Swallowing broken glass

I've been dodging a cold for a couple of weeks now with family members and work colleagues all suffering. So it was inevitable that I'd catch something. I woke at 4am with a feeling of swallowing broken glass and had to eat some ice to help my throat and allow me to get back to sleep. Today I've been substituting tea for lemsip and feel this has a few days to go - hopefully it won't turn into anything like my sons which has been two weeks of hell. So I've skipped training today and I'll treat that as my one day off per week. I am scheduled for my tough yoga session with my teacher at 6.30am tomorrow and will do everthing possible to be there. I may have to adapt me training to "tick-over" mode with indoor turbo training (easy sessions) and yoga for the rest of the week. On Sunday I have a 16 mile race and based on yesterdays run I was in good shape. Time will tell but when your body starts to "break down" I've found the quickest way to recover is to back off the intense training. It's fortunate I have this now and not in March/April!