After struggling really badly at a couple of events over Xmas (Knacker Cracker specifically!!), I now know I really need to do more hill training so I can improve.Can people advice me of different ways I can training?I have a hill near work that I
need to add some hill work into my schedule. The park I mostly run in is pretty flat. I try to do most of my training in parks.on grass rather than on pavement. Recommendations for hill work: do a specific hill work session each week? Take myself
Every morning I go out running I am always going up hills, and some of them steep and long. Have real trouble finding somewhere thats reasonably flat.Is there any disadvantage to training on hills constantly? Only that it's hard work! Hills
I'm following the marathon training schedule in the Feb Runners World. It's my first marathon and I'm quite nervous - not much experience in races. Can anyone help me with the detail for Feb 23 which states 'Kenyan Hills 4x5 min at threshold pace
Hello all, I'm (once again) looking for some advice.I need no convincing of the benefits of hill repeats as part of training, but am curious as to the 'best' way to do hills. I'm conscious that this will depend on one's target race/races. My target
and I'm getting a bit faster. Now I'd like to throw some hill training into it as well. I run about 15 miles a week at the mo - 2/3 shorter ones during the week and a longer during the weekend. I live in a hilly area, so encounter moderate hills on all
has anybody got any great tips of running up hills - i seem to have great trouble - mentally when i am about to run a hill, this affects my run as i get all worked up about it! in know they are hard work anyway but it would be great to postively put
Hi all, as a returnee to running, I'm currently up to about 3 1/2 miles before I need a wee walk break, and then carry on a bit. I want to get into a bit of fell type stuff, so I reckon hill training is going to feature fairly largely in my running
Righty then...Who here runs hills? If you do, what distance are your hills that you train on? 1 mile? less? More? Steep? Gradual? Is there an optimum hill gradient that you should be aiming for? Or does it not matter? HiIt is very hilly where I
I run several trail marathons every year and my times are generally very consistent - around 4.30. How ever fit I am feeling however, I never seem able to run the whole way up any of the significant hills. I understand even fellrunners don't run up
