Article on golden rules for training

[wilmacgh]

worth a read

runnersworld.com/running-ti...

[Jennyh543]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but just wondering what "if you're about to bonk..." refers to!

[Realfoodieclub Graduate]

Some really interesting stuff some I should be taking onboard. And yes jennyh543 I was wondering the same thing.

[wilmacgh Graduate]

Didn't notice that! On further googling it is also a term for hitting the wall. However, choose whatever definition is appropriate to your circumstances. Whoever said that the US and Britain were 2 countries separated by a common language!

oxforddictionaries.com/defi...

1 [with object] hit (someone or something):

he bonked his head on the plane’s low bulkhead

2 [no object] British have sexual intercourse:

the young couple bonking upstairs

3 [no object] (of a cyclist or runner) reach a point of exhaustion that makes it impossible to go further:

I bonked and couldn’t pedal another stroke

[Realfoodieclub Graduate in reply to wilmacgh]

Thank you for that, at least I will understand if someone asks if I am about to bonk. Hehe don't you just love language.

[Lwwitch Graduate]

Very interesting. I was intrigued by rule no.7, the race recovery rule. Does that mean, if you did a marathon, you would do no running at all for 26 days? Or does it mean no hard training, so no long / fast runs but light jogging to stretch your legs would be fine?