Run, Bike, Run

Posted by Steve ()

May 29, 2008

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Did something a bit different tonight and ran 4 miles, followed by 4 miles of biking topped off with a 4 mile tempo run. My wife did the opposite and biked while I ran and ran while I biked - good training for the Muddy Buddy race in July.

The first four miles was a moderate effort at conversational pace (great way to catch up on the day’s gossip from my wife) which came in at 7:10 minutes/mile pace.

I jumped on her Cannondale mountain bike for about 20 minutes (after raising the saddle slightly of course), before setting off on a four mile tempo run.

I’d almost forgotten the feeling of trying to run after riding a bike and it took a good quarter mile to feel anywhere near normal. During the run I wasn’t aware how fast I was running but was pleasantly surprised with the following splits:

6:49 6:27 6:40 and 6:34

It wasn’t an easy four miles, but my effort was probably in the 80% range and I still had plenty in reserve at the end of the 75 minute workout. Good times….

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