Will biking help my running?

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jayjay

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Hi there,

During these cold rainy winter months I am considering starting to cycle inside on a spinning bike. I usually do an hour long easy run during the week and a 2 hour run on Saturday for my Off-season training to keep it shape. My question is would a bike ride help my cardiovascular endurance the same way an hour long run would? I would like to replace maybe 2 of the 5 runs with bike rides. If so, how long and how fast should I be going for the cycling?

thanks
 
Biking is nice because it's a LOT easier on your knees. What your knees like is a lot of rapid/easy motion. Running - unfortunately - is real hard on knees, feet and hips.

Or... you could sit around and do nothing and eat at MacDonald's three times a day.... Come On - I know you want to do it.
 
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