Bonking - The bad kind

[Charvel]

 

 

Is "Bonking" the same as "Hitting the Wall"?

 

At least on bicycle you can freewheel a bit...

 

 

 

I think the difference is that in bonking you suffer due to nutritional factors whereas in hitting the wall you suffer due to a steering/braking problem.

 

- Well said!

 

 

 

Uh uh.. You clowns characters obviously never ran any long distances in your sporting careers.

 

 

 

Long distance running is not my game. Sporting Career? Mine is still like Julius' school career.

 

Clown? Why thank you for the recognition Sir. Lindt anyone?

 

Likewise...

 

One thing to keep in mind: when you bonk when cycling, you still have a ? 11kg piece of metal to carry / push / drag to the end point. And this is when you don't even have enough energy to close your mouth to prevent your tongue from hitting the dirt!

 

 

[SwissVan]

 

Is "Bonking" the same as "Hitting the Wall"?

 

At least on bicycle you can freewheel a bit...

 

 

 

I think the difference is that in bonking you suffer due to nutritional factors whereas in hitting the wall you suffer due to a steering/braking problem.

- Well said!

 

Uh uh.. You clowns characters obviously never ran any long distances in your sporting careers.

 

 

 

Long distance running is not my game. Sporting Career? Mine is still like Julius' school career.

 

Clown? Why thank you for the recognition Sir. Lindt anyone?

Likewise...

One thing to keep in mind: when you bonk when cycling' date=' you still have a ? 11kg piece of metal to carry / push / drag to the end point. And this is when you don't even have enough energy to close your mouth to prevent your tongue from hitting the dirt!

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Relax...only used the term clowns cause you both laughing so much.

 

Watch out you dont ride over your tongue with that 11kg metal beast.

 

While you in the keeping in mind mood, keep in mind that bonking is mostly your own fault due to depriving yourselves of suffcient carbs.

 

Care for some Lindt, guaranteed to stop the bonk?

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[Charvel]

 

 

Is "Bonking" the same as "Hitting the Wall"?

 

At least on bicycle you can freewheel a bit...

 

 

 

I think the difference is that in bonking you suffer due to nutritional factors whereas in hitting the wall you suffer due to a steering/braking problem.

 

- Well said!

 

 

 

Uh uh.. You clowns characters obviously never ran any long distances in your sporting careers.

 

 

 

Long distance running is not my game. Sporting Career? Mine is still like Julius' school career.

 

Clown? Why thank you for the recognition Sir. Lindt anyone?

 

Likewise...

 

One thing to keep in mind: when you bonk when cycling' date=' you still have a ? 11kg piece of metal to carry / push / drag to the end point. And this is when you don't even have enough energy to close your mouth to prevent your tongue from hitting the dirt!

 

[/quote']

 

Relax...only used the term clowns cause you both laughing so much.

 

Watch out you dont ride over your tongue with that 11kg metal beast.

 

While you in the keeping in mind mood, keep in mind that bonking is mostly your own fault due to depriving yourselves of suffcient carbs.

 

Care for some Lindt, guaranteed to stop the bonk?

 

 

 

Don't worry, no offense taken

 

I agree with the fact that it is mostly our own faults the first time...but there are instances where it happens due to unforseen circumstances as one of the other Hubbers have mentioned.

 

Nobody ever said sport would be easy

 

 

 

[Gasping]

Swissvan, I was not insulted by the clown comment in the least. As I said, I appreciate the recognition.

 

Love some Lindt - the chocolate kind not the blue fuzzy navel stuff. Can I PM you my delivery details?

[SwissVan]

 

I'll buy you fetch

Don't do deliveries to South Africa, post office weckers are already to fat.

 

 

 

 

[Spartan SL]

Glad to see there're a lot of people out there who've shared my experience. After yesterday's bonk I got home and ate a mountain of bread, a slab of chocolate, and washed it down with about 2 litres of Lucozade. I then climbed onto my bed (shoes still on) and passed out for 6 hours. I woke again at about 01h30 and cleaned out the contents of the fridge. Today I'm feeling much better (albeit a bit shakey), but definately not looking forward to this afternoon's recovery ride.

[No Name]

There was one training ride we did last  year, we were on the bike for about 4 hrs already and started getting real hungry. We had about 10km to go. When we got home i immediately went to get a rusk and i took the peanut butter and dipped the rusk in the peanut butter. That was the weirdest thing ever, but it tasted SOOOO good.

[SwissVan]

Glad to see there're a lot of people out there who've shared my experience. After yesterday's bonk I got home and ate a mountain of bread' date=' a slab of chocolate, and washed it down with about 2 litres of Lucozade. I then climbed onto my bed (shoes still on) and passed out for 6 hours. I woke again at about 01h30 and cleaned out the contents of the fridge. Today I'm feeling much better (albeit a bit shakey), but definately not looking forward to this afternoon's recovery ride.[/quote']

 

Hope your boss does not frequent the hub...

 

 

 

 

[firewolf]

eat like a horse but stay thin. gotta love that riding a bike can do that.  feel sorry for people stuck in a gym all day trying to get in shape and not having any fun while doing it. 

[epoh]

I bonked very hard the other day after a 140km odd training ride on the mountain bike.

 

At first I had visions of exotic fruit growing on the trees and after I fell off  I was crawling around on the ground for bugs to eat..i eventually passed out under a tree It was like being on trip!

 

Fortunately IanJ, Boredgirl and Jules were behind and they rescued me..

 

I rode very hard and had little food. A decent breakfast would also have helped.