From Cycling to Running

Running is a whole different animal than cycling. There are different
muscles recruited and now you're moving your full body weight. The heart has
to work harder. Plus, the fact that your running muscles are not trained and
therefore inefficient compared to your trained cycling legs. Just keep at
it. Make slow but permanent gains. The running will improve your overall
cardiovascular fitness. Which, in turn, will improve your cycling as well.

~ AB ~

"Jee Doy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

After cycling a few years, I tried to go back to running. But now I

noticed

Quoted message said:

how difficult it is to run. I haven't hooked myself up to my Polar heart

rate

Quoted message said:

monitor, but I know my heart rate has got to be much faster than when

riding.

Quoted message said:

After a 2 mile run at a 9 minute mile pace, I notice I'm tired and I feel

that

Quoted message said:

my body temperature is higher. I ask myself, how can this be when I

already am

Quoted message said:

close to 3,000 miles this year. I thought that I'm in shape. The main

reason

Quoted message said:

for running is that some times I don't have the 1 hour in the mornings,

and I

Quoted message said:

need to get some kind of workout so I figure 20 minutes of running will do
something. I just turned 58 but I didn't think age would be a factor. Is

what

Quoted message said:

I'm experiencing normal?

-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

If its anything like my experience, it is totally normal - I am much more of
a runner than a cyclist but have been doing a lot more cycling over the last
few months. I have found the same effect as you in reverse - I was finding
it harder to cycle up a given (modest) hill than to run up it which really
baffled me. But now after a few months I feel I am getting a lot more used
to it and am able to mix cycling and running together fairly easily.

Running seems more intense to me - I think on average people say running
burns calories at something like 3 to 4 times the rate of cycling - on the
other hand you are probably running for a shorter time than you would be
cycling. You are using different muscles of course when running so it will
take time to develop those muscles - and the other thing to bear in mind is
that running is a weight bearing activity unlike cycling or swimming - I
would imagine this is another reason why you might notice the strain
particularly at first.

My advice would be to build up the running slowly and steadily and make sure
to stretch calves hamstrings and quads after an initial warm up (e.g by a
walk or slow jog) before running and afterwards - and of course make sure
you have a decent pair of running shoes right for your style of running.

Hope this helps
Jerry

"Jee Doy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

After cycling a few years, I tried to go back to running. But now I

noticed

Quoted message said:

how difficult it is to run. I haven't hooked myself up to my Polar heart

rate

Quoted message said:

monitor, but I know my heart rate has got to be much faster than when

riding.

Quoted message said:

After a 2 mile run at a 9 minute mile pace, I notice I'm tired and I feel

that

Quoted message said:

my body temperature is higher. I ask myself, how can this be when I

already am

Quoted message said:

close to 3,000 miles this year. I thought that I'm in shape. The main

reason

Quoted message said:

for running is that some times I don't have the 1 hour in the mornings,

and I

Quoted message said:

need to get some kind of workout so I figure 20 minutes of running will do
something. I just turned 58 but I didn't think age would be a factor. Is

what

Quoted message said:

I'm experiencing normal?

Jee Doy said:

After cycling a few years, I tried to go back to running. But now I
noticed how difficult it is to run. I haven't hooked myself up to my
Polar heart rate monitor, but I know my heart rate has got to be much
faster than when riding. After a 2 mile run at a 9 minute mile pace,
I notice I'm tired and I feel that my body temperature is higher.
[...] I just turned 58 but I didn't think age would be a factor. Is
what I'm experiencing normal?

In my experience, yes. If you really haven't run in months or years,
then you probably don't have the running-specific strength you once had.
You might have good cardiovascular conditioning from cycling but that
doesn't replace sport-specific muscle adaptation. It takes time to
develop that, so plan on easing into your running program.

Since you use more muscle mass when running, your heart rate is probably
going to be higher for a given effort level than when cycling. I know
that my running max HR is about 8 beats higher than my cycling max HR.

JLS
--
James "lub-dub" Scott
www.jls.cx

Quoted message said:

After cycling a few years, I tried to go back to running. But now I

noticed

Quoted message said:

how difficult it is to run. I haven't hooked myself up to my Polar heart

rate

Quoted message said:

....times I don't have the 1 hour in the mornings, and I
need to get some kind of workout so I figure 20 minutes of running will do
something. I just turned 58 but I didn't think age would be a factor. Is

what

Quoted message said:

I'm experiencing normal?

Bunches and bunches of top-posters!!!!!

Jee Doy said:

After cycling a few years, I tried to go back to running. But now I noticed
how difficult it is to run. I haven't hooked myself up to my Polar heart rate
monitor, but I know my heart rate has got to be much faster than when riding.
After a 2 mile run at a 9 minute mile pace, I notice I'm tired and I feel that
my body temperature is higher. I ask myself, how can this be when I already am
close to 3,000 miles this year. I thought that I'm in shape. The main reason
for running is that some times I don't have the 1 hour in the mornings, and I
need to get some kind of workout so I figure 20 minutes of running will do
something. I just turned 58 but I didn't think age would be a factor. Is what
I'm experiencing normal?

Different muscles are in use and in different ways. I went through this
about 5 years ago. You will find that you fairly rapidly gain running
endurance since you have a good base due to cycling.

The main reason

Quoted message said:

for running is that some times I don't have the 1 hour in the mornings,

and I

Quoted message said:

need to get some kind of workout so I figure 20 minutes of running will do
something. I just turned 58 but I didn't think age would be a factor. Is

what

Quoted message said:

I'm experiencing normal?

Can you do both? I've found for myself that doing both were beneficial.
I run on Mondays and Fridays, and cycle the other days of the week. I found
that running a couple days a week keeps the cycling fresh. It seems to get
stale if I do too much cycling. I usually ride 200 miles a week, and run
two days for 1/2 hour, which is a good mix for me. I use to ride 300 miles
a week, but it would get stale, also I would accumulate some nagging muscle
pulls, etc. If you haven't run in a long time, it is painful at first, but
you quickly adapt. I don't think it interferes in a muscle way either. But
it is two separate sets of muscles that you use.