, quickens your stride, expands stride length, develops your cardiovascular system, enhances your running economy and can even protect your leg muscles against soreness. In short, hill running will make you a stronger, faster and healthier runner. What’s more
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. More experienced runners would run the fast section between 10K and half-marathon pace, and may do two sets of 10 minutes with 5-10 minutes jog between; or one 20-minute effort. Try hillwork. Warm up with a 10-minute run to the base of a hill that has a
. 4. Choose your running surface carefullyMost runners clock their miles on the open roads. Roads arent the worst places to run, but try to run on the Tarmac no more than three times a week. Certainly steer clear of concrete pavements, which
and then function effectively at work! From now on, I shall be doing my long runs midweek. I managed a great hillwork session too. I picked the worst hill in our area but to be honest - dare I say it - I didn't find it too hard. I don't know how much I got out
