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You should check out this article (https://alancouzens.com/blog/specificity.html) from Alan Couzens where he states that there is a ~2/3 relationship between the specific v non-specific mode, meaning 3 hours of cycling equates to 2 hours of running when it comes to maintaining VO2max (he agrees with you about run economy though) !

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thanks Maxime! nice read. Unfortunately my limit is economy (see here: https://marcoaltini.substack.com/p/how-to-turn-the-worst-running-economy) and my goal is the very long distance (100 km), hence lots of running is a must. Just not this month :)

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Aug 1, 2023Liked by Marco Altini

Aight. I biked like 700 km with lots of elevation before a 66k 3370m trail run and then biked back to the NL it went all well sir. Guess it’s all about the mindset 🙏🏼🫡 to the topic: biking has lots of benefits as increasing (long slow) and enlarging (intervals)mitochondria great alternative for running ill guess as I ride my fixie since 1998 since i worked as a bikemessenger and also love to make biketravels on my race bike 👌🤗 Ciao.

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Truy useful article. Thanks for sharing.

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