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Bonking

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Steven Hanchett
Apr 23, 2022
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“Bonked”

“Bonk” is a funny word.  If you watch enough competitive cycling, read cycling magazines, or hang around cyclists long enough you are going to hear it.  Technically, bonking describes the condition caused by the depletion of glycogen from the muscles and the liver.  The sympto…

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