I guess (caveat: I am NOT a doctor) you have to do either very little with the muscles in question (the sling approach) or an *awful* lot with other muscles (ultra-anything) to cause the body to start breaking down the muscle to use the protein elsewhere.
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I'd love to be able to run too! I run twice a year for charity things at work, usually once round Arthurs Seat and I'm ok on the run but see the day afterwards, and the day after that!! I'm like an invalid!! I cycle a little but apart from my forearm toning my top half still looks like my dad, and my cheeky 5 year old told me I had boobs on Saturday as I got out of the shower! Cheeky ble*der!!
I have an Ultramarathoner freind and she isn't all skin and bones though so I don't know about vanishing muscles???
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I wasn't skin and bones either but the definition all went.
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Min I don't believe that cycling gives you the upper body strength you need for cycling.
I'm confused by this... I only use upper body strength to lift my bike up stairs!
Have tried to ride a bike with levers and pedals though. Was tricky (impossible!)
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Aviemore half marathon in October is all downhill, can be done with only light training. You do feel it not the next day but the day after. Half marathons with lots of climbing like the Skye one can be brutal. The best one I have done is Harris. Six miles flat, six miles up and one mile down.
When training Walk a bit before you run, walk a bit at the end. Do some proper stretching. rest or Maybe do some swimming the next day, front or back crawl, then run the day after. Buildup to 7 or 8 miles regularly Don't go much longer. About a fortnight before try the 13 miles. Take it easy after that. Get proper training shoes from run and become
Running and cycling together will lead to weight loss. Doing some upper body weights will make you more toned. If possible reducing calorie intake also worth considering. distance Running is harder for bigger humans. Harder on the joints, harder to lug your frame over the miles, harder to get yourself up the hills.
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I'm confused by this... I only use upper body strength to lift my bike up stairs!
Yeah okay, upright cycling. Smarty Pants. ;-)
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WC I see you found the Knight Rider plug in.
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Nice video. I think you need to do lactate threshold intervals to improve your muscular endurance if you see the event as a sort of time-trial. Add power intervals on top of that if you need to sprint out of corners and technical sections. You already have the basic endurance. So build on it.
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I'm going to be writing some occasional pieces for CXAddict (starting today) charting progress towards the next series, with the aim of a top half finish. So no pressure there.
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You could look at it as motivation and you'll get encouragement and advice. A win win situation I think.
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Actually, that's given me an idea for a few of the follow-up pieces.
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There's some good cross coverage at VeloVeritas, seems to be run by a local.
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Good luck with your ambition WC ! My own attempts at cross back in the 80's were also firmly at the tail of the field. One memorable occasion the winners had already had the podium presentation by the time I finished, I know this because Hugh Porter who was doing the commentary kindly pointed out to the assembled crowd 'And ladies and gentleman, there are STILL riders crossing the finish line !'. Thanks Hugh.
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