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It'll certainly work. But don't go too nuts at the start. It's not uncommon to use the cycling fitness you've got and go out for a long run, then find the next day that you're in bits because you're not used to the ground impact. That's what I did at least. Other than that, go for it. Find a local parkrun maybe.
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Ease in would be my main tip, borne from experience. To start with do short runs less than 20 minutes and run for a minute, then walk for a minute and repeat. Gradually increase the length of the running section, but keep the walking section at a minute. Within two or three weeks, depending on how often you are running, you should be fine to run for 20 minutes and longer.
I always tried to keep to running on grass and other soft surfaces as that lessened the impact on joints and bones. Stretching afterwards really helped to reduce the aches and pains the next day too, focus on the hamstrings as cycling shortens them so they get put under a lot of stress when you start running. The worst pain was always around my hips though, the tendons there really suffered initially.
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So I am out of cycling for 3months due to a spectacularly broken wrist and I am going stir crazy ... need to excercise. Has been two weeks since it was operated on and I am now in a splint so feel I could get out and run.
I have never run as I have always cycled, is it something that would work to keep my fitness up and weight down until I can get back on the bike or at 28, with no experience will I just start falling to bits... Anyone got any experience and tips?