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Distance running isn't about power like cycling is.

• outside1234 12y ago
  but it is about endurance. see EPO.
• Retric 12y ago
  Distance Cycling is far more about endurance than a 2+h marathon. EX: Tour de france ~90h over 21 days. http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/overall-route.html http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/overall-route.html
  • amaks 12y ago
    You're comparing apples to oranges. Riding multi-day bicycle race is completely different from the running a single marathon event. Some people run marathons every day, for a year (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/02/05/marathon.record.engels.365/ http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/02/05/marathon.record.enge...). It's hard to argue that that would require no less endurance than Tour de France (or Vuelta).
    • KobaQ 12y ago
      Yes, apples to oranges, but if we use total energy requirement and duration of a competition as indicator, than a typical road cycling race requires much more endurance than a marathon. This is a classic one-day race, > 5000 kcal, > 6 hours. http://www.srm.de/news/road-cycling/amstel-gold-race/ http://www.srm.de/news/road-cycling/amstel-gold-race/
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