Cycling and Running (Radcliffe)

[tomUK]

I don't know if any of you have been watching the Olympic running, however, you may have noticed that Paula Radcliffe was complaining about literally having no power left in her legs after quiting the 10,000m.

This leads me to wonder; apparently a stage of the tour is akin to running 1 marathon. How then is it possible to ride 20 stages of the tour without cracking, a fairly few do?

Seriously, is it fair to assume that 90% are doping or are they just 'well hard'?!

 

[RJG]

"tomUK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I don't know if any of you have been watching the Olympic running,
> however, you may have noticed that Paula Radcliffe was complaining
> about literally having no power left in her legs after quiting the
> 10,000m.
>
> This leads me to wonder; apparently a stage of the tour is akin to
> running 1 marathon. How then is it possible to ride 20 stages of the
> tour without cracking, a fairly few do?
>
> Seriously, is it fair to assume that 90% are doping or are they just
> 'well hard'?!
>

One factor--The impact forces of running are much of greater than cycling
and that has a lot to do with the ability to repeat a racing effort on a
daily basis.

 

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:32:33 +1000, tomUK
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>I don't know if any of you have been watching the Olympic running,
>however, you may have noticed that Paula Radcliffe was complaining
>about literally having no power left in her legs after quiting the
>10,000m.
>
>This leads me to wonder; apparently a stage of the tour is akin to
>running 1 marathon. How then is it possible to ride 20 stages of the
>tour without cracking, a fairly few do?

A long bike race might be equivalent to a marathon in terms of energy
expended, but not in terms of stress (damage) on the muscles. Also,
in bike racing it's easier to eat and drink a lot to keep up with
energy demands.

JT


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[Ken Papai]

"tomUK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I don't know if any of you have been watching the Olympic running,
> however, you may have noticed that Paula Radcliffe was complaining
> about literally having no power left in her legs after quiting the
> 10,000m.

She quit the marathon at the Olympics this year.
She USED to run the 10K.


>
> This leads me to wonder; apparently a stage of the tour is akin to
> running 1 marathon. How then is it possible to ride 20 stages of the
> tour without cracking, a fairly few do?
>
> Seriously, is it fair to assume that 90% are doping or are they just
> 'well hard'?!
>
>
> --
> tomUK
>

 

[Tony Rall]

Ken Papai wrote:
> She quit the marathon at the Olympics this year.
> She USED to run the 10K.

She ran both in these Olympics and quit both.

--
Tony Rall

 

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:18:32 GMT, Ken Papai wrote:
> "tomUK" wrote:
>> Paula Radcliffe was complaining about literally having
>> no power left in her legs after quiting the 10,000m.
>
> She quit the marathon at the Olympics this year.
> She USED to run the 10K.

When he posted, she already started, and quit, the 10 km.

 

[Ken Papai]

"Ewoud Dronkert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:18:32 GMT, Ken Papai wrote:
> > "tomUK" wrote:
> >> Paula Radcliffe was complaining about literally having
> >> no power left in her legs after quiting the 10,000m.
> >
> > She quit the marathon at the Olympics this year.
> > She USED to run the 10K.
>
> When he posted, she already started, and quit, the 10 km.

Wow, amazing. Couldn't even eke out a 10K.

 

[Wesley Best]

>Wow, amazing. Couldn't even eke out a 10K.
>

Out of all the running races I've done, the ones I've wanted to quite the most
were the 5k's and 10k's! All that pain wrapped up in so short a time!
Wes

 

[Alex Rodriguez]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>I don't know if any of you have been watching the Olympic running,
>however, you may have noticed that Paula Radcliffe was complaining
>about literally having no power left in her legs after quiting the
>10,000m.
>This leads me to wonder; apparently a stage of the tour is akin to
>running 1 marathon. How then is it possible to ride 20 stages of the
>tour without cracking, a fairly few do?
>Seriously, is it fair to assume that 90% are doping or are they just
>'well hard'?!

Impacts! Your joints don't take the same beating on the bike as they do
on the pavement.
--------------
Alex

 

[gym gravity]

tomUK wrote:

> I don't know if any of you have been watching the Olympic running,
> however, you may have noticed that Paula Radcliffe was complaining
> about literally having no power left in her legs after quiting the
> 10,000m.
>
> This leads me to wonder; apparently a stage of the tour is akin to
> running 1 marathon. How then is it possible to ride 20 stages of the
> tour without cracking, a fairly few do?
>
> Seriously, is it fair to assume that 90% are doping or are they just
> 'well hard'?!
>
>


People always say it's because of the impact, that a marathon truely is
harder than a century, and that's true. But just as cyclists don't a
tour stage the same way they ride a classic, a multi-day racer (yes,
there are a few big running stage races) doesn't pace themselves the
same way a 'thonner does.

Consider that most of the elete marathoners spend a few months a year
running as much as 180 miles a week in training. They could easily
"race" the same format as a GT, albeit at a different pace, probably
with sharp attacks at critical points in the last few miles.