Is there a guideline for this?
08-26-04, 03:45 PM
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Is there a guideline for this?
Riding a bike X miles equals running 1 mile.
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It all depends what you are trying to measure - if it is distance travelled it is the same. If you want to know energy used, then it depends how hard you are doing it - but the time spent at a specific heart rate would give the same result for both, so what speeds due you achieve for that heart rate cycling and running.
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So, basically if you run a mile in 7 or 8 minutes and your HR is 170 it's the same as spending those 7 or 8 minutes on your bike at 170 bpm however far that takes you.
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Originally Posted by tourist
Riding a bike X miles equals running 1 mile.
08-26-04, 05:45 PM
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when I first started riding, I did a 31 mile ride, and having just come from running, i wanted to know how many miles I should say that I trained and I actually started a thread on this. what I found was there there is no guideline. they are very different activities. cycling works he actual muscles more (or so I've found). while running works the heart and lungs more.
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Personally I find that when I do my usual run loop of 5 miles in about 45 minutes (9min/mi), I feel about the same as a 30 mile ride in about 1.75 hours. No empirical formula...it's just gut feel.
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Hi:
Dr. Kenneth Cooper wrote the first book on aerobics over 20 years ago. In the back it had charts in which he assigned "aerobic points" for various activities -- jogging, cycling, etc. About the only one I remember
is that the ratio of cycling to jogging was about 1 to 4.
Dr. Cooper now operates the Cooper Aerobics clinic here in Dallas.
Dr. Kenneth Cooper wrote the first book on aerobics over 20 years ago. In the back it had charts in which he assigned "aerobic points" for various activities -- jogging, cycling, etc. About the only one I remember
is that the ratio of cycling to jogging was about 1 to 4.
Dr. Cooper now operates the Cooper Aerobics clinic here in Dallas.
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Originally Posted by tourist
Riding a bike X miles equals running 1 mile.
Not really. Everyone is different.
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Originally Posted by Phatman
...cycling works he actual muscles more (or so I've found). while running works the heart and lungs more.
i agree. that fastest i've ever run the mile was in just over 7 min. and i was exhausted. at the same time, i can go on a 30 mi. ride and not feel much different than when i had started. just a little tired...mostly due to calorie loss. i'm after i get something to eat or drink.
