[Edonis13]

just got back from my first run in a few months. man did that suck. i wanted to die after 3 miles. :mad: last year 6 miles was my "short run" with 10-13 being my longer runs. man, what a difference a few months can make. :eek:

the sad part is that im faster on the bike right now then ive ever been before.

this makes me scared to get back in the pool. :o

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[thehammerdog]

Dude I hear ya. I often wonder how myfirness canvary from sport to sport. I never was a great runner but find when I do runwell I ride better..That being said it almost nevere works the other way around. I wish I kne why.

I also found my first ride a beast. I did gain a ton of weight and was out from a broken foot for 3 months

[tasr]

I hate you both. :p Thanks for pointing this out to me now.

I have a pulled glut and was going to run tonight, but nooooooooooooooo forget it.

[goalieMN]

I am training for IM Wisconsin this fall, and have found that as long as I get my long run in on the weekend (currently 10-14 miles) I only need one or two other runs during the week to keep feeling good as long as I bike to work every day, but when I was only running and just started up with commuting to work, the run fitness didn't carry over to the bike very well for me.

That said, I am old (38), and the 35 pounds I have lost since last August could be what's making the runs feel so easy. Going long at 185lbs feels a lot better than going long at 220 pounds did.

:)

[Edonis13]

Going long at 185lbs feels a lot better than going long at 220 pounds did.

:)
i wish i knew. im currently 230, down from 270, yet up from the 218 i was at last fall. :o

ill get under 200 this year, but with my build, i dont know how realistic my overall goal of 190 really is.

[enginerd]

I am training for IM Wisconsin this fall, and have found that as long as I get my long run in on the weekend (currently 10-14 miles) I only need one or two other runs during the week to keep feeling good as long as I bike to work every day, but when I was only running and just started up with commuting to work, the run fitness didn't carry over to the bike very well for me.

That said, I am old (38), and the 35 pounds I have lost since last August could be what's making the runs feel so easy. Going long at 185lbs feels a lot better than going long at 220 pounds did.

:)

Similar story for me (I'm doing IM Wisconsin this year too, but have this IM Lanzarote thing to do first...). I was an off and on runner before, but since starting tris, I only run 3 times a week - long run on the weekend, 2 maintenance runs during the week and commute every day. Three runs a week plus cross training was also enough for me to run ultras last year.

I haven't found that running translates to biking fitness, but I did find that biking help teach me to keep my cadence up in my running so my running seemed to improve once I started biking. Then again, I too also lost 30+ lbs. since starting tris. I'm about 135 now so an extra 30+ lbs.on this frame is a huge difference.

[H82GOSLW]

Man, when I read about the weights of some of you guys on this forum I feel like a lard ***. 135 pounds? I'm 210 lbs at 6 feet tall. (I was 235 two years ago). I just started biking and have been running for a few months. I find that, for me, the running helps the biking, but not vice versa.
I'm signed up for a sprint tri in July that I did last year and hope to knock off ten minutes from my bike time due to the bike I just bought (did it on a mountain bike last year).