<quote>@atamank: Dude, you’ve got to change your avatar photo… ?</quote>
What’s wrong with it? It’s sweet and I love it 🙂
First of all, thanks for your long response, really appreciate it!
I’m not saying – quit running and go biking. Also my point wasn’t that running is bad or biking is better. I’m positive that running is probably best option out there BUT, it comes with a big cost of stress for the body. That’s why biking is very useful for logging lots of additional volume with much less impact on the joints, bones, etc.
Those charts doesn’t proove much imo. Marit Bjoergen did a lot of LI volume what translated to better results. I agree with that approach to training, moreover this is where biking comes handy to score lots of additional volume.
Cross-country skiing in very different comparing to skimo though, so for me it’s not a good comparison. There is almost no vertical elevation, no downhill skiing. It’s similar to running on flat ground. You said that my example is not good because they are skimo superstars and what they do doesn’t mean it’s good for me, while your example of training approach is Marit Bjoergen who is cross-country superstar – completely different discipline 🙂
Skimo is more similar to mountain running, and mountain running is an excellent tool for training skimo. BUT, it comes with huge cost when you have to go downhill.
At present I use mountain running mainly for high intensity training, while in the meantime I score lots of additional low intensity volume by biking. And this approach brings for me better results comparing to the previous years when I was focused mainly on running and roller skiing.
Another example, Remi Bonnet: https://www.strava.com/pros/5020615
Almost a half of his summer training consists of biking. Remi and his coach also came to this conclusion? 😉 “I want to bike instead, so where’s the evidence I need to support that? There it is!”