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SteelBlue · 09-06-2005, 07:34 PM

My father is a former Marathoner who is now beginning to take up cycling. He is in the VERY early stages of cycling and just did a 26 mile bike ride this weekend. He asked me if I knew how to compare cycling distances with running distances. I told him that I thought a 26 mile bike ride on a relatively flat course was probably the equivalent of a 5 mile run depending on how hard you rode the 26 miles. But that as far as I knew, there really was no way to compare the distances accurately.

Since you have done an iron man I'm wondering which of the events you found more difficult between the century and the marathon? I've never attempted a marathon, and I don't run so I feel like the marathon would be the more difficult of the 2. I've heard others say that the cycling is tougher. So which is it? Also, have you ever come across any accurate comparison between running and cycling distances?

09-06-2005, 07:34 PM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Question for Archea re: Marathon vs Century My father is a former Marathoner who is now beginning to take up cycling. He is in the VERY early stages of cycling and just did a 26 mile bike ride this weekend. He asked me if I knew how to compare cycling distances with running distances. I told him that I thought a 26 mile bike ride on a relatively flat course was probably the equivalent of a 5 mile run depending on how hard you rode the 26 miles. But that as far as I knew, there really was no way to compare the distances accurately. Since you have done an iron man I'm wondering which of the events you found more difficult between the century and the marathon? I've never attempted a marathon, and I don't run so I feel like the marathon would be the more difficult of the 2. I've heard others say that the cycling is tougher. So which is it? Also, have you ever come across any accurate comparison between running and cycling distances?