# What does a bonk feel like?

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**Category:** Training\
**Created:** [February 28, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/what-does-a-bonk-feel-like/12570 "2019-02-28T14:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![batwood14](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/batwood14/32/30318_2.png) [@batwood14](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/batwood14)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/what-does-a-bonk-feel-like/12570/42 "2019-03-01T01:30:07Z")

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> [@mcalista](#):
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> It’s different to fatigue, where the muscles hurt and say “please stop”. This is more a case of “I’ve got nothing”.

Yeah that’s a good way to put it. It doesn’t hurt at all. It’s more like a short-circuit. Things just stop working.

By the way – the best sign, at least for me that I’m on the verge of a bonk is I will get really irritable. Every little hole I hit, every breath of wind in my face, every hill feels like a thing that has deeply offended you and pissed you off. When I start getting mad about road-chatter, I know it’s time to find a bench, a gel, or a gas station and to reel it back in for 20 minutes.

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**Author:** ![DaveWh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/davewh/32/13120_2.png) [@DaveWh](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/DaveWh)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/what-does-a-bonk-feel-like/12570/43 "2019-03-01T01:34:20Z")

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> [@MI-XC](#):
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> that’s likely due to fatigue, lack of nutrition, dehydration or a combination of all of them.

All of those. Last few hours of Leadville.

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**Author:** ![Nope0337](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/nope0337/32/174110_2.png) [@Nope0337](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Nope0337)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/what-does-a-bonk-feel-like/12570/44 "2019-03-01T03:26:32Z")

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So my conclusion after all of this…I’ve never bonked. I never want to bonk 😂

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**Author:** ![andrewwylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/andrewwylie/32/7757_2.png) [@andrewwylie](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/andrewwylie)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/what-does-a-bonk-feel-like/12570/45 "2019-03-01T04:54:04Z")

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This.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/2X/1/16206c0d321e8baa6f0139626fbbe4c3454fa18a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![eekeller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/eekeller/32/12895_2.png) [@eekeller](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/eekeller)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/what-does-a-bonk-feel-like/12570/46 "2019-03-01T05:04:47Z")

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I can always tell it’s about to get bad when the road starts looking like chocolate. Best I can describe the sensation is feeling like an empty husk. I carry food nowadays, no matter how short I think the ride is going to be.

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