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Feb 2011
4:56pm, 27 Feb 2011
23,087 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
that's bonking Nellers
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Feb 2011
4:58pm, 27 Feb 2011
16,034 posts
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Nellers
Runnign for that long, Plod must have been mainly fat-fueled though, Plod, as it should be. The demands on stored glycogen were, perhaps, quite limited in terms of fuelling muscles.
the coke and the jelly babies, I suspect, gave you enough blood sugar to keep your head straight and your concentration there.
I could be way off the mark here and I may get shot down in flames for missing the point but that is how it seems to me from my limited (and non-running) experience.
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Feb 2011
4:59pm, 27 Feb 2011
16,035 posts
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Nellers
HOD, isn't it the same thing? Everything I've read compares "Hitting the wall" with "bonking" or "Getting the knock" or whatever it's called. The medical/scientific stuff I've seen says it's the same thing.
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Feb 2011
5:00pm, 27 Feb 2011
31,732 posts
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plodding hippo
the brain failure can be awesome, ive seen all sorts of strange things by mile 18
it also explains how i can get lost on a looped course
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Feb 2011
5:00pm, 27 Feb 2011
31,733 posts
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plodding hippo
but, actually, even if you dont refule, you can come through that weird bit
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Feb 2011
5:01pm, 27 Feb 2011
31,734 posts
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plodding hippo
You gotta have an aim
just be prepared to revise it
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Feb 2011
5:06pm, 27 Feb 2011
1,667 posts
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mulbs
good thread. now more picture of people blubbing at the finish please 
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Feb 2011
5:08pm, 27 Feb 2011
16,036 posts
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Nellers
I fully expect to get embarassingly emotional when I finish. Tears and slobbering and hugging anyone I recognise and everything.
Note that's when, not if. PMA. Mansuit zipped up and all that.
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Feb 2011
5:11pm, 27 Feb 2011
31,735 posts
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plodding hippo
I didnt blub till about my 50 th marathon
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Feb 2011
5:15pm, 27 Feb 2011
2,675 posts
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Bazoaxe
I have hit the wall twice.
Edinburgh 2006, first ever marathon and in hindsight prep wsnt great...longest run was probly less than 20 miles and it was a hot day...the last 6 were torture but I kept going.
FLM 2009 and my first sub 3 attempt. I made many mistakes...drank too much before hand, had about 12 pees before start...was desperate again on start...hd to stop at mile one to relieve myself...mile 1 in 7:16 with a pee stop, so I started fast...proceeded to go too fast and got well ahead of time. By 10 I realised I was toiling and by halfway I was now down on target time and striggling. Somewhere about 17 I realised i had taken no gels or jelly babies but it was too late, I was finished and slowing and the gel made no difference. About mile 21 I was overtaken by Nell McAndrew and I put in a quicker half mile now that I had something to focus on....then I had to give in and let Nell go.....The last 2km were done in about 12 mins and I was in pieces. After the finish I got to horseguards, lay down in the gravel with cramps engulfing my bnody and waited for my family to find me. wasnt pretty. Will not make the same mistakes again
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