oldfatfool
Guru
I give up with the yoof of today and their education 
Cycling equivelant to marathon
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I give up with the yoof of today and their education
Your powers are getting weaker every year old man. Us youngun's who have finished uni are the future, and the future is bright. You old guys ruined this county, now leave it to us to repair it.
Rob3rt
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I give up with the yoof of today and their education
Well your performance on this thread doesnt say much for your old school education, or your common sense and life experience for that matter.
BTW, you might want to consider some of the contributers accomplishments and/or expertise here before you insult their education.
You also seem to have missed something regarding the age of the typical demographic who post here on this forum.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
The one thing that is being over looked here is that people who do well at running marathons are runners and people who do well at long distance cycling are cyclists. Is the 100mtr sprint at world record pace harder than a world record marathon time? Is it harder to fight at flyweight or heavyweight? People condition their bodies for given disciplines. If we are to get an good comparison we need to ask a tri-athlete which is harder.
Thats longer than most tour stages
a 100 miler would take a decent cyclist 4 hrs a av cyclist 5 hrs
how long to run a marathon ? 3 or 4hrs
Not many 250 mile events in this country
now over in france they have 24hr cycle races on tracks like Le mans that would be cool
I would love to take my road bike to Donnington Park.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
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- Manchester
I run and cycle in equal parts (as you know) as seperate entities, I'm not at a high level in either sport, but in my experience running is more tiring and most certainly harder on the body, in terms of psychological difficulty, well they both have different challenges for me. I would say that running a half marathon at an aerobic effort is more tiring than 75 miles on the bike in an equivalent HR zone. I havent ran a marathon (yet) so couldnt comment that far. Ask me again at the end of April.
You also have experience of both sports Angelsolofish, so I'm a bit surprised you dont have much of an opinion.
Maybe JayClock will offer his input, being an Ironman distance triathlete or Fimm as a triathlete.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
Yes but how long have you been running for and how long have you been cycling?
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
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- Manchester
Several years in both sports. Cycling slightly longer (however very little endurance work), however I excel more at distance running than I do at cycling.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
It could be you are better suited to cycling than running then.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Read my edit, sorry was too slow.
However I am not arguing the absolute difficulty of either sport, I only mention it because you comment. My main arguement was that the comparison oldfatbloke was presenting was majorly flawed.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
Ok interesting.
When I used to run I found the effort required to get around a half marathon course about the same as I now require to do a 60 miler. I am older and heavier than I was back then as well. I base this on reading my training / racing diaries and recorded recovery times.
I would love to take my road bike to Donnington Park.
You mean like this?
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Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
It looks so strange seeing a vehicle move so slowly around a motorcar race track
I did do some fast laps, just it's kind of hard climbing in the gear I was in, not being able to change gear due to having the camera in my hand
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I did do some fast laps, just it's kind of hard climbing in the gear I was in, not being able to change gear due to having the camera in my hand
It was not a dig at all. What I mean is usually you see the circuit as a blur as cars are doing 100+mph
