How does biking everyday affect running?

Don't know about biking, but slow down a bit on your easy runs.

Ultra thon bro wrote:

Don't know about biking, but slow down a bit on your easy runs.

He's probably a 15:00 - 15:15 5k runner. The 6:40's really aren't that fast... maybe for a recovery pace, but probably fine given that he's not hammering hard workouts right now.

Yup 15:10 5k on the track

slowing down and smelling the roses is something a lot of runners need to learn to do.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2006/09/wejo-speaks-why-i-sucked-in-college/

Cycling will temporarily hinder your running until your muscles adapt. It takes maybe a month? Overall, it should help once you adapt.

I agree with all those who recommended slowing down the pace of easy runs - that's where you burn the carbohydrates which is causing your legs to feel that way! The cycling is at such low intensity you are using mostly fat. What's your HR at the easy runs?

This is Tinman's calculator.

http://www.runfastcoach.com/calc2/index.php

He is using these paces for Drew Hunter, Reed Fischer, Parson, etc. Reed Fischer is sharing his training on Strava, and he is doing easy runs anywhere from 7:15-7:50/mi at altitude, often running with girls. That's slow for them, they are 13 mid 5k runners.

Look at other elites and how slow they are doing their easy runs. You want to restore your carb stores on easy days, not use them up so you can run 6:40 instead of 7:10 pace. The difference between 7:10 and 6:40 becomes quite significant imo.

LateRunnerPhil wrote:

Look at other elites and how slow they are doing their easy runs. You want to restore your carb stores on easy days, not use them up so you can run 6:40 instead of 7:10 pace. The difference between 7:10 and 6:40 becomes quite significant imo.

Keeping carb stores topped off is easy at 60 miles/week.

The "how easy should easy be" question is pretty complicated, but one solid rule of thumb is that at low mileage, you can run at a much faster average pace.

The hardest part about biking is telling everyone you're gay.