Hello everyone,
My name is Kevin. I'm quite a newbie to all this and slowly being essentials for my road bike. It's a cheap $250 Vilano road bike, but I've spent probably $200+ in accessories already. Looking to spend probably another $150-$200 soon.
I just got into road cycling 2 months ago. I've been riding just once a week (so 8 rides to date), but only so because I thought running would get me more strength and power for riding. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, food poisoning and other health issues, I wasn't running much at all. Once a week would be considered LUCKY, but haven't been able to. So within the past 2 months, I've run maybe 4 times.
I've recently started riding 16-21 mile distances. At first my average speed was about 14.4 MPH. That was just 2 weeks ago. I rode again earlier in the week after recovering from food poisoning and now able to do 16.8 MPH for 16 miles. I know, that's not very far, so I intend to double it soon. I just don't want to move too quickly. I guess it's a fair increase in just 2 weeks and just 2 rides, but I wanted to get some advice from those more experienced.
SHOULD I be trying to run twice a week and ride once a week to increase my stamina and speed on the bike or should I just be riding more? Sounds strange, but from my readings, a strong runner can be a good cyclists while a strong cyclist may not necessarily be a good runner.
I was going to write more but we have excessive winds and warnings of a huge hail storm. I better submit and shut down computer before I lose everything. Freaky winds...
My name is Kevin. I'm quite a newbie to all this and slowly being essentials for my road bike. It's a cheap $250 Vilano road bike, but I've spent probably $200+ in accessories already. Looking to spend probably another $150-$200 soon.
I just got into road cycling 2 months ago. I've been riding just once a week (so 8 rides to date), but only so because I thought running would get me more strength and power for riding. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, food poisoning and other health issues, I wasn't running much at all. Once a week would be considered LUCKY, but haven't been able to. So within the past 2 months, I've run maybe 4 times.
I've recently started riding 16-21 mile distances. At first my average speed was about 14.4 MPH. That was just 2 weeks ago. I rode again earlier in the week after recovering from food poisoning and now able to do 16.8 MPH for 16 miles. I know, that's not very far, so I intend to double it soon. I just don't want to move too quickly. I guess it's a fair increase in just 2 weeks and just 2 rides, but I wanted to get some advice from those more experienced.
SHOULD I be trying to run twice a week and ride once a week to increase my stamina and speed on the bike or should I just be riding more? Sounds strange, but from my readings, a strong runner can be a good cyclists while a strong cyclist may not necessarily be a good runner.
I was going to write more but we have excessive winds and warnings of a huge hail storm. I better submit and shut down computer before I lose everything. Freaky winds...