I had a headache Monday – pretty much all day. I realized that I had let caffeine creep back into my routine enough that a lack of it in the morning was enough to trigger a headache. I fought it most of they day and finally gave up and went home early. It wasn’t a migraine so I didn’t have any light sensitivity – so when I got home I laid out in the sun in my backyard. Even in the middle of the city, the backyard was kinda quiet during that time of the day and I was out there for a couple hours. My headache faded out as the evening went on and I was fine by the time I went to bed.
Leaving work early meant I missed my swim after work, so yesterday I went for a long swim. I was feeling well enough at 1/2 mile to start thinking about going further than a mile. At a mile, I figured I could easily do a mile and a half and at 1.5 miles I figured I might as well do 2 miles.
That last half mile was rough, though. My shoulder started to hurt, my knee was already bothering me and the breast-stroke kick sent my ankle into the pain-zone. I stuck it out and finished the 2 miles – and wasn’t that tired. So, stamina and perseverance up, but my hardiness was down.
If I do a mile today – which I’m planning on doing – I’ll be up to 150 miles for the year.