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Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I agree, The OP asked about multi-discipline training, which a lot of us do in order to be more well rounded athletes.
He then proceded to decree that 'running is HR king' and all cyclists should be runners in order to be better cyclists (or something like that)
OP is a Duathlon (run/bike/run) specialist, and fancies himself quite good at it. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Most of us realize that a stocked toolbox is more useful than owning a single, really nice hammer.
There's a lot of reasons why a lot of bicyclists are ex-runners, and approximately none of them have to do with HR. For someone like me, ankle and foot problems make a running program absolutely impossible.
Basically, the only reason I can see for starting a thread like this in GENERAL CYCLING instead of Training and Nutrition is because you want to see what other people who bicycle for various reasons are doing. If OP wants to get in the weeds in a detailed argument about what people SHOULD be doing, he's in the wrong forum, and just trying to play big fish in little pond.