Cross Training
Hi Steph,
My girlfriend and I are huge fans of your vegan mousse from your blog so easy and so delicious. The other night we were sitting by you outside in Moab at the local sushi restaurant but I didn’t want to bother you as you looked like you were having fun and I am horribly shy. The conversation came up at our campfire whether or not our favorite famous climbing athletes get recognized much (outside of the crags). How often do you find that you get recognized by strangers? Any funny stories about it?
I did have a training question, I am really into three sports – Trail running – Climbing – and Downhill Mnt. Biking. I have been experiencing sport related workout conflicts. What I am finding is my running and climbing work outs fit well together with my on day off day climbing schedule but my biking is conflicting with my climbing (biking = big legs small arms, climbing = small legs big arms). What tips/advice do you have for for inter-sport workouts? I ram starting to realize I can’t be at my top level in every sport as one will always take priority but I want to let my secondary sports be as solid as possible.
Cheers and maybe next time I see you at the sushi restaurant I won’t be so shy and I will say hi.
Adam
P.S. Your friend’s band was awesome, they gave us some good entertainment!
Hi Adam,
I’ve also always been committed to sports that don’t always complement each other training-wise. When I was psyched on expeditions, I had to completely change my training before a trip to the mountains. Cranking hard on the rock does nothing for you when it’s time to slog uphill with a pack…and vice versa. Unfortunately 🙁
I’ve noticed too that trail running pretty seriously (i.e., 2-4 hours runs) is hard on your climbing energy levels, but I like running enough that I fit it in, usually by doing shorter runs (45 min-1 hour).
As far as mountain biking goes….I hate to say this, but the year before I started climbing, I got really into mountain biking. Once I started climbing, I couldn’t find a way to make them fit together, purely from a time constraint issue. Running takes about an hour. A bike ride takes 3-5 hours, if you include all the time dealing with your bike, gear etc, before and after. I was in college, and I had to make choices about what to do with my weekend days, and mountain biking was the one that had to go 🙂
Steph
