I was wondering if anyone else on here has gone through what I went through on Monday evening,
after setting up for a 10 mile time trial course which I videoed and uploaded to BKool, I had a drink of
water, got on my bike and did a 10 minute warm up, same kind of warm up as I normally do with a
bit more intensity between the 5 minute down to 2 minute mark then easing slightly and holding a
steady intensity til the countdown, I then started the time trial which was as fast as I could from the start
THEN after just under 2 miles my head felt like it exploded inside, I had to ease off really quickly and
slowed down to lower my heart rate before climbing off my bike with a really bad headache which lasted
for a couple of hours, I felt shaky and quite scared, I later took some painkillers which eased it, checked
my blood pressure which was higher than normal and rested til I went to bed, next morning I woke up
with a very slight headache, blood pressure was back to normal and as the day went on I felt a lot better,
today (Wednesday) Im still not 100% but feeling much better I googled "headache while exercising" and
it seems like I had whats known as an exertion headache, Im now ok but according to the websites
advice is to not train for a week, then gradually ease yourself back into training, sorry this is such a long
post but I was curious if anyone else has experienced this as its the first time this has happened to me
and I am used to doing high intensity workouts on the the turbo.
