Went for a ride last night and pushed it a little more so than usual. My BF and I rode about 24 miles at a decent clip (well for me it was decent, I averaged 15.6 mph...one of my fastest! ).

At the end of the ride right near the parking lot where his car was there's this big hill, monstrous in my opinion It's about 3/10 of a mile long and moderately steep. I don't know the grade of the hill unfortunately. He's been egging me on to try going up it for a few weeks now and I've been declining until last night. I figured why not it can only make me stronger, right? and it will help me get ready for a metric century we're planning to do in September in Lancaster, PA (I just hope their idea of "rolling hills" as it was described are A LOT smaller than this thing I attempted last night! )

About 2/3 of the way up I couldn't go any further and had to stop. So close!! I pulled off to the side and got myself off the road and just plopped down in the grass. As I was catching my breath I started to feel this tingling sensation in my arms, below the elbows primarily, a lot like pins and needles when your limbs 'fall asleep' but more intense. It almost felt like an allergic skin reaction. It was kinda scary for me cause it's never happened before. My BF assured me that it was alright and that it was just adrenaline causing the tingling. Has this happened to anyone else before and was he right, or was he just attempting to calm me down, which only worked marginally

(I tried searching past threads, but I didn't see anything....but my searching skills might be kinda poor! )