On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:36:56 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> And it's not that I was fighting hard to overcome tiredness either. It's
> because I DIDN'T FEEL TIRED. I had no sensation of tiredness at all.
> Indeed, I felt the *opposite* of tired. It was physically difficult to
> stand still. When I got home, in the middle of the night, I was
> _skipping_ down the road to my front door!

That's the adrenaline rush that I (and others) mentioned before - you got 
there!  Good job sticking with it.  It's a pretty good euphoria, isn't it?

> People have suggested that maybe somebody spiked my drink. All I can say
> is, if that was drugs, I'd like some more please! :-O Seriously, *is*
> there a chemical that makes you feel relaxed, happy, confident, excited
> and energetic? I rather doubt it.

Adrenaline, or epinephrine (essentially the same thing IIRC).

> Is it normal for exercise to provoke these kinds of reactions??

Yes, absolutely, but it's not something that happens the first time, 
you've got to build to it, and you have.  :-)

Jim

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