Pins and Needles during run
Hello,
So did my big tri day today, and everything was going great. Swim was fine, filled my speedfil 70oz 3 times on the bike, and had my 250 cal x3 of infinit. Also was taking 2 caps do s-caps per hour to supplement my sodium since I'm a heavy sweater. No problems at all on bike, but only peed once over four hour bike ride. Got to my run and had a diet dr. Pepper, since that's all my local YMCA had in their machine. I kind of expected for my run to be rough, and based on Rich' suggestions I planned to cut it short if I ran into problems.
I finished my long run at around 8pm last night 11miles, and rich thought I might not be able to complete the full hour run.
About 25 mins into the run, I started to jog, and after about 100 yards my hands started tingling, I started walking, and made it back to the YMCA, but the "Pins and Needles", the same feeling if you have ever been hugging the porcelain god after having a bad case of the flu, was so bad I had to set down. I thought my blood sugar had crashed so I drank 12 oz of Orange Juice, and had to Glucose tabs from the YMCA's first aid kit. They also had me eat some peanut butter crackers, and I drank approx 16oz of water. It took about 45 mins for the tingles to subside, and while they were happening, if I leaned forward, it felt like my stomach might cramp? I was told I might be dehydrated, but when I got home my weight had only dropped by about 2.5 lbs? Does anyone know wth happened?
I have had that tingly sensation briefly before usually followed by goose bumps on my long runs, but never to the point that it rendered me useless?
Was it a blood sugar crash, or something else?
Thanks!
Comments
something else.
sounds like your sugar intake was sufficient for that workload.
the tingling could be due to many things, from simple mechanical pressure from bike position at hands or shoulders to maybe even over hydration or circulatory issues or just a good ol fashion pseudo-fainting spell from the exertion.
a complete physical wouldn't hurt if you have not had one in a while. describe this episode to your doc. they know more about you and can order appropriate screenings.
in the meantime:
good to always find the lower limit of what you can handle nutrition wise over various temps and workloads vs. going over board.
a bonk due to sugar crash, if you are not diabetic, typically doesn't come by surprise. usually one is well aware that they are not eating enough. for example, your infinit bottle flies off during the first mile. since you took in everything as planned, then likely not sugar low. the fact that you ate more afterwards, just made your stomach really get upset. those people at the YMCA were feeding you up the wazooo!
stay loose and relaxed when executing all three disciplines. tension in shoulders, hands, feet, face, etc. can really throw a wrench into things. takes practice.
these are my 2 cents.
GH