sfx can't see any harm in having a trot round the route if you don't go mad and race it on your own!
moshi bummer about your cough, how frustration this close to the big day, but like everyone else says you have to be sensible and I would definitely see the doc. But I know how good runners are at ignoring advice 
but you really should be checked out as you know.
fanny sorry to hear you are feeling rough too, hope you perk up soon.
So sad to here about the lost loved ones, I don't know why but just recently I feel very aware of my own mortality and advancing years (I'm not old but suddenly the years seem to be passing a bit quick for my liking!). I suppose part of me worries about DH riding his bike as there have been two cycling fatalities near here in the last 12 months and part of me worries about my parents (my dad is particularly maudling about death!) Still this is why I want to live life for today .... on that note I am still so tempted to do a marathon next year just to see if I can do it again, 2013 just seems too far away.
Anyway on a more cheery note I feel quite virtuous today. I did 30 mins kettlebelling last night (in an attempt to tighten the flabby bits my three dc have left me with 
) and then I ran 5 miles to a baby group today. Not so long ago I would have been horrified walking into a group sweating like a pig and resembling a beetroot! I was planning to cool down first but I was late so sat dripping for a while, but it felt brilliant! So DS had a nap on the way and a nice play and I got the bus home. I think I will do it again it was a good route and nice to run somewhere for a reason rather than round in a circle.
I'm rambling now.... on the subject of ironing, I don't do any 
. I shake and fold and DH does his own shirts - I am a slattern and admit it, I blame my mother, she doesn't iron either 
.
Oh and fairy I would love to park run but Leamington is too far out for me. I am tempted to do the Two Castles as I've heard it's a good one.