Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
For long distance running, most people consider split workouts to have the same effect as on long one.

Nanci
Thats interesting - on the running sites I hang out on just about everybody has the opposite view - ie a split workout does not have the same effect as a long run

For what its worth I think it depends on what your aims are. For weight control I think it does have the same effect - you are burning the same amount of calories. For general health and fitness the same - little bits add up.

However - if your aim is to ride a century ie you want to be able to ride for 6 or 8 hours or whatever, with (say) only 3 or 4 20 minute breaks then I think you need to do more sustained rides.

Having said all that you are doing quite a lot of riding during the week, which gives you an excellent base - now you just need to find time to get one or two sustained longer rides in a week (easier said than done I know)