I've done a couple of triathlons this year, the longest being a mile swim, 25 mile bike and 5 mile run. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to complete.
There is a road race coming up that will take me about that long to complete. It's about 7 miles longer than I've been running, however.
Will running for 2 1/2 hours be very close to swimming, biking and running for 2 1/2 hours?
Come on, you guys know everything related to running. Someone help me out. At least give me your best guess.
DogLips wrote:
Will running for 2 1/2 hours be very close to swimming, biking and running for 2 1/2 hours?
Not even close, bud.
Let's pretend your 5 mile run took you 35 minutes. The biking took maybe 75 minutes, and the balance would be the swim. Maybe 20% of the time spent in your tri was running, i.e; pounding excercise. After about 60 minutes of running, your legs are going to be beat up huge, and the 2 1/2 of running will seem much longer (and incredibly harder) than the 2 1/2 hour spent in the tri.
No. You should do some 2.5 hr runs if you want to be prepared for the race.
Well that sucks.