Is there any problem...?

[maillotpois]

My concern, in my first post to this poster is - if you have something you want to ask of the TE folks, give us a bit of background with which to work. How long have you been riding, etc.?

Arabic or Chinese or whatever. Bottom line is we just don't know what it all refers to. (If it were French or Spanish we could figure it out.)

[teigyr]

This thread is confusing me just a wee bit. What about someone like me, who is wanting to do a duathlon (or two or three or more)...am I doing two exercises that actually harm one another? Everything you're saying insinuates that running is harmful to cycling muscles. What do I do if those two exercises are the only ones in the race?

Then I think, triathletes do the same and add a third. And, they do so wonderfully.

So, I'm a bit confused. Please clear this up for my novice self. Thanks.

I will say that I enjoy things now that I'm doing more things than just cycling. I understand that you're not as good in all three things individually unless you're training for one thing ('scuse me, it's late!). I guess I like that. Expectations make me uncomfortable and I like the fact that in a tri, my run time will be slower than if I was just doing a normal 5k or 10k. Maybe I can surprise people and actually look somewhat strong when it's not expected

I also think that my body likes it better when I'm not doing one thing. My cycling gets better when I run but then again I'm not an elite or competitive cyclist. Swimming is a good cross-training sport. Running, also, seems to do more in a shorter period of time.

I'm a total novice too but I think as long as you space out your different sports and don't inundate ill-prepared muscles (ie do a hardcore cycling workout and then a hardcore running workout in consecutive days) you won't do any harm. Then again, I know nothing

[RoadRaven]

Well, it is interesting to come back in after a couple of days and see how this thread has developed...

If I was Shaun, I wouldn't be back to even bother explaining myself.

I know two females with the same name and spelling as Shaun...

And what if Shaun's 15 years was since Shaun was 5?

What if Shaun has no idea about how cats work and was being overly optimistic?

And so what about the Arabic writing - yes it will be interesting to know what it means, but I have not clicked on many member's links in their sigs... no time on dial-up, so I have only "investigated" a handful of these links. And what would this mean about my friend's with tattoos of Asian or Arabic or Celtic symbols???

I see Shaun doesn't appear to have been back... so? We have lots of people who pop in make a handful of posts and never come back - and lots of people who never post in the getting to know you thread... I guess Shaun will fall into this category too.

No judgement in this post of any of us - just interested observations

[Possegal]

since i'm nearly always on my work computer, and it is a govt computer, i tend to only click a link if i'm certain i know where it is taking me. trust me, i've learned the lesson the hard way and hopefully the IT folks don't bat an eye if you flash on a porn site and then close it quickly.

but i asked a friend of mine what the words that are the links meant and he said the first one is "movies or film" the second one is "message" and the third one is "links". not sure if that helps at all, but since he's a co-worker, i'm not going to ask him to click on the links either. though he and another arabic co-worker felt certain none of it said 'porn'.

[spokewench]

This thread is confusing me just a wee bit. What about someone like me, who is wanting to do a duathlon (or two or three or more)...am I doing two exercises that actually harm one another? Everything you're saying insinuates that running is harmful to cycling muscles. What do I do if those two exercises are the only ones in the race?

Then I think, triathletes do the same and add a third. And, they do so wonderfully.

So, I'm a bit confused. Please clear this up for my novice self. Thanks.

Three - Shaun asked if running would help with muscle pulls on the bike, not whether it was contraindicated. If Shaun has muscle pulls on the bike, I do not think that running will help that problem. Since Shaun gave us so little information, I was hoping Shaun would elaborate so that maybe someone could help him or her.

[three]

Thanks Spoke. I guess I got worried mostly when I read that RR keeps her sons from running at all when it's cycling season...that and there seemed to be a couple other posts that insinuated running was contrary to cycling. I just got a bit confused. I care more about my cycling than my running so I don't want to be doing anything if it's harmful. I know there are some exercises that don't mix and thought I'd check. Thanks again.

[RoadRaven]

Hey there Three


My eldest son was in the top grade in our club before taking a break from cycling, my second eldest is in the top grade. They have both competed at national level so take their cycling very seriously. They do not train to run and have not had a desire to do so.
Therefore, if they suddenly run, their legs are sore because the muscles are not ready for it.

Its kind've like deciding to get into the garden come Spring and a day or two later feeling those muscles you haven't felt all Winter...

I am not saying not to run if you bike - obviously many people do both and very well (just witness the women on this forum)

But... if you want to bike and do it really well, then you shouldn't choose to run to help your cycling.

Of course, if you enjoy running, then you should do both... your body adapts quickly to the requests we make of it. Do what you enjoy, but be aware that runnning and cycling use your leg muscles in different ways.