“For the last three years I’ve been doing about 70% of my training on the bike and up to 400km a week on the bike, which is sometimes more than triathletes do, but it’s partly due to where I live,” she said in an interesting Athletics Weekly profile on her.
https://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/persistence-pays-off-for-tish-jones-1039923079/
Her 10000m PB is good for her 5000m PB. She doesn't slow down much from 5000m.
Run at 70% MHR or ride at 70% MHR, all the heart knows is that it is being worked for a period of time at 70% MHR. It's all aerobic development and builds a big engine. To race well, you just have to do enough running specific work to support your goal pace and event distance.
I wonder how much she's still running? I would guess between 40 to 70 miles per week.
That's likely. To support that kind of marathon effort, 50-70 would be necessary - a long run and two lengthy quality sessions with a couple of recovery runs added just to condition the legs to pounding.
Ummm, ever heard of Jack Foster?
Who's Jack Foster and why should I care?
uhguhguhg wrote:
Who's Jack Foster and why should I care?
Because you don't know Jack.
Interesting thread on Jack Foster here:
I think normally the body can tell it’s running. Bikes haven’t existed long enough to affect evolution, but I realize few agree.
Too bad duathlon isn't big anymore. She'd be amazing.
uhguhguhg wrote:
Who's Jack Foster and why should I care?
Former master record holder in the marathon and got silver in the 74 commonwealth games marathon. Did not start running till his early 30s. Grew up riding bikes a lot, even when he made the switch to running. He continued to bike a lot. Sadly, he died from a car hitting him on his bike.
Highly recommend watching this, if you want more info:
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/on-the-run-1979