So Iβve 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 itβs not and very good in building well....everything! πͺπΌπͺπΌπͺπΌ
For a hill beginner can anyone recommend a plan to follow which I can incorporate into my running week?
Thank you! π¬
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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!π Good luck with it though!ππ
Me too Sandra. Slow and steady for me, and I never repeat π I get to the top and keep going. Iβd rather find another hill than run the same one twice π
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 π. You can fast walk very steep hills as itβs more efficient use of energy π
Thanks misswobble. I have avoided all hills till now. The ones Iβve tried have left me exhausted when running on. Iβve pumped arms etc too! Iβve read doing more hills will build my strength for longer runs? π€
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 couldnβt do it fast. I still do it slowly, or Iβd never get up the ruddy thing
Go and find a hill and slowly run up it. Thatβs the way to get better at them. Lung power is the thing π€. You canβt hurry that. You have to build it, and running hills regularly will deffo help with that π
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