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I suppose this NG would be bias, but I am try to settle a bet.
Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider |
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Bill benson wrote:
I suppose this NG would be bias, but I am try to settle a bet. Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider TdF rider of course Are there any marathons that take 3 weeks? -- Nick |
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Bill benson Wrote: I suppose this NG would be bias, but I am try to settle a bet. Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider 'stronger'. what scale are you talking? I doubt either of em are gonna be seen in ring anytime soon (altho my money would be on Hincapie or Backsted) Fitness-wise. dont no too much bout runnin (after all, that's why wo/man invented bike) but TdF riders go 6-7 hours a day for 3 weeks Marathon riders go low-2-hours now and again, dont they? I think they are both freaks but my cash is on the TdF rider... -- flyingdutch |
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"NickZX6R" wrote in message
... Bill benson wrote: Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider TdF rider of course Are there any marathons that take 3 weeks? Well, yeah, all of them actually... if _i'm_ doing them!! hehehe.. hippy |
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"flyingdutch"
I doubt either of em are gonna be seen in ring anytime soon (altho my money would be on Hincapie or Backsted) Yeah.. those scrawny-ass runners would be dead meat up against an equine growth hormone-injecting, saddle sore-pained, 100kph-descending, broken-collarboned suffering, cobblestone riding, 6+ hours a day hard pedaling psychos that are TdF riders... Fitness-wise. dont no too much bout runnin (after all, that's why wo/man invented bike) but TdF riders go 6-7 hours a day for 3 weeks Marathon riders go low-2-hours now and again, dont they? I think they are both freaks but my cash is on the TdF rider... Mine too. I mean, old, fat people can run a marathon (albeit slowly) whereas an old, fat person would probably not even finish a single mountain stage of the tour.. unbiased (haha) hippy |
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I suppose this NG would be bias, but I am try to settle a bet. Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider /cut TDF rider without doubt!!! G. |
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"Bill benson" wrote in message ... I suppose this NG would be bias, but I am try to settle a bet. Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider Both have crazy endurance but aren't particularly strong. If you want strong go find a powerlifter. Both have specific muscle groups that they use for thier particular sport. Depends on what kind of strong you are talking about. Strong legs? Strong arms? Strong heart and lungs? FWIW I heard Lance Armstrong has a resting heart rate of 32 BPM. Thats crazy. Fraser |
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In terms of cardiovascular fitness, cyclist rank second behind cross country skiers. I think the TDF riders would have to have a more developed cardiovascular system than marathon runners simply because they spend more time at an elevated heart rate. -- jazmo |
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flyingdutch wrote:
Bill benson Wrote: I suppose this NG would be bias, but I am try to settle a bet. Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider 'stronger'. what scale are you talking? I doubt either of em are gonna be seen in ring anytime soon (altho my money would be on Hincapie or Backsted) snip I went into marathon after a few years of boxing and judo. I was a tank. I was probably the strongest marathoner in BrisVegas! Now that I cycle lots I'm puny. I headed back to the gym this week, I can only leg press 200 now, and bench 45. Ugh, weak. As one of the more objective people in this group on this topic (being that I like running and cycling, not just cycling...) ummm, I think I'd say that the TDF rider would have more strength however the runners would probably have a higher bone density. And if you got a marathon runner to ride a long way they'd get a sore bum which'd heal up soon enough, whereas a TDF rider doing a marathon would probably get ITB frictions syndrome and shin splints in a single session - the damage done during high intensity long duration cycling is less than that done by high-intensity long duration running - unless you crash. T |
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hippy wrote:
"NickZX6R" wrote in message ... Bill benson wrote: Who is the stronger Athlete. (A) The Marathon Runner or (B) The Tour De France Rider TdF rider of course Are there any marathons that take 3 weeks? Well, yeah, all of them actually... if _i'm_ doing them!! hehehe.. hippy From http://vek.perlmonk.org/archives/000519.html NEW YORK, Nov. 2 - Two British adventurers accomplished what seems impossible. They ran seven marathons in seven days on six continents, finishing up in New York on Sunday. Sir Ranulph Fiennes and longtime expedition partner Mike Stroud crossed the New York City Marathon finish line in 5 hours, 25 minutes, 46 seconds, ending their weeklong journey. The idea started when Fiennes - who is related to actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes (pronounced ?fine?) - called Stroud in January and asked if he wanted to scale Mount Everest. Stroud, a doctor, said he did not have time for such a trip because of his schedule. So he proposed running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. end One of the guys was ****ing blood by the end. They would have done 7 continents except they couldn't get to Antarctica because a huge storm blew through. They didn't get equal time for recovery because of flights, etc, it was basically finish, jump on a plane, not the best recovery. Tam (Yeah, I'd love to do this one day) |
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