This was one of those days when I made myself run. I haven't run since Wednesday (4 days) and that's sort of a long stretch for me without a run. But I hadn't been feeling the best due to allergies and just couldn't find much motivation to run. Then, somehow, I wrenched my back yesterday morning and the back problems stretched into today. Still, there is a winter storm warning for tonight into tomorrow which could prevent me from running safely outside for a few days so I knew I'd better get out there today before the snow comes.
I didn't push it very hard because I knew that I needed to be careful with my back. The temp was around 35°F and there was a cold, brisk wind coming out of the North making it hard to breath when running that direction. Still, I did a 30 minute run and could easily have gone for another few miles but needed to get back home to fix dinner. (a dinner that no one else ended up wanting).
When I had almost finished with dinner, I glanced at the clock on the stove and couldn't see it clearly. I did a double take and realized that it was the beginning of an ocular migraine.
I get them every once in a while, usually an hour or two after I have finished running. They actually sound worse than they are. When people hear "migraine", they usually think of a headache. But with an ocular migraine, there isn't necessarily any pain. There is rarely any in my case. Instead, it's just a bit disorienting.
It begins with a little blurry vision. Then, usually a little ringing in the ears and partial loss of vision. Kind of like someone is shining a really bright light into one or both eyes. It's hard to read anything or focus on any objects. After this, it generally changes to a series of flashing lights in the periphery of my vision. Sort of like if you were seeing a carnival with flashing lights out of the corner of your eye. It usually only last 30 - 60 minutes for me and I'm thankful that there is not pain.
As I mentioned, there is a winter storm warning in store for us in KC tonight so it may be a few days before I run again. Unless, of course, I hop on the old tread mill. I just don't enjoy that as much though so that probably won't happen.
Also, it will be interesting to see how many people actually end up viewing this post. I sometimes share my blog posts to FB but for my own reasons, I won't be doing that as much. I predict that only 3-5 people will view this post. We'll see...
Until next time, thanks for viewing.
JJ
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