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Podcast: Fix My Running
Episode: Fuelling your Training | Understanding glycogen metabolism with Bob Murray PhD
Description: Hitting the wall is an experience most runners and triathletes are familiar with. Sometimes it's mild. Your energy feels totally drained and you want to stop. You may be able to continue but you have to slow your pace down drastically. Other times it can be a complete disaster. You crumple to the ground and wait for death. Sometime later, you seem to regain enough composure to stagger home or call someone to come get you.
So what's going on when we "hit the wall"? How come some days you can run 20km at 5:30 pace and feel...