Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
And really, if you were to look at the last 10 years of your life, what % was spent on a bike and what % was spent running? Some of those fast runners have been running their whole lives (similar to how many of us have been biking), so it makes sense. If you were willing to take a couple of years to train for some ultra run (the PBP equivalent), then I'd bet dollars to donuts that you'd see drastic improvements in your run times even for shorter races.
Did someone say donuts??

Yes, I know you are right. I'm fortunate to have the huge cycling base that I do. My coach has pointed out to me that the bike is a big issue for many of her athletes; the distance is daunting, the aero position requires lots of adjustments, their butts hurt and they can't find a chamois and/or saddle that works for them, they don't know how to manage their nutrition for that many hours in the saddle... I have all of that really dialed and don't need much work there. In fact, I'm riding waaaaaaay less than I have in the past 2-3 years, spending the time in the pool and in my run shoes, training my weaknesses. This time last year I had ~4000 miles in my legs already. This year? ~1500, which seems shockingly low to me, but I don't seem to have lost any fitness in that area.

I wonder what the PBP equivalent of ultra running is. Probably Western States or something like that. Now *those* people are nuts.