How important is a cadence of around 90?
I have a hard time keeping it there and am much more comfortable in the 70s. I have done good bike splits in the mid 70s.
I saw Lionel Sanders did his record at 78 (I'm no Lionel so it may not be fair to compare against him).
But I suspect that lower cadence uses too much muscular power when it could be moved more to cardio - at least that's what Hunter Allen says. (https://ironmanhacks.com/...rviews/hunter-allen/) Full discolure: That's my site and I interviewed him.
But he's saying with that lower cadence our runs will be much better and that makes sense.
And that getting it up to 90 or so is just a habit/practice thing. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
I know I did in fact manage to raise my running cadence up to around 175 and that was just through practice...but with the bike it seems harder.
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I have a hard time keeping it there and am much more comfortable in the 70s. I have done good bike splits in the mid 70s.
I saw Lionel Sanders did his record at 78 (I'm no Lionel so it may not be fair to compare against him).
But I suspect that lower cadence uses too much muscular power when it could be moved more to cardio - at least that's what Hunter Allen says. (https://ironmanhacks.com/...rviews/hunter-allen/) Full discolure: That's my site and I interviewed him.
But he's saying with that lower cadence our runs will be much better and that makes sense.
And that getting it up to 90 or so is just a habit/practice thing. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
I know I did in fact manage to raise my running cadence up to around 175 and that was just through practice...but with the bike it seems harder.
101Ironman Hacks & Newsletter: http://ironmanhacks.com/newsletter/
YouTube interviews with legends like Mark Allen, Dave Scott, many more: https://www.youtube.com/...s?sub_confirmation=1