I bonked pretty hard on my Sunday long run. Original plan was to do about 100 minutes of running. I felt okay 50 minutes in, then around 65 minutes started feeling really bad and my legs ached and burned with every step I took. The run only ended up being a bit under 85 minutes, with the last 5 minutes painful and I was just going at a very slow shuffle just wanting to end the run and finish already. A pretty bad bonk... discouraging.
Hope you're taking in carbs during your run. going that long you gotta reload blood glycogen. try taking some H2o and carb every 5k.
On a solo 20 mile sunday run in college, I bonked hard at ~18 miles and had to walk/jog the last 2 miles in freezing rain. One of the most unpleasant experiences of my running career.
Mile 6 at the HURT 100 last year. The last 94 miles were horrible.
Funny...
I don't understand you guys having a hard time with 100 minute runs. I'm up to 21 miles now for my long run and I don't feel the need to take fuel in the middle of the run. Maybe some water, but that's it. Runs like those makes me appreciate not being emaciated. That's still done at 6:20-6:30 pace as well.
Was doing a planned 21 miler in the summer on a hot day. Missed a turn on the way back that added maybe a mile total. Think I got dehydrated, and ended up doing some walking in the last (extra) mile. Briefly killed my confidence that was soaring during that batch of marathon training.
strippers sluts and whores wrote:
Hope you're taking in carbs during your run. going that long you gotta reload blood glycogen. try taking some H2o and carb every 5k.
lol
ahnold wrote:
Was doing a planned 21 miler in the summer on a hot day. Missed a turn on the way back that added maybe a mile total. Think I got dehydrated, and ended up doing some walking in the last (extra) mile. Briefly killed my confidence that was soaring during that batch of marathon training.
I got dehydrated on an 9 miler at mile 6 (it was 97) and had to walk very slowly for 2.5 miles and jogged the last .5 as I was so bored. It took me 2 days to recover.
I bonked hard during my 10 mile race yesterday. Had no idea what kind of shape I was in and wen't out in 5:30 for the first mile. The next mile was 5:45 and I just got subsequently slower from there. Finished in 62:30 and if the race was a mile longer I probably would have walked.
I went running at 1 in the afternoon on a day with 100 degree heat plus humidity that added another 10 degrees, didn't have any water, and for some idiot reason decided to run hills. I jogged a mile through the park down to the hill, did 5 repeats at increasingly slower and slower speed until it became obvious it was too hot to run, and then on the way back up literally had to stop and lie down in the woods for like 20 minutes before I could make it the rest of the way back. Then the stupidest part is I go back to the car, and felt like I hadn't worked out probably so made the absolutely lunatic decision to run a couple of more miles, got about a K in and had to stop and literally collapsed. I had to more or less crawl back to the car.
The worst time I ever hit the wall was when I was injured on vacation and went biking, and really had no idea of what my limits were, so I was biking up this mountain and felt really good, reached my planned spot and felt great so decided to keep going to the beach, made it to the beach, felt great, turned around to go back up the mountain and at this point it was hot, midmorning and I hadn't thought to bring any food or water, and I hit the wall so hard. Had to sit in the road for an hour until I got the energy to push the bike back up the mountain and had to call for a ride back.
Both were due to pure stupidity really.
It was just one of those runs... the last two weeks I have run 95-100 minutes no problem (and before that I have run around that range before too)... which is why it was disappointing that I had to stop at a bit under 85... I just didn't feel good, it was also very sunny which was annoying (though only 75 degrees but that felt hot) and my legs burned each step I took on the asphalt.
First marathon this year. Thought I could run under 2:40 but went out really aggressive. I was 59:0X at 10 miles, 1:17:30 at the half and 1:59:30 through 20, then I hit the wall. No major cramping, just got to the water stop past 20 and was all of a sudden tremendously tired. Spent the next 10K shuffling, walking and downing gatorade and water like crazy to a 2:54.
Happens to me every so often. If I'm feeling that crappy I just walk the rest of the way. No reason to do any damage if my body clearly doesn't want to be running.