Comment by gameswithgo
3 years ago
Paul, if I am doing 50 miles at 300 watts that isn’t any different than running for two hours. You can set whatever level of intensity you want for the duration. 50 miles a day all out will wear out even olympic athletes. Source: I work with olympic athletes and time trial champions
Sure, 50 miles a day @ 300W is not much different than running for 2 hours at a sub-7min/mile pace.
But most people cycling 50 miles are not generating 300W continuously, and most people running for 2 hours are not doing a sub-7min pace for the duration.
ps. I have run for 2 hours at a sub-7 min pace, and cycled 50 miles at about 280W.