Sorry, but mountain climbing is 10 times harder than running

I have been running alot lately and decided to go mountain climbing.
The running did not help at all. The experience was brutal. 8 hrs of
hell. Running causes lots of injuries but is pretty easy
cardiovascularly. When i started jogging after doing alot of mountain
climbing it was effortless to run except for stupid injuries.

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I have been running alot lately and decided to go mountain climbing.
The running did not help at all.

Who said it would? At best the running will help with some generic
cardio improvment but climbing/hiking uses different muscles.

Running causes lots of injuries but is pretty easy cardiovascularly.

Injuries in most cases is from doing too much, too soon, too fast!


When i started jogging after doing alot of mountain
climbing it was effortless to run except for stupid injuries.


Methinks your trolling a wee bit.

-DF

I have switched from doing mostly climbing to doing mostly running and
from doing mostly running to doing mostly climbing. There just is no
comparison. Mountain climbing requires 10 times more conditioning. I
agree that the two activities use different muscles. If you have great
cardio from mountain climbing, you have to really force yourself to run
slow as a beginner runner or you will get overuse injury.

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I have switched from doing mostly climbing to doing mostly running and
from doing mostly running to doing mostly climbing. There just is no
comparison. Mountain climbing requires 10 times more conditioning. I
agree that the two activities use different muscles. If you have great
cardio from mountain climbing, you have to really force yourself to run
slow as a beginner runner or you will get overuse injury.

Of course climbing is harder. I've done both and will get back into
climbing this summer.

With that said, running helps in preparation. You won't find many
mountaineers who DON'T run.

Martha

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I have been running alot lately and decided to go mountain climbing.
The running did not help at all. The experience was brutal. 8 hrs of
hell. Running causes lots of injuries but is pretty easy
cardiovascularly. When i started jogging after doing alot of mountain
climbing it was effortless to run except for stupid injuries.

Conversely, when i started running i did well because i already had a level
of fitness from mountain climbing. I will say that i can't beat a goat up
the mountain but i can catch them on the straightaway

(gratuitous opening for TBR)

I also started running after doing quite a bit of mountain climbing.
Running was effortless when i had the fitness from hiking. I stopped
hiking lately and concentrated on running. I then returned to hiking
and was reaquainted with how much more conditioning is required to hike.