| Re: Cycling vs running... time and distance
Terry Morse wrote:
> Chris Zacho wrote:
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>>I've heard that a century (100 miles) is the equivalent of a runnert's
>>marathon (26 miles). But I think this is due to the common finishing
>>time amongst the pros, about 4 hours.
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> Cycling a flat century consumes more calories than running a
> marathon, by maybe about 50%. But cycling is a lot less tough on the
> body parts.
So perhaps the parent poster has his units wrong. A metric century
(100KM) is about 66 miles, putting it smack in your ballpark.
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