ugh im sick!

When i'm sick, my go-to solution is:

1. Drink like a maniac (water and Gatorade).
2. Take a healthy dose of Nyquil, park myself in bed, and get all the sleep I can.

Since you're so close to the tri, I would not do any training whatsoever. You're not going to make or break your race in 96 hours.

Practice your transition!

Having been in your shoes for my first Tri, I feel your angst.

Drink a lot of water and juice with high Vit C. Eat a lot of chicken noodle soup (homemade if possible) and rest, rest, rest. Cross your fingers and hope the illness breaks the morning of your race.

Don't do any training.

I am not one to go to the doctors. i usually try and just deal with the colds with rest and taking it easy. I had a cold a couple of months ago and couldn't shake it. Congestion, headache, stuffy nose for a good 4-5 days straight. Tried some tylenol, 44d they didn't work. Talk to my mother (of course mothers know best) and she said that she recently used mucinex and had great results. I bought some and took it in the evening and by the next morning i was feeling a ton better and by the end of the day I felt back to normal. Not saying it will work for you like it did me, but it made me a believer. Good luck and rest up.

ZINC.

Cold-eeze lozenges, sold at your local drug/grocery store.

Read the package: Not on empty stomach, no citrus.

Start taking them yesterday.

ive tried cold eeze but they do a number on my stomach even when full. the mucinex is pseudoephedrine in a timed release capsule. thanks, it's working pretty well but i feel dizzy & would not take it on race day. a problem for me is that the intensive 6 day a week training schedule is great but when i stop for more than a day everything tightens up (even with stretching & yoga) and the back (specifically the QL and SI joint area) goes into spasm. strangely enough running at least a little bit every day keeps that area calm and flexible