Can't run as much as I want/need too in this heat and humidity(typical day where I live from June to Sept is upper 80s to low 90s and well over 60% humidity). So, I was listening to the recent LRC podcast in the Evan Jager interview, gave me a idea. I can cut back a bit on my mileage and just add a 2-3 hours a day on the stationary bike, rowing machine, stair climber and elliptical. Thoughts? Currently training for a fall marathon.
metric or standard?
Yes it can. I'm mainly thinking of some triathletes that were great runners. Lucas Verzbikas (8:30's 2 mile high school), Stephanie Jenks (9:20's 3k in high school), Tony Smoragiewicz (8:50's 3200, a top NXN guy in high school).
These people above trained for triathlon in high school, running relatively low mileage (30's miles per week, 40's at peak), but they did a lot of cycling and swimming to make up for it and they were some of the best in the country.
I also know of a runner that was plagued with injuries, and when he finally decided to only run two workouts and a long run each week and then cross train a lot the other days on a bike or elliptical he had his best season to be all-regional in division 1 missing an individual qualifying spot by just a couple seconds. That was his best season, and it was off just running a few days a week for the 'important' days and cross training on the recovery days.
ship ton of cross training wrote:
Can't run as much as I want/need too in this heat and humidity(typical day where I live from June to Sept is upper 80s to low 90s and well over 60% humidity). So, I was listening to the recent LRC podcast in the Evan Jager interview, gave me a idea. I can cut back a bit on my mileage and just add a 2-3 hours a day on the stationary bike, rowing machine, stair climber and elliptical. Thoughts? Currently training for a fall marathon.
If you have access to a stationary bike, rower, stair climber and elliptical I assume you would have access to a treadmill.
Get your miles in on the treadmill. It is a much better option than the other machines you listed.
B1G wrote:
ship ton of cross training wrote:
Can't run as much as I want/need too in this heat and humidity(typical day where I live from June to Sept is upper 80s to low 90s and well over 60% humidity). So, I was listening to the recent LRC podcast in the Evan Jager interview, gave me a idea. I can cut back a bit on my mileage and just add a 2-3 hours a day on the stationary bike, rowing machine, stair climber and elliptical. Thoughts? Currently training for a fall marathon.
If you have access to a stationary bike, rower, stair climber and elliptical I assume you would have access to a treadmill.
Get your miles in on the treadmill. It is a much better option than the other machines you listed.
Right?!
It can make up for mileage. What it can't make up for is race specific workouts. You can try to mimic the efforts of intervals, but its not the same as actually running them on a track. BTW relative humidity is irrelevant, its the dewpoint, and to a lesser extent the uv index that determines how you'll actually feel during a run. I suggest just sucking it up and running in the early morning and evening.
In fact, all you have to do is a few squatty squats every so often.
And be sure to cadence often. And max out your gears.
Glad I could help.