 Just got back from a Bike ride first bike ride of the year really nice really nice Beautiful day here. It's actually 15 degrees Celsius right now, which is like wow That's suddenly very warm Sun is blazing And most importantly the roads are dry So it's nice to bring the road bike out. I Pumped up the tires Put some new oil on there. So today. I thought I'd talk a little bit about my likes and dislikes Regarding cycling as a sport, you know, I'm a runner and but I do a little bit of bicycling now and then and I've done a fair bit of it in the past as well, so You know, there are some particular Aspects of cycling that I absolutely love and that I feel like I miss a little bit when I'm running But there's also some dislikes and so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna drink my smoothie Sit back and enjoy the sunshine and then we're gonna get to talking about cycling. All right So I left my cycling shirt on just to stay in Character and so let's talk a little bit about cycling and I got this bike. It's a Canyon and Durace Aluminium I Got it last year And it was really cool. It's my first road bike. I've done a fair bit of Bicycling in my life. I mean I used to bike to and from school all the time when I was a kid and then Over the last five years traveling with my brother We've been bike touring sometimes as well. We went to La Palma the first time we went there We were bike touring around the island. We brought our bikes to Cairns and Sydney We biked all around there when we were there for a while So anyway, I've done a fair bit of biking and I like it. I really like it now that I got the road bike I like it even more because it's just so smooth, you know to be out on the road. Anyway, I Have a few likes and dislikes, you know, I'm a runner. I love to run and So one of the dislikes that I have with the bicycle. It's not a big one But the fact that you have to have a bike Is a bit of a dislike right compared to running running is so simple You just head out the door pair of shoes pair shorts depending on the weather I guess you do need more gear sometimes, but it's a simple sport It's very natural and you're out there moving by with your own body Bearing your own weight and moving in a very natural way. Where's with the bicycle? You're on this machine You know, it's it's not a perfect. It's not a natural movement per se It's sitting on a bike. You're using your legs in that sense. It's not weight-bearing So that's somewhat of a dislike all the gold equipment and they have to you know, tune it up all the time There's so much maintenance and when you're out there, you have this thing between you and the road Whereas with running it's you and the road you're one you're one with the road So to speak so that's one of one of my minor dislikes about bicycling another one is That it's so fast on the downhills and the wind is so annoying It drives me crazy actually like going down a fast hill. It's like well first of all I'm not really getting a workout because the heart rate is really low and if I want to work hard I have to go super fast, which I don't like. I'm a little bit scared. I guess of going really fast So I like to go a bit slower, but then the biggest issue for me is just the wind In the air's just like oh stressful It's stressful. I like to run where everything is more quiet and you're just Cruisin through the neighborhoods and seeing what people are doing or maybe out in the forest just like Between the trees on the trails with the bicycle is just much more everything's fast and it's like That's kind of thing. That's one of my dislikes Let's jump to some likes. I might come back to some more dislikes later But let's get into some of my likes about cycling Well, you know, I think the biggest like is actually that you get to You get you get around, you know what I mean? Like you go so far with the bicycle when you're hanging out for a run You can only go so far unless you're like super adapted to high mileage and you could go on a really long run But even still you could go in an even longer Ride, you know like a hundred K on a bike. I mean, I haven't done that ever in my life But doing a hundred K ride I hear is not that big a deal on the bike I just did 25 K and it's like a rest day for me. It's like a really easy day. I'm just cruising 25 K No big deal at all. Where's 25 K of running That's pretty that's pretty tough. That's that's pretty long. That's pretty far So you get to really with the bike you can just get everywhere you go around you you go so far with the bike So you can see a lot, you know, you you head into town see what's up there Then go around here there everywhere. You just all over the place when you're on the bike and that's that's a pro another pro that's related to that is that You can train more if you're like me and you really love training If you're a cyclist, you can really train for hours every day and you need to train for hours every day It's it's a milder sport, you know, which is also a pro what you could say. It's like it's less impact It's easier to sustain it for most people, you know, it's it's very accessible It's very safe Even like heavy people who might have issues running in terms of their joints and stuff to begin with They can you know, they can work on their weight loss or whatever with a bike because you can get in a lot of hours Of easy training and as an athlete even as a runner I value the bike and that's actually one of the reasons why I've got a road bike I thought it would be a good idea to Incorporate a little bit of cycling in my weekly Training to enable me to just get a few more hours in of training really easy aerobic training to stimulate some of those adaptions without really Costing much in terms of need for recovery or or like, you know easy sessions on the bike with a podcast or whatever I like actually, you know, I actually ride on the sidewalk here in Norway. It's okay You can ride on the sidewalk is for walkers and bikers I just I just don't enjoy being in the road because then I get stressed by the cars And I feel like I have to go fast worse and actually I just like go slow. I just take it easy I just stayed about 60 To 65% of my max heart rate And I just cruise, you know, that's what I do So that's one of the benefits of the bike you can really train a lot You can really get out there and spend hours on the road Another pro of the bike, which is just a general pro for bicycles is that they're very versatile tools You know, you can use them for transport in your everyday life You can use them for touring to go on a long trip. You can carry all your stuff on the