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  • 26-11-2011 10:21pm
    #1
    dunner6679
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    Hi all. Got a bike last week in the cycle to work scheme and started cycling straight away. So far i have done two 40km cycles from douglas in cork out to crosshaven. Just wondering is that a decent start for someone who has never really done much cycling but has recently done some fairly tough training and can cinsistently run 10k's in about forty minutes. Am i getting the same workout as running or should i be going further????


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  • #2
    sy
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    Hi Dunner. Seems you have posted in the wrong forum. This is the Cycling Adverts section. Mods will move it for you or you can delete and post again in Cycling Forum,

    Seems you have very good level of fitness. Stick with your distances and get used to spinning. Muscles in cycling are a little different. Focus on your spinning and keep the gears low until you develop a comfotable cadence. The danger is pushing too big a gear and damaging your knees etc. Get in touch with local club and have a chat with someone who will give you lots of sensible advice. I'm sure you had the bike properly set up for your measurements? If not get some advice as you could end up injuring yourself as the kms start to build up. Welcome to Boards and happy cycling.

    PS Running 10k in 40 minutes is impressive. To get to same level cycling you will need to work on your spinning technique and then gradually build the power over a period of time. Its a long winter!


  • #3
    TheBlaaMan
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    Adding to sy's post, build up slowly, from 40k increase the distance in small steps every week or so. You may have copped this , but 'spinning' means you pick an easy gear and keep the rpm high, quite high in fact. 80-90rpm is advised, and initially, that can prove difficult to you manage, but your knees etc will thank you in the long run. I'd advise getting a cycling computer that has a cadence sensing option, ideally one that lets you can record average cadence, but if no, at least one that displays your actual cadence/rpm. Its more important to be able to assess cadence than virtually any other parameter of your cycling.


  • #4
    Beasty
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    Moved from cycling adverts sub-forum


  • #5
    A0
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    dunner6679 wrote: »
    Hi all. Got a bike last week in the cycle to work scheme and started cycling straight away. So far i have done two 40km cycles from douglas in cork out to crosshaven. Just wondering is that a decent start for someone who has never really done much cycling but has recently done some fairly tough training and can cinsistently run 10k's in about forty minutes. Am i getting the same workout as running or should i be going further????

    Yes, that's a decent start. Although the energy cost of cycling is lower than in running, you have to take into account that you need to set up the bike and may get sore back, muscles, neck, etc. due to the completely different position compared to running and, therefore, should take it easy at the beginning.

    Once you get used to these 40km sessions, move on to 50-60km, see how it goes, you'll know when to increase (or not) the distance... HR and VO2 are lower in cycling compared to running, so you'll have to adjust your cycling sessions if you want to get a same (similar) workout as in running. :)


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