If you were injured and could not run, but could still cycle or swim...how much cycling or swimming would you need to do to keep up the same level of fitness as running 70+ miles per week.
If you were injured and could not run, but could still cycle or swim...how much cycling or swimming would you need to do to keep up the same level of fitness as running 70+ miles per week.
I'm not sure that you could keep the same level of fitness no matter how much you did. All three use slightly different muscles, and there simply is no substitute for running. I think with either swimming or cycling you could keep the cardiac fitness running pretty high, but all those pieces need to work together, and no matter how much you did away from running, you'd have to get back into it when your injury was done.
i know a guy that was pool running for a month, got out for a week, ran his conference race in a pr 10k..like 3030 or something. it was a pr by like 45 seconds.
anyways, he was in the pool a lot, like a couple hours a day of actual pool running.
he was just hard core about it, no matter how shitty it got.
It won't help with your running per se, but there is a metabolic conversion for cycling and swimming vs. running.
Swim one mile without significantly stopping = run four miles. But a newbie swimmer will struggle to swim one mile until the get the hang of it. And it will take them a while longer than it does to run four. May have to switch strokes or go with the kickboard.
BTW: Wet vest or no vest pool running in the slowest pool lane (glorified dog-paddling) is a direct running time equivalent. Folks have gotten in good shape for running doing that but it is a boring as s***.
Run or swim one hour = bike three to three-and-a-half hours (includes flat, uphill and downhill). You might find yourself cycling 60-80 miles a day though for your long run equivalent, since your heartrate is lower at max by seven or so beats than running (you're supported in your bike seat). You won't bonk cycling because of all the perceived rest breaks (downhill) and water/Powerbars, etc. When you catch yourself coasting on a bike, slap yourself on the head andd start pedaling again. It's easier to get too comfy and loaf on a bike.
Neither sport will help your running much, but they will allow your aerobic system to reamin intact and keep your metabolism at an equivalent rate so you don't get fat and can eat the same amount of food you normally do when training.
Time off from running once in awhile is good although I tend to hate it. It allows your cells to regenerate and function at a higher level when you return to running (sort of like replacing your worn out spark plugs). This is a Lydiard-based concept.
I agree pool running is the best form of cross training for running minus the impact. I use it just to add mileage to my weekly total the safe way. Paul Williams, the Canadian great of the early 90s, and his wife are both advocates. His wife pool ran for over a month prior to the 1990 or 91 (can't remember) world xc champs and wound up getting third at the race. How's that for results. Granted it is boring but will give the benefits you want better than cycling/swimming.
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