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richard
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 Posted - 27 Jul 2009 : 12:48:38 PM
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Hi Stephen - clipless pedals = cleats. One of the nightmares of cycling terminology (and makes coaching beginners interesting) you clip into clipless pedals.
Interestingly fell runners often incorporate cycling in their training especially if they can't find big hills to run up as they feel cycling closely mimics running up steep slopes.
Another think to remember if you are incorporating cycling into a running training program is that cycling max HR tends to be lower than a running max HR. It is due to the percentage of muscle recruited. Cycling uses approx 40% of a person's muscle mass, while running uses approx 60% muscle mass (cross country skiing uses approx 80%). The more muscle mass used the high the heart rate can be pushed.
Good to see the British cyclists doing so well, even the ones who didn't make the headlines (David Millar and Charlie Wigalius). They did a a lot of work in the background helping team members.
Watch out for the announcement from Sky/British Cycling and the launch of their pro team, interesting to see who they are able to recruit, Bradley Wiggins has already let it be known that he will not be joining the new team.
Richard
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richard
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Posted - 31 Jul 2009 : 07:30:16 AM
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Found the article concerning cycling and running efficiency. Researchers at the University of Queensland, Australia compared the running efficiency of runners with triathletes. The motivation for the study was an earlier study that showed that triathletes were less efficient cyclists than pure cyclists, and that this difference was due differences in neuromuscular recruitment. The researchers wanted to investigate if the same was true when they compared triathletes with runners. Using Electromyography (EMG) on the major muscle groups in the legs they found that there was no difference between runners and triathletes. There conclusion was that although there is evidence that suggests that while running has a detrimental effect on cycling, cycling does not seem to be detrimental to running.
It is interesting to note that a number of high performance runners of the past incorporated a significant amount of cycling in their training programmes. 2 examples I can think of are the middle distance runner Mary Decker (Slanney) who used cycling for all of a base endurance work. She had to keep running to a minimum as she suffered from injuries. Steve Ovett also incorporated cycling into his training.
And before I forget pedals using cleats being known as clipless pedals. This is because this form of pedal replaced the older type of pedal that had toe clips and straps. Cleat type pedals (spds, Time, Looks, etc) do not have toe clips, therefore are clipless. If that makes sense.
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Edited by - richard on 31 Jul 2009 07:34:05 AM |
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