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Do I run with a cough?

If not how long before I can exercise again?

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I think it's quite hard to say and depends on how you feel generally. If it were me and I also had a cold and felt horrible I would have a couple of days off. Hope you feel better soon.

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I'd say run if you can - I was feeling ill a week or so ago - full of cold & dosed up on lemsip but determind to keep going - I said I'd take it easy & run as much as I could stopping early if I needed to, I actually completed the run & recovered quickly from being ill, maybe I wasn't as ill as I though or maybe the run helped me....but just do it & don't worry if you need to stop early. Hope you feel better soon!

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