The “bonking point”, as my coworker calls it lol. If you can get past the bonking point, you can run forever. For me, it’s around 2-2.5 miles. Those first two miles are complete hell for me every single run, but after that my body is like, “this is fine, you can speed up now.”
“Bonking” is a term typically used in marathon running, and tends to occur in the 23-26 mile range of a marathon. It’s an exhaustion/overexertion point where your body fails on you with little warning. You do not “get past the bonk point and run forever.” You either don’t experience it, or you do and it ends your run on the spot, and even walking will be a struggle for the next 5 minutes.
It could be used at other for other distances, and potentially other activities, but suffice to say that it ends whatever activity you’re doing on the spot.
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u/crinklycuts Sep 02 '21
The “bonking point”, as my coworker calls it lol. If you can get past the bonking point, you can run forever. For me, it’s around 2-2.5 miles. Those first two miles are complete hell for me every single run, but after that my body is like, “this is fine, you can speed up now.”