Well that's what it feels like anyway - sprained ankles aside!

I have found that I can recover fairly well from hard MTB sessions in that I only really notice if I'm tired when I get back on a bike and my legs usually sort themselves out after half an hour or so. I also find that climbing regularly really strengthens my arms and shoulders and helps them cope with MTBing and I very rarely hurt there these days. Running - well that just seems to break my legs down totally and I can feel shattered, I never run on consecutive days but cycling the day after a 10 mile run gives me very very sluggish and tired legs.

Like rocknrollgirl I'm really trying to pay attention to my nutrition (its my major goal this year to sort out when I eat, I think the what/how much is ok) including having recovery drinks after hard runs/rides but I think the simple fact of the matter is its going to take time to build my body up to cope with running as well as it copes with cycling, I am a running novice really.

At the moment in my "schedule" for what its worth I always have one complete day off (well easy yoga is allowed) at the moment that is generally Friday. I have to or I just fall apart. I also have Wednesday as an easy day - only an evening/night MTB ride which is max an hour and a half and usually at a social pace.

I think it may be easier coming from a good running background and adding cycling in rather than the other way around, the impact on the joints is quite a shock to the system (roll on March when I will start introducing proper trail running).