HCK, I'm glad you have a diagnosis and it's not a detached retina!  For me, they are mostly triggered by stress (in general or sometimes eye stress from too much screen time) or if I'm not getting enough sleep too many nights in a row.  I've had regular migraines since I was a teenager, but the visual ones only started about 15 years ago.  They are getting worse as I get older, while the regular migraines are getting better, it's weird.  But I'll take the visual migraines over the regular ones any day.  Like SD and Docket, I do sometimes get them while running, and it can be disconcerting, but now that you know what is happening, it shouldn't be too bad.  Just pay closer attention to where you put your feet so you don't trip and fall.  Take notes when it happens so you can figure out your triggers, and know that sometimes it can be a cumulative thing like stress or something that happened or that you ate 24 hours ago, not just in the last few hours.

Yesterday was a busy work day that included a live in person outdoors lunch with a client.  It was fabulous!  We put extra space between us at the table.  I ran 2 miles that morning and didn't have time for anything else because I had to get dressed in real clothes and do hair and makeup which took longer than it should, I"m out of practice.

Today was supposed to be about 12 miles with 6x 1600/800.  After I was all sunscreened up and ready to walk out the door, DH saw an article online that there were rallies/marches planned to start at 9a this morning and the meeting point was the park where I was going to do my repeats.  No thank you, I have no interest in being in a crowd right now.  So I decided to do them on the treadmill - only I wasn't mentally prepared for that and I really struggled.  About a half mile into the first one, I was getting way too hot, so I slowed to a walk and then when my heart rate went down, I stopped and adjusted the fans.  That helped a lot, so I tried again.  Again, made it about half way and heart rate was too high and I felt like I couldn't get enough air in my lungs, slowed to a walk.  After that I just couldn't get my head right so I decided to do fartleks at random paces and varying time lengths so I felt like I did something speedwork related today.  Long story short, I ran 5 miles with some 1:00-3:00 fartleks between 10k and HM pace.

 

I had to get dressed in real clothes and do hair and makeup which took longer than it should, I"m out of practice.

 

Between unemployment and COVID, I have not worn any pants other than jeans, or any non-casual shoes, for 7 months. With the lone exception of the suit I wore the day I interviewed for my current job. I shave no more than once a week. (I had a beard for a while, but it doesn’t agree with me.) Also during that time I have put gas in my car exactly once. And only because it was low when this started. I still have half a tank. Crazy times.

In semi-related news, I got so fed up of being home (prompted by a nervous breakdown last weekend... don't ask), I just got the hell out of dodge for a couple of days. The hotel pool is, obviously, closed. This makes me sad. I miss swimming. And I've decided I don't care if I get sick and die after all, so there's that. But the pool is still closed. At least I get to stare at four DIFFERENT walls this weekend from those I normally do.