miles cycling = how many miles running?

SMJO wrote:

People tend to loaf on bikes and coast a lot. If you are actually pushing pretty hard on the bike it is closer to a 2:1 ratio. If you can run 15 km in an hour you can probably cover 30 km on the bike with the same effort level.

For me, your numbers are wrong.

I can get 25 miles in an hour on an indoor bike, but on a treadmill for an hour the best I can do is 9 miles.

It's more than 2 times easier to bike than run.

Since biking is not really weight bearing, how many times a week can one bike hard(such as intervals)?

5 days a week easy no? if not 6

sidenote: obv swimming != biking != running

but non-runner cat 3/4 bikers can get themselves into

Takes at least 4 miles on stationary bike with moderate resistance and moderate intensity to equal one mile of jogging.

In my experience it's 4 bicycling miles to 1 mile running. I usually sleep very soundly after a 20 to 40 mile bicycle ride. That is generally bicycling starting at noon and finishing about 7. Even with the rest stops along the way 40 miles is a heck of a workout.

Hello!

Interesting topic. My trainer said that you should never compare miles of running and cycling. I prefer cycling. I use jogging for warm-ups or as cardio exercises. On a bicycle, you can lose more calories and better strengthen your muscles. Here are some good exercises while riding a bike

https://askyourfitnessquestion.com/basic-mountain-biking-techniques/

There are riding techniques that are used for riding in the mountains. In this way, you can strengthen your legs well!

I rode 300 miles in one day, some people have ridden over 500. My 300 was not as hard as a marathon.

So the further you ride, the bigger the difference in effort between riding and running. You get rest periods on a bike when you go downhill or with a following wind so there is no real conversion factor.

no such conversion factor wrote:

I rode 300 miles in one day, some people have ridden over 500. My 300 was not as hard as a marathon.

So the further you ride, the bigger the difference in effort between riding and running. You get rest periods on a bike when you go downhill or with a following wind so there is no real conversion factor.

I would not say, "some people". Very few people.

Christoph Strasser set the 24 hour road record at 557 miles (896 km) at Berlin airport on 21 March 2015.

This should have answered the question thirteen years ago

Cardio equivalents

3 miles hard cycling = 1 mile running

4 miles moderately hard cycling = 1 mile running easy

Miles done slower than moderately hard = walking