When to carb up?

[rebeccaC]

I am not sure that bonked is the same thing to all people (other than the obvious British bonk). I think some people think they have bonked when they have just not ridden enough, or were not ready or come out of the gate too fast etc etc.

I would call that muscular fatigue rather than a bonk. Hypoglycemia (bonking/hitting the wall) and even dehydration have different symptoms than muscular fatigue. With both of the later eventually the brain wants to protect itself by shutting some of the bodies systems down. Both also give emotional and cognitive warning signs, bonking more so. Irritability is one of my early signs. No one bonks without ignoring several warning signs that could have corrected the problem. I'd call it just needing to know our bodies