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I think I was lucky I didn't properly bonk yesterday although it got to the point that my mind was playing tricks on me so I don't think I was too far away.
I think I've only bonked properly once. I set out to ride my first sub 6 hour 100mi at the beginning of the summer. I rode my favourite flat route to my Mum & Dad's house near Dunwich.
I can't really remember much about the last 10 miles apart from puking into my mouth a bit on what was barely a bump in the road but felt like a mountain. My Mum & Dad met me at the "finish line" where I needed to be helped off my bike. I could barely twist my feet to unclip. I don't know whether my eyes were watering or whether I had tears streaming down my face but I know that I felt like it could have been tears at the time. I dropped to my knees and rested my face on the tarmac for about 90 seconds before I could find enough oxygenated blood to stand up again.
Can you imagine the state I would have been in if I had gone on a proper ride in the mountains like you guys? Maybe next year...