Hill Sprints 😫

[Ripcurlrana71]

So I’ve been doing a bit of googling on whether hill sprints are great or should be avoided at all costs. I was hoping it would be the latter! Unfortunately it’s not and very good in building well....everything! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

For a hill beginner can anyone recommend a plan to follow which I can incorporate into my running week?

Thank you! 😬

[Tbae]

I intend to use the Strava hill repeat training plan.Strength and speed.👍👏👏

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Tbae]

Is that good for beginners? Also where do I find that? 🧐

[Tbae in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

I am a novice.

If you download Strava,it’s free unless you go premium🤔

I used it after Parkrun as recommended.

If you press more in the bottom right hand corner it will lead you to a menu and two training plans,

hill repeats plan and progression runs plan.

The progression runs maybe so, but Laura’s stamina podcast is good substitute Her three graduate podcasts are excellent.

Hope this helps.🌟👏👏

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Tbae]

I’m freebie Strava novice too!! Found this good article with a beginners plan on it. I’ll check our Strava too!

benderfitness.com/2015/04/h...

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

I run hills as part of my regular running routes (slow but steady) and even quite like them sometimes but "sprinting"?...."hills"? ...never in the same sentence, I'm afraid!😉 Good luck with it though!😀👍

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks! 😂

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Me too Sandra. Slow and steady for me, and I never repeat 😁 I get to the top and keep going. I’d rather find another hill than run the same one twice 😃

If you are a new graduate just take care. Take your hills - like everything else- carefully! Hills are hard work, so run them in bite-sized pieces.

Running them, pocket to socket - as they say - is very tough. Pumping your arms and driving your legs. Just be careful 🙂. You can fast walk very steep hills as it’s more efficient use of energy 👍

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

Thanks misswobble. I have avoided all hills till now. The ones I’ve tried have left me exhausted when running on. I’ve pumped arms etc too! I’ve read doing more hills will build my strength for longer runs? 🤔

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

It will eventually but you build up to it. We build strength a bit at a time. I started off on a long hill near my house and tackled it many times before I could get to the top without stopping. Even now I couldn’t do it fast. I still do it slowly, or I’d never get up the ruddy thing

Go and find a hill and slowly run up it. That’s the way to get better at them. Lung power is the thing 😤. You can’t hurry that. You have to build it, and running hills regularly will deffo help with that 🙂

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

Thank you - very helpful. 😊

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

That’s all right 😃. You go and have Some running fun When you get to grips with your hill it’ll be like you conquered Everest

I called my first hills, The Hill of Death and The Slope of Doom 😁

[Jullaly]

😂 don’t mention hills to me lol

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Jullaly]

I’ll come and visit you for some 1-1 training! 😆

[Jullaly in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Lol you would hate me forever !

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10]

healthunlocked.com/bridgeto... this link is great for all sorts of running Ripcurlrana71 x

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Thanks Bev - this post was from a year ago. 😬 xx

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

And look at you now! 💪🏽

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Tasha99]

🏃🏻‍♀️💪🏼😆

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Lol...🤔🙄 how’s that happened? You are a flippin machine now!! X

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Thanks for caring and sharing though. 😘