I ignored every signal my body gave me

On Sunday I had a tough leg workout. Leg press, standard weight, definitely not a PR. I have two types of training. Sunday is more legs, Wednesday is more upper body, both full body. The difference is which part I push harder.

Monday morning I was supposed to train with my son. Every Monday and Thursday I walk 10 km on the walking desk. Always 10 when I get on it. I wasn't feeling great. Slight sore throat. But I went anyway.

My Whoop showed slightly worse recovery, but nothing dramatic. Maybe a combination of things. Some weakness, maybe I pushed the training a bit more. Hard to say.

After work, around 6-7pm, I went to the sauna. Sauna usually helps me. This time it knocked me out. That evening I jumped to 39°C fever. I thought they'd have to hospitalize me.

The thing is, that day looked identical to every other day I've lived through. Same routine, same pattern. But there were small variables I didn't notice, and I still can't evaluate them today. Slight sore throat. Slightly worse recovery. A bit more fatigue. Each one insignificant on its own.

I should have drastically slowed down at the first sign of being tired. I should have taken it easy. Now when I go to sauna because I'm not feeling well and want to rest, I think twice about it.

I don't know what the lesson is exactly. Maybe that's the point. Not every bad outcome has a clean takeaway. Sometimes you just didn't read the signals.