I use a heart rate monitor and my heart rate is often higher when cycling vs running. A 5mi run ave hr 130 ish at 8min per mi and a 20mi ride at 19-21mph and ave heart rate135-145. Cycling would take me 60min and running about 40min. However, it I wanted to be a better runner, I'd run more even though I can get the same cardio cycling.
I am not trying to bash Emma Coburn here…but really want to hear other people’s thoughts.
Does anyone else think her copious hours of biking is a little out of hand? Seems like exercise addiction to me. Maybe it’s her way of coping with the loss of her mom, failed Tokyo Olympic medal attempt, and missed Paris Olympics redemption? What y’all think??
*again, not trying to bash her on here*
Posters who make bold claims like this without providing a link should be banned.
Where is the "bold claim"?
Re-read the post. "Does anyone else think her copious hours of biking is a little out of hand?"
It's an opinion, asking for other opinions.
Clearly, most poster/repliers do not think the biking is excessive.
I think also what people have to realize is that she is in a rush to get back to competing. She is going to age out of being competitive sooner rather than later, so she went all in on cross training. She stated she was hoping to get back to racing this summer. If this happened earlier in her career she might have taken the summer off to recover. I think everyone is looking into this too much. Props to her for this level of dedication after having a really rough past 2 years personally and athletically. Bad@ss!
Unless it's over about 30hrs on the bike a week it can't be quantified ass ridiculous.
Not even joking.
i am not trying to bash runners here, but they really have no clue how little time it takes to train enough (about 12 hours a week) to discover their true potential compared to the non-impact endurance sports like swimming, cycling, rowing, xc-skiing etc. (about 30 hours a week)
PRinceton girl, as a princeton man, let me give you a friendly reminder. Please cite your work. IF you refer to something, particularly something the average person has no idea what you are talking about, please summarize or cite your source.
Professional bikers bike A LOT.
In defense of Princeton girl, per Emma's instagram (reels in particular, which vanish), there is something weird about her current excessive training. Yes, that is a vague statement.
Also, wasn't aware that Lets Run forums are academic-level discussions where all posts must have full bibliographical citations and be peer reviewed before hitting send.
rojo's right. I want to get upset about this but I need more information to motivate me.
PRinceton girl, as a princeton man, let me give you a friendly reminder. Please cite your work. IF you refer to something, particularly something the average person has no idea what you are talking about, please summarize or cite your source.
Professional bikers bike A LOT.
Rojo going to bat for an attractive white blond American is the most on brand thing he'll do this decade. (see Shelbo800 for reference)
Learn to read. He didn't "go to bat" for Coburn. He asked the poster to site his source. You are a moron.
Besides there being zero validated info in this thread, the OP sounds like they're training 30-40 years ago. Cross training may indeed be a key that unlocks more capability. Multiple world champion speed skater Bart Swings is a very fast and capable road cyclist, training on all types of terrain including altitude. And if I'm not mistaken, isn't here an American woman, Valby or something, that does a lot her training by not even running LOL?