on the bike You can if you have kids you can pull them behind you and trailer you can pull stuff behind in the trailer Anyway, it's if you're if you're doing your shopping your transport We did that when we were in a camps, Australia and Sydney. We had a trailer behind our bike I'll pull up a little footage of it here so you can see and we We just did our shopping with our bikes So it's really a great tool for transport in general life And as I said, if you want to go on a long trip like a tour you can do that too. Where's Running Yeah, you know, you can sure you can use to running as transport have a running backpack. It's possible But the bike is just a little bit more useful in that regard another dislike, I guess which is related to that is that You go somewhere with the bicycle you can't really leave it and unless you lock it But even when you lock it, there's a risk. Someone's gonna steal your bike, which really sucks I always feel like when I'm having when I have a bike with me. I'm a little bit like Locked No pun intended to the bike, you know, I'm I get somewhere I want to I want to go into a mall or a shop or Something like that and I'm like I'm worried to leave my bicycle outside And even if I lock it, which of course I do if I leave it I'm still worried about it. So When you're on the under feet running, it's just you're you got everything right there. You just there you are No problem a pro with running, which is a con with the bicycle, I guess is that I guess it's related to the first point Really with running I'm Moving like an animal The animal that I am, you know a human I'm moving through the forest in a natural way And I can zone out and just be you know Flow state I can just be in that Zone and that sort of in touch with my body and just moving in the natural way It's just something really satisfying about that whereas on the bike Sure, you can get in a flow state on the bike too, but it's just not exactly the same And everything moves by quickly which I guess bring me to another con with the bike Everything goes very quickly with the bike. I like to really enjoy my surrounding sometimes like today for example I biked through some neighborhoods and I really like to do that the neighborhoods on a Sunday You know seeing what people are doing people are sweeping their front yard or raking leaves or I don't know like Trimming hedges or whatever or just chilling outside on their veranda whatever people are doing I just like to just run by their house, you know on the in the streets in the neighborhoods And just look around see what people are doing catch some good vibes and that sort of thing That's what I do when I'm running today on the bike though. I felt like I was just passing by too quickly So it's like two sides of the coin like on one hand with the bike You get to see a lot you get to go far so you can see a lot of different neighborhoods, right? You go from this neighborhood to that neighborhood to that neighborhood to this road to that road to this town to the next town To the next town you just go everywhere with the bike But on the flip side you only get to sort of go by very quickly Where's on the on the on the when you're running? You're not seeing as much, but you're seeing more of what you are seeing, right? Health-wise, I think there's pros and cons to both sports You know that running has a lot of impact. It's a lot of impact. You're you're carrying your weight It's a weight-bearing exercise, which means it's pretty tough There's a high risk of injury and you got to be careful to build it up slowly, but that being said though It's very healthy to do weight-bearing exercise for your bones You for your bone density and for your muscles and for your whole body to actually be engaged in something like running It's very healthy when you're on the bike. You're missing out a little bit on that sort of On that impact, which is both healthy, but also risky So on the flip side you're you're safer on the bicycle your average guy in the street You know if you're just taking an average person say, okay, you're gonna start fitness regime You're gonna start training now They're probably much safer off starting with a bike, you know They won't really get injured that fast with a bike Whereas if they start running the chances are they're gonna be injured within a few weeks mostly because they're doing it too much too soon, of course, but so I like the fact that running is very healthy for your body over all my I recommend a everyone do a little bit of running Even if you are a cyclist But then again if you're a runner and probably should do a little bit of cycling as well It's great for cross-training Like actually today's for me is a bit of a cross-training situation because I'm not feeling my best this week And I would like to go and run today That was that was my plan, but I was just not feeling very strong but tired feeling almost a little sick actually This particular week, so I thought I just head out on easy rides then that's when the bike is just great You know like cross-training tool will get into cross-training in a different video for sure at one point But let's wrap it up Bicycles are awesome. I can't say anything else. They are awesome. I do love my bicycle I like going out for a ride every now and then probably once a week or something like that in addition to my running training and And at times of the year, maybe if I'm recovering from something or or if I'm like not feeling optimal I might just head out on a ride instead of a run But overall, I'm a fan of running running is really my thing and I just feel Most excited about running and I just like being on my feet. I like the simplicity of it I like the fact that it's going pretty slow relatively speaking compared to a bike It's pretty slow you get to sort of taking your environment a little bit more, but certainly having a bike is cool heading out on those long rides you know covering a lot of Miles kilometers in a single Session without it really being a big deal. That's something really cool about the bicycle. So That's it for today Thanks for watching if you haven't subscribed, please subscribe hit the subscribe button to subscribe to this channel about running Stay tuned for more videos. We'll talk more about bicycling as the summer progresses because I'll do more rides We'll talk more about cross-training and of course we will talk a lot more about running Thanks for watching post a comment down if you have any thoughts and requests about special videos that you'd like to see I'll make a note of them and I'll make them for you Yeah, one day Thanks. Bye