Little bump in the road before the race. I had a sinus infection back in late January/early February. Took my steroids for that and thought I was done with it. But the last 6-7 weeks I have been constantly congested. I finally went to an ENT to see if it may be allergies as the environmental allergens are really bad here right now. All my tests came back negative. They did a CT scan of my sinuses and turns out that the sinus infection never healed and the doctor said I have a bunch of mucus in my sinuses. Funny thing is, I actually feel much better this week. So the doctor prescribed my a 21 day treatment of antibiotics and a strong steroid. I was reading some of the possible side effects of the two medications, and not sure I want to mess with those before a race (upset stomach, swelling, increased heart rate, sensitive to the sun, etc). I asked the doctor if I would be okay to take these before an Ironman race. I had to explain to her what an Ironman race was and she said I should be fine. Yea, didn't get that warm fuzzy feeling. I have been doing all this training, and my longest training also, with the congestion and I did just fine. So with that in mind, I figured there is no reason to add an unknown variable to the race and going to wait until after the race to the meds. It may mean that the person behind me on the bike may get hit with a snot rocket (just kidding, hopefully) and may be clearing my nose a few times on the run, but nothing that I haven't been already doing the past 6 weeks or so.