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how does your body not have a hard time processing cheese/sauce/butter/fat/grease while running?
It does. Getting your stomach good at that (and figuring out what food you can personally tolerate best) is a nontrivial part of training for longer ultramarathons.
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It does. Getting your stomach good at that (and figuring out what food you can personally tolerate best) is a nontrivial part of training for longer ultramarathons.
I was aware of the eating but I still don’t quite understand it. You don’t completely run out of fat do you? Can a person not run on fat stores alone?
Running out of fast carbohydrates is (at least in biking) called "bonking". You'll feel extremely tired, maybe be shaking, and feeling dizzy. It's a blood sugar dip: a very low and long dip. Your brain usually runs on sugar too, so you'll feel stupid and angry. Your body still has fat stores, so your body can keep running - but at a much lower effort intensity.