bike to run - Triathlon Week

sohmar · 08-07-2005, 04:07 AM

I have a hard time running after long rides( 3plus hours).. is there anything that I can do to ease into it? I do not have any problems with shorter rides to run.

crazylegs · 08-07-2005, 02:01 PM

I have found that the transition to running is easier if I use the same cadence near the end of the bike ride as I use during the run. My most comfortable cadence on the bike is about 85 rpm's. I try to stay there for about the last mile or so, and then keep that same rhythm on the run. Also, I found that it helps to stretch the leg muscles if I stand for the last couple hundred meters. Also, there could be some nutritional issues. How much are you eating/drinking during your long ride? I try to take a gel right before I begin the run. The only way to get better at bricks is just to do them often. Of course, after a long ride like three hours, I doubt your legs are going to feel springy right away. It usually takes me a good mile or two to get into my running rhythm.

sohmar · 08-08-2005, 12:42 PM

its right after a long ride 3+ hours is where my troubles start. I eat right and drink every 20 minutes
or so. What i eat is a pb&j on wheat bread, i drink gatoraid the endurance one. I do water gatoraid mix after the half way point on the ride. i do spin out with 1 mile or left... its my breathing that is screwing me up . alergies.........

julian · 08-09-2005, 12:30 AM

When you say its your breathing thats screwing you up, is it related to asthma? I used to have it when I was a child but it has gone away,
I still need to use an inhaler before I run any sort of distance.

Cheers
Julian.

sohmar · 08-09-2005, 03:41 PM

not asthma, just plain ole allergies. Did a 4 hour ride today and did the high spin last mile or so run was alittle better just hard to breathe and the heat in chicgao has been bad... or well still did it.. getting ready for pigman in ceadar rapids Iowa next weekend.... taper time