How would you structure 15 hours of cycling per week to help with running the 5k?
As a supplementary training stimulus.
How would you structure 15 hours of cycling per week to help with running the 5k?
As a supplementary training stimulus.
Bike to a nearby park and run more
WhatIWouldDo... wrote:
Bike to a nearby park and run more
Okay that sounds good. I will do that.
75% of the biking should be at a recovery pace. 25% harder. The 25% could be sprints, hills, or tempo like,
Pappy wrote:
75% of the biking should be at a recovery pace. 25% harder. The 25% could be sprints, hills, or tempo like,
That's the worst advice ever.
OP, 15 hours of cycling is absurd for cross training. I'm a cat 1 and I don't do that much for pure cycling training.
Forget the bike and go run.
real life cyclist wrote:
Pappy wrote:
75% of the biking should be at a recovery pace. 25% harder. The 25% could be sprints, hills, or tempo like,
That's the worst advice ever.
OP, 15 hours of cycling is absurd for cross training. I'm a cat 1 and I don't do that much for pure cycling training.
Forget the bike and go run.
Biking helps a lot with aerobic fitness for running, up to a level. I went from 26 min 5k to 20 min 5k just with cycling. Now it's still a great way to exercise the heart without the pounding and keeps the quads super strong for running.
If you could do 8 hours running and 5 hours cycling vs just 8 hours running, what do you think is better? Just make sure you do only easy miles on the bike (for me that's 20-21 mph on a TT bike), HR ~10 lower than easy run HR and you will benefit tremendously without needing much recovery.
I agree that 15 hours is definitely overkill, treat it as "Double", so around 45-75 min per ride 4-6x a week. No need for long rides unless you train for a half or marathon, then they would help tremendously with the fat burning system.
I'm with Phil,
Don't tax recovery needs or even create too much bike specific muscle tension and muscle building. Tendency to cause strength adaptation and tightness in the wrong places plus overworking whatever running and biking have in common and dipping robbing recovery abilities seem to all be problems.
Disclosure, experiment of 1.
Bike is an excellent tool for warm-up , for running, strength training, stretching , soft tissue work, pretty much anything, especially if you want to avoid running that day for some reason.
Runners should not cycle, period. Fitness is activity-specific. and runners should invest their training resources in running.
Stop the stupidity wrote:
Runners should not cycle, period. Fitness is activity-specific. and runners should invest their training resources in running.
Thanks for your impressive ignorance exhibition
15 hours of cycling per week as merely a SUPPLEMENT to your running.....That's crazy bro