Did i bonk?

[ColinJ]

THIS is bonking!

 

[TheSoulReaver03]

Here is marathon runner Gabriella Anderson demonstrating how just using legs can induce a few problems. I suspect that speech might have been somewhat difficult at that time and I wouldn't expect her to remember where she had parked her car either!

As I said, running is much more intense than cycling.

 

[velovoice]

THIS is bonking!

Wow. Trauma is right!

I reckon THIS also was bonking, although magnesium depletion seems to have been the most serious problem, putting him at risk of a heart attack.

 

[Dogtrousers]

As I said, running is much more intense than cycling.

Keep trying. You'll get a bite eventually

 

[winjim]

As I said, running is much more intense than cycling.

Yes, but the context in which you said it was to suggest that runners do not display the symptoms of hypoglycaemia.

 

[TheSoulReaver03]

Keep trying. You'll get a bite eventually

Sorry, what is this, an "I know bonking better than you" contest? Sorry, I didn't know.

 

[velovoice]

Sorry, what is this, an "I know bonking better than you" contest? Sorry, I didn't know.

Not at all. Just that "bonking" is a word that's thrown around far too much. A lot of people use it without knowing what it means.
CycleChat = Education.

 

[TheSoulReaver03]

Not at all. Just that "bonking" is a word that's thrown around far too much. A lot of people use it without knowing what it means.
CycleChat = Education.

And I also see that some people think they're cool because they "bonked". Some of them are also having problems analyzing what I said.

 

[velovoice]

And I also see that some people think they're cool because they "bonked". Some of them are also having problems analyzing what I said.

No, I don't think anyone is having difficult understanding what you said. It's clear you haven't (yet) bonked. Good for you. Who has a problem with that? No one.
As for your opinions on other people's experiences that have been different from yours, they're just that. You're free to hold those opinions and I support your right to hold them but that doesn't make them more valid than opinions held by people whose personal experiences have led them to different conclusions.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I know when I've hit a bonk, because my breath really starts to honk of nail varnish remover / pear drops. I smell that, I'm all done .

 

[ayceejay]

I know when I've hit a bonk, because my breath really starts to honk of nail varnish remover / pear drops. I smell that, I'm all done .[/QUOTE

Acetone, the ketosis effect touched on above,

 

[MikeW-71]

And I also see that some people think they're cool because they "bonked". Some of them are also having problems analyzing what I said.

No, no, no. If you've bonked, then you've really screwed up. It's not something I ever want to experience TBH.

 

[Jody]

Bonking is so severe a problem that you cease to function properly and you can't just soldier on. You might forget your own name, lose the power of speech, your eyesight could be affected etc. See THIS LIST.

Thanks for that link. I couldn’t work out what people were on about when “bonking”. It’s far from the definition I had.

 

[ColinJ]

Thanks for that link. I couldn’t work out what people were on about when “bonking”. It’s far from the definition I had.

I had many of those problems, including ...

• Shakiness, anxiety, nervousness
• Palpitations, tachycardia
• Pallor, coldness, clamminess
• Hunger
• Nausea, abdominal discomfort
• Headache
• Abnormal thinking, impaired judgement
• Moodiness, depression, crying
• Negativism, irritability
• Personality change, emotional lability
• Fatigue, weakness, apathy, lethargy, daydreaming, sleep
• Confusion, amnesia, lightheadedness or dizziness, delirium
• Staring, "glassy" look, blurred vision, double vision
• Flashes of light in the field of vision
• Difficulty speaking, slurred speech
• Memory loss, amnesia

Bonking is not subtle, hence the point about 'if you had to ask, then no, you didn't'!

 

[velovoice]

Acetone, the ketosis effect touched on above,

Not quite. Acetone breathe is a symptom of depletion of carbohydrate fuel in someone whose metabolic process is based on glycolysis. The late-stage of this fuel depletion does produce excess ketones in the blood, so it's not surprising that until recently it was common to refer to this condition as ketosis. However, the causes, characteristics and mechanisms are very different.

When it "goes wrong", glycolysis is linked with episodes/conditions/disorders/diseases such as hypoglycemia and Type II diabetic (to name just a few).

Ketosis however is a metabolic state reliant on mobilisation and utilisation of fat, not carbs. I have not heard of acetone breath connected with ketosis, but it's certainly common for "body odour" (i.e. the actual scent of one's skin) to change if you've switched from a glycolysis-based metabolism to a keto-adapted one. This change of BO is subtle in some people , in others quite dramatic. Some people find the new BO less pleasant than the previous BO, others find it more so. To each his own.