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ended up being quite out of it all day yesterday as well, although the debilitating headache part was over by around 11 AM. i wonder if i've been having more-frequent migraines than i thought, i.e., if some of the prolonged, debilitating headaches i get every couple of months (or maybe every three? or four? idk, i wish i'd been keeping better track) and have thought of as "tension" headaches have been migraines this whole time. the "tension headache" idea goes back to the ER doctor i saw in london back in 2019, who prescribed a self-massage machine for me to use on my shoulders and upper back. i do carry tension there, and while self-massage sometimes helps during headaches it doesn't make them go away. and it made sense to think of the two types of headaches as different, because i also, more rarely, get an aura followed by a *much* more severe headache and vomiting. that type is a very classic, unmistakable migraine.

a bit of searching around online finds stress and "intense emotions" as a common trigger. i was furious on friday about something at work - the way one of my colleagues had treated another, closer colleague - and that on top of the stress of having so much family in the house for the prior week-plus might well be what set it off. in the past i have definitely associated the kind of headache i had this weekend with accumulated, sublimated stress. tension headaches are also apparently usually bilateral, and mine are almost always focused on one side, usually in the temple and behind my eye, and usually but not always on the right.

requested an appointment with a neurologist at the same hospital my GP works out of, hope i can get in soon and find out more.

that sounds similar to what i experienced back in feb when i ran 14 miles on a clicking knee. it did go away, but i'm worried it's gonna come back now that the clicking is back.

big ups on the exercise streak, got a long way to go to get to kingfish status.

Quote from: LBSS on June 04, 2025, 09:20:18 am

Quote from: Kingfish on June 02, 2025, 10:45:53 am

just weak.

it's allllllll relative. you're still a man in his mid-40s pause squatting 2x bw every day.

  thank you for the motivation. i'm so close to calling it done already and be back to were to all started - high volume cardio. this time, not fast running/distance goals but  steady 3mph/12-15% for 30min+ for longevity.

i mean, plenty of space for you over here in zone 2. but i think you've got a good thing going. can you still dunk from a standstill?

- run 54:54, 10.00 km
humidity 88%, dew point 70, so even though it's warm rather than hot, the air is thick.

- run 1:25:01, 15.36 km
not as hot as yesterday but still pretty humid.

- run 37:46, 6.79km, strides 4 x 100m w/ walking rest
strides in 16-17s. again, pondering the gap between me and cole hocker is just hilarious. my stride pace today translates to a 4:30 mile.

is there a way to use back roads, even if it's significantly longer? the few times i've run-commuted, i can take a slightly longer route that ends up on a paved running/biking trail. much more tolerable than the most direct route.

well, once you introduce RPE and grade adjustments then i think we're not that far apart. what i'm trying to get away from is thinking about pace full stop as the main target measure for a workout. power would be better than HR, i gather, but, as you said, it's not as easily available. but pace+RPE tracks pretty closely to HR for me, i think. interesting point about magness and houston, do you remember which video that's from, or where you read it?

ETA: i'm not going to start pushing on easy runs, more just letting myself run a little bit more by feel rather than constantly checking my watch to make sure HR doesn't creep over 130 or 140. like if i'm climbing and it goes up to 145, that's ok. if i'm descending and it drops into the low 120s, also ok.

- speed intervals
-- warm up
-- 13 x 200m hard, 200m jogging rest
-- cool down
meant to do 12 but lost count, lol. pace was all over the place, anywhere from 3:04 to 3:28, but mostly in the 3:10-3:20 range.

ETA 2: thinking about my times in the context of how hard i was running today just drives home how unbelievably fast the top milers are going, let alone 800 and below. the fastest 200 i ran today was 37.6 seconds, which extrapolates to a 5:01 mile. the top men are doing 28-29s/200m to hit sub-3:50. obviously, this workout didn't make me tired, that wasn't the point. but i know how hard i was running those reps. those dudes are flyyyyying. i genuinely don't know if i could run a 28s 200m. maybe i should try. might be fun to see how fast i can do a few short distances at some point soon. like 200/400/800/mile.

ETA 3: there is an all-comers track meet near me the last weekend in august. hmmmmmmm...........