Why do people spend more time cycling than running?
05-28-11, 02:51 PM
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I run 25 miles a week. Ride about 100 with the wife. Most days, I will run first then ride. It's really difficult for me to get my heartrate up cycling. A full out running sprint will max me out at 180. On a bike, maybe 140...and yeah, I'm pushing it. Running let's me use the Ipod, I wouldn't wear it riding. I would say that running gets me an extra level of fitness that helps on the bike, helps with the motor, so to speak. 2 knee surgeries, torn meniscus, torn patellar tendon...no issues with either.
Maybe that's just me but I always bike at HR150-160 and I almost always listen to music.
05-28-11, 03:02 PM
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Resting heart rate of 43...doctor says I'm good. Getting my HR to 180 and I'm darn near coughing up a lung. I don't know, cruising around 20 on the flats gets me about 115...used to listen to music when I rode, until I got buzzed by a bus. I could see inside peoples nostrils as they pressed against the glass on that encounter.
05-28-11, 03:09 PM
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I run 25 miles a week. Ride about 100 with the wife. Most days, I will run first then ride. It's really difficult for me to get my heartrate up cycling. A full out running sprint will max me out at 180. On a bike, maybe 140...and yeah, I'm pushing it. Running let's me use the Ipod, I wouldn't wear it riding. I would say that running gets me an extra level of fitness that helps on the bike, helps with the motor, so to speak. 2 knee surgeries, torn meniscus, torn patellar tendon...no issues with either.
Your muscles are not adapted to riding yet so they need to be built up. Once your biking fitness improves you'll be able to get your HR up as high as you can running.
05-28-11, 03:44 PM
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More efficient to what end? Certainly not for calorie burn per given time or distance. Less taxing on the body, probably. More expensive, absolutely. (Even though as a runner I've a dozen or so current running shoes!)
As for cavemen, I'd love to hunt bear with you. Bears can outrun humans, but I'd probably outrun you.
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As for cavemen, I'd love to hunt bear with you. Bears can outrun humans, but I'd probably outrun you.
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05-28-11, 03:46 PM
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05-29-11, 10:52 AM
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The one thing not mentoned so far is the body build/running style and make up of an efficient runner. People that can run long distances quickly generally have a very efficient style, smooth gait, and soft foot plant. They also are light weight and can run for several hours at a time without injury. Few people are like that and can do the same.
Running is like cycling..if you do it wrong, it's hard on your body. If you heel strike it's pretty much the same thing as grinding a big gear at 60rpms.
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06-02-11, 12:50 PM
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Go farther, have fun, wear spandex (I actually don't), buy expensive toys, talk to other about said toys, upgrade toys, break toys, have to replace broken parts of toys, go faster, do more than just exercise (commute, errands, etc). I've tried running, never been able to get into it for the long haul, but biking has stuck with me for the year now I've been doing it (yes, total newb).
06-02-11, 01:10 PM
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I've never gotten a "runner's high". The only people that do are masochistic freaks.
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06-02-11, 01:33 PM
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I love cycling, but running >>> cycling in terms of time efficiency. Which if you've got a family and a full time job, counts for a LOT. I need at least 2 hrs (and preferably 4+) to get in a long type workout on the bike, whereas I only need half that on the run.
06-02-11, 03:45 PM
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Ding, ding, ding! That's me too. And my pre-run ritual is far less elaborate than my pre-cycle ritual.
06-02-11, 03:48 PM
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But that's just the problem. Not everyone can run with good technique, as basic as that may sound. Even as a seasoned runner, if I lapse more than a couple of weeks due to injury, I notice my running efficiency has decreased.
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Ran 3 miles today for the first time since my knee surgery. Did OK, but at the half way mark I was wishing I was riding up a steep hill instead of enduring this 26 minutes of total boredom futility. Oh, and now my knee hurts. Great.
Running sucks.
Running sucks.
06-02-11, 04:22 PM
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06-02-11, 04:32 PM
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If the OP never showed up again this could have been an epic troll thread. Since he did I'm guessing that he wasn't really trying to troll.
The bottom lie is that running at any speed hurts. Cycling doesn't start to hurt really bad until you are going pretty fast. Because of this difference you will have endless discussions about cycling versus running on BF. I have 3 siblings that have completed marathons and that is great. I also don't think that any of them could ever complete a sub 5 hour solo clock time 100 mile ride on a bike. Apples and oranges.
The bottom lie is that running at any speed hurts. Cycling doesn't start to hurt really bad until you are going pretty fast. Because of this difference you will have endless discussions about cycling versus running on BF. I have 3 siblings that have completed marathons and that is great. I also don't think that any of them could ever complete a sub 5 hour solo clock time 100 mile ride on a bike. Apples and oranges.
06-02-11, 05:02 PM
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If you try to coast downhill when you are running you will come to a stop or fall over.
06-02-11, 05:46 PM
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Ooh, that's not good. 
I haven't had it that severe, but often it's a shoe fit issue. I get callouses and blisters occasionally though. It could be that the toe-box is too small or too large. If you go somewhere like Fleet Feet they can help with these issues when getting shoes.
I haven't had it that severe, but often it's a shoe fit issue. I get callouses and blisters occasionally though. It could be that the toe-box is too small or too large. If you go somewhere like Fleet Feet they can help with these issues when getting shoes.
06-02-11, 07:35 PM
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