"It also works the other way too. I have been bicycle road racing for the last three years on a staple diet of 4 days a week training on skates!! and getting decent results too!!
Tone"
I cycle to commute as well as additional training to my skating. I too think there's massive benefit to be had from cycling.
Anyone else cross-train between these two sports? This forum topic put me in mind to ask from the cycling point of view:
I cycle to commute as well as additional training to my skating. I too think there's massive benefit to be had from cycling.
When we were cycling in Holland at Christmas we came across several in-line skaters on the cycle paths. One day we were even overtaken by a couple of skiers as well as coming across several recumbents and a unicyclist out for the day.
Anyone else cross-train between these two sports? This forum topic put me in mind to ask from the cycling point of view:
Up to a point. I don't really "train" much for anything, but I do do things that I realise are generally beneficial between sports. Since I go cycling and free heel skiing as two of my preferred activities it's good to have thighs that can crack coconuts, and especially with the technique crossover to ski-skate it makes a lot of sense for me to go roller skating. Plus I quite like roller skating...
Up the Tay Bridge is a mile and a half gentle incline, quite hard to sustain at speed the whole way. Coming down is a screamer, where I try and work on glide, getting between sets of lamp-posts on each leg of a V. That's hard too, but fun!
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Yes, I was wondering if you were going to post, I googled a bit on skating in this n.g. 🙂
Can't say I'm hugely serious about my training, but I do like skating recreational marathons so at least a little training is in order for that. I'm not particularly fast either, but I did manage a 1:26 for Berlin last year, and cycling had a huge part in that. I'd like to improve that this year if I can. The winning pro time was 1:04, sadly skates just aren't as efficient as bikes.
