweats and congestion, I now have a chest cough that makes me feel like I’ve been a 2 pack a day smoker for the last 20 years. Chances of recovery for the event are looking very slim indeed.
Everyone else i know who was also signed up to the marathon is also sick as a dog, so there is some comfort in shared suffering. It’s been an oddly brutal flu season in Australia.
Edit: also the one year in recent memory I forgot to get the flu jab early
u/fractured_bedrock — 12 days ago