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Eureka! Exactly! Now maybe a 3hr or better Marathoner can truly Bonk. Someone like myself who is trying to run 4hrs, simply isn't fit enough to bonk. I will wear down first.
MTA- My body probably holds the same amount of Glycogen as you fast guys, there is no way I can burn mine all up in a race the same length unless I'm going at least your speed.
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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Lazy idiot
My awareness is being clouded by this thread.
Tick tock
I don't think that cloud was your awareness.
rectumdamnnearkilledem
Try this. Eat low carbs for a week. Better yet, eat NO carbs for a week. Now, go out to a track or a flat stretch of road. Start running at a moderate effort. You will bonk. It will happen in 20-30 minutes. It will be spectacular.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Eureka! Exactly! Now maybe a 3hr or better Marathoner can truly Bonk. Someone like myself who is trying to run 4hrs, simply isn't fit enough to bonk. I will wear down first. MTA- My body probably holds the same amount of Glycogen as you fast guys, there is no way I can burn mine all up in a race the same length unless I'm going at least your speed.
Try this. Eat low carbs for a week. Better yet, eat NO carbs for a week. Now, go out to a track or a flat stretch of road. Start running at a moderate effort. You will bonk. It will happen in 20-30 minutes. It will be spectacular. Go back and reread my post. Energy burning is a function of distance, not time. If you cover 26.2 miles, you will burn the same number of calories, more or less, whether you are running a 6 minute pace or a 10 minute pace (as long as you are actually running).
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling." - Lucretius
I'm still awaiting your reply to my question about your post. I'll repeat it how come we are burning the "Fight or Flight" energy as we are sleeping but we burn fat while slow running
Earlier in my running days (ie like a year or so ago) I decided to play around with Atkins induction level carbs (20 net carbs or lower per day) for a few days. I lost 60#s on Atkins (and ate healthier in those days than I am now, sadly...lots more salads and veggies when one's not filling up on breads and potatoes) and have maintained 40 lost. There are crazy people out there who run marathons on VLC diets, so I was curious to see how long *I* could go after a few days of eating VLC. I made it about 4 miles. Suddenly felt like the best thing in the world would be a pillow. I wanted to curl up on the side of the rail trail and have a long nap. And a cheeseburger. Perhaps simultaneously. I couldn't take another step, at least not running. Walking wasn't particularly easy for that last mile home, either.
I'll start with emoticons to emphasize my jocularity: Now the question: do you think its possible that maybe - just maybe - you should run a marathon - maybe, say, one - before you form all these opinion? That maybe -just maybe - you should experience "the wall" at least, say, once for yourself, before you decide you know everything about it? Or is that silly? To repeat: Modified to add: Sigh. You're not listening to what Mikey and Scout told you. Comparative speed does not matter. If you run a bit too fast *for you* - you will hit that Wall. Period. Science wins. I give up.