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Originally Posted by scuba264
Used to do a lot of pretty intense mountain biking and biked to work 3 miles each way, but stopped that about 2 years ago. Since then I've been going to the gym about 3 days a week but not really any cardio.
A buddy asked if I'd do a relay in the Pittsburgh Marathon, theres 5 of us, basically need to train for ~10k(6 miles) for May 6.
Hit my furthest distance yesterday, 4.28 miles. Did about 3 straight, walked a little and ran another probably solid mile. Working on getting closer to the distance but now really need to push for better speed, I'm S-L-O-W!
Just getting into the whole running thing, any tips or discussion are great.
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I've been running regularly for about 11 years now. 6 miles is not a short distance by any means, an out of shape person would never make it that far. But if you've kept up on your health and your already running more than 3 miles at a time, 6 without slowing down might be possible if you really pushed. How long is this 10K away? If its a month or two you shouldn't have any problems, just make sure you get some good shoes.
One thing that I would caution you against though is underestimating how much more of an impact running takes vs riding a bike. Did you know for every 1 mile you run its takes 3.5 miles on a flat surface biking to burn the same amount of calories? There is a huge mechanical advantage in having a wheel and in some cases shocks to reduce the friction and impact. If your serious about running you need to build your leg muscles up or otherwise the impact will take its toll over time. I see a lot of runners with skinny calf muscles, they always get hurt because they can't take the impact.