dsafasdgfdsf wrote:
Just got tired of the lack of females and people under 40, and went back to running.
It seems wherever I have lived this has been the same problem with running.
dsafasdgfdsf wrote:
Just got tired of the lack of females and people under 40, and went back to running.
It seems wherever I have lived this has been the same problem with running.
medium_pace wrote:
My training is really unstructured, it just depends on what is happening in any given week.
I have been averaging around 150 miles per week for the last 8 weeks or so, but last week was 230 miles. Long ride was 78 miles with a Cat 1 climb, not that hard and I also did a 68 miler with a few hard efforts on some climbs. Raced a 24 mile TTT, which really wasn't hard because we only had three and our third was really weak, not even a tempo effort. A few random miles (mostly commuting) and two five mile runs.
This week was total opposite. I rode about 70 miles total, but did 5 x 1000m on the track and also ran two legs (13 miles total) in a team running relay and ended with about thirty miles of running.
I really don't do any bike workouts, I do some longer rides and usually try to get some hard efforts on the climbs. Do the occasional Strava hunt, go out and try to move up some leader boards for a workout. I've only been on one Tuesday Night World Championship this year, but hopefully I will do one this week. I raced one ITT and four road races. I actually have done 4-5 track workouts and a few tempo runs as I was trying to break a 5:00 mile. Basically I mostly do moderate training and use a race a couple of times a month as most of the hard efforts.
This basically makes no sense as I am simultaneously making a half assed effort to get my run speed back to where i can run a sub 5 mile, meanwhile my A race is Baker City which has two 85 mile stages, plus a crit and a TT.
I am 40 year old single guy and just like to compete. If I actually got focused on biking or running and then really targeted training for a few specific races I might actually get some results.
8/10
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24 miles tonight. Hot and windy.
Litespeed L1R
300-500 miles a week
Next big race is Volta a Portugal.
I do "two a days" using the bike.
I will usually run in the morning then bike in the evening. I average around 90-100 miles a week on the bike( 15-20 miles a day six days a week) and run between 40-80 miles a week depending on where I am in my training cycle.
I need to start biking twice a day. Doing a morning and evening ride would help me amp up my mileage.
Philippe Thys wrote:
So it seems we have quite a few riders here on Letsrun.
Weekly Mileage ?
Brand of Bike ?
Care to share about any awesome rides ?
Anyone mix running and biking ?
I'm riding about 120-140 miles a week currently with 15 miles a week or so running. Feel very fit. Resting heart rate is 58 and I'm down 5 lbs since March! Just bought new tires today actually. No one wants a blow out.
24 miles on bike. No running.
I have a fixie
Good lord some of you guys train a lot. How do you have time? No demanding job or significant other/family? Man...500 miles a week? For real???
sheetz wrote:
Good lord some of you guys train a lot. How do you have time? No demanding job or significant other/family? Man...500 miles a week? For real???
Assuming the guy was serious, he said his next race was the "Volta a Portugal". That's a UCI pro race, meaning he is a professional cyclist, for whom 20-30 hours a week of training is not that uncommon.
Bike/run wrote:
I do "two a days" using the bike.
I will usually run in the morning then bike in the evening. I average around 90-100 miles a week on the bike( 15-20 miles a day six days a week) and run between 40-80 miles a week depending on where I am in my training cycle.
Sounds doable for me. What kind of results do you get?
Don't cycle any more (hurt my hip) and the same with running (hip arthroscopy for torn labrum), but I ride an ElliptiGO. Does that count? Have had it almost two years and have over 13,000 miles on it. I love it. I rode over 1000 miles in May, but lost over a week of riding this month due to kidney stones. Was back at it today with a 30 miler (which I think equals about 10 miles of running minus the joint pain). Hoping to get back to running some day, but this gives me my fix! It is a great alternative if you can no longer run or are rehabbing an injury. It is slightly slower than a bike, but much more comfortable to ride.
I like biking bit I could not be on a bike 30 hours a week.
I was riding 50-120 mpw often in local "A" rides until lately, when I just got sick of putting myself at risk of serious injury/death. I know that seems soft, but it's real enough for me to put the bike away. It was a lot of fun while it lasted.
TDF wrote:
Don't cycle any more (hurt my hip) and the same with running (hip arthroscopy for torn labrum), but I ride an ElliptiGO. Does that count? Have had it almost two years and have over 13,000 miles on it. I love it. I rode over 1000 miles in May, but lost over a week of riding this month due to kidney stones. Was back at it today with a 30 miler (which I think equals about 10 miles of running minus the joint pain). Hoping to get back to running some day, but this gives me my fix! It is a great alternative if you can no longer run or are rehabbing an injury. It is slightly slower than a bike, but much more comfortable to ride.
I would rather be paralyzed than caught on one of those things.
I'm sorry, but it's true.
And "slightly" slower than a bike? you are standing up in front of the wind. the max you can go is 15mph on a downhill probably.
Good luck!
300-400km weekly
Cannondale Caad10 - Commuter
Cervelo S5 - Crit Race Bike
Cervelo P3 - Time Trial Race Bike
Felt F1 - Long Training & Hilly Race Bike
Newfoundland has some wicked hills & wind. Winding tight roads are a good lot of fun.
I run all winter & cross country skii, replace aerobic running with aerobic cycling in the spring. Then 3x run days and 3x bike days. Looks something like;
Running 1-2 track session ex. (20x200, 5x1k, 3x1600m), and 1 long run day.
Bike sessions are 4x5min @ LT, 2x20min @ sweetspot, 1x3-5hours aerobic w/2x10min tempo.
18 miler. 92 degrees, high humidity and wind.
LM wrote:
sheetz wrote:Good lord some of you guys train a lot. How do you have time? No demanding job or significant other/family? Man...500 miles a week? For real???
Assuming the guy was serious, he said his next race was the "Volta a Portugal". That's a UCI pro race, meaning he is a professional cyclist, for whom 20-30 hours a week of training is not that uncommon.
Yes. You are correct. But most of that mileage is coming from race days so we aren't really hitting 30 hours a week.