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@hippy
Seeing as we have threads for shitball and carse why not a thread dedicated to that other healthy(ish) form of sport/transport? Yeah, I'm now a splitter. Fuck it.
I know a few of you are already serious runners (dogs, tmy) and others are triathletes and there's some marathoners on here.
Anyway, I've had this brilliant idea to use running as cross training for cycling events. Why? I stopped running since it fucked my sprinting. No sprinting now so why not see if running can offer any advantages - weight loss (haw haw), bit more upper body work, completely fuck up my existing muscle imbalances, etc.
Those of you that run and cycle - how much running are you doing and how do you feel this running affects your cycling?
One other thing, how do you know when to change your shoes?
I think I have a few hundred kay on mine and I read ages ago that there were limits to shoe life (I mean before them totally falling apart). How can I tell if I need new ones and any suggestions for running shops that know anything about matching shoes to runners?
I've just run my first 30min since 2006 and clearly the pain and indignity has got to me! :S