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[paul1960]

need advice please right when am runing and hit any hills i seem to slow down alot am wondering if i get on the tredmill and put the incline to 5 run for 3mins then walk for 1min then again 3mins on 5 and so on do you think that i would get better on hills not to sure how to train for the small hill its just so i dont slow down so much runing on flat is fine just the hills i need help with advice welcome thank you

[Abaggs Graduate10]

Hi, same dilemma for me! I made the decision to do some hill intervals in today's run. I am going to choose a hill, run up, jog down and repeat a few times!. I'll let you know how it goes 😀

[paul1960 Graduate10 in reply to Abaggs]

cheers

[Abaggs Graduate10 in reply to paul1960]

I did it! My aim was a 4k run starting with the interval podcast and finished with hill intervals. I actually enjoyed it, and felt that l could push myself to run faster up hill. I think because it was a short run l still had energy to do the hill work . I purposely only ran half way up and did 4 repeats. I felt l could have done more, but wanted to feel confident l could do it (and want to do it) again. Not sure l could have made it to the top of the hill yet though!

I think it's important to set small manageable goals