Originally Posted by
Shuffleman
I'm in the same boat. Tore my hip labrum prepping for Boston a few years ago. I had the surgery in nov. I'm not running yet because I tore my glute as well and will have surgery on that in oct. I would run 30-35 miles per week. It made the transition to road riding easy. They are different but the cardio will greatly enhance things. I like to run because it is easy. Wake up at 5:30 and hit the road whether I am traveling or not. Cycling is great too. In a perfect world, I would run 6 days per week. Road bike 2 times and mtb whenever I can.
Cycling is easier than running to get good. If you really want to excel past that point, you must log in the time. I'm ok with being just good as I don't have the time to be better than that on the bike.
Man I hear you. I was running 5 miles a day, and often riding as well. Then 8 mos ago I got a fracture in my back from (apparently) running too much. So I havent run since, so it has time to heal. I've gotten a lot stronger at riding but have taken a couple of bad spills too, and am still nursing those injuries. I also took up skate boarding recently to replace the running, and that has supplied it's own set of inujuries. :/