Cycling Benefits Transferred to My Running
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Nice! But I would suggest that what has changed is your overall aerobic efficiency that is the cummulative effect of ALL your training, nit just the specificty of a single week. Biking in and of itself doesn't make you a faster runner; bikie training whic trains your cardio vascular system to function better does. Your VO2 max has very little to how fast you ran your route. You also sounded well rested from running. I ran a lot last week with no rides and then hoped on my bike Saturday and crushed a 67 mile ride as my bike legs were so fresh. Same thing with running, take a frew days off and swim and bike and when you lace 'em up again, you feel very fresh!
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alowrun posted 1 year ago.
Ah, that makes more sense. I have noticed that running/cycling legs are quite distinguished from one another. I remember when I first started doing tri's, I didn't have any power on the bike, as I was strictly a runner.
Running is still my favorite discipline, but the added cycling has kept me stronger overall.
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So I just shaved 9 minutes off a 10 mile course I have here at home. I was utterly amazed. But whats more interesting, is that I hadn't run in 3 days, but had done a long ride, and many hills the week before on the bike. BIG hills.
I think my V02 max might have gone up a bit from all the hill workouts, and thus when I ran faster, I was able to do so more effectively.
Really cool effects. Didn't know it would transfer from cycling to running so well!
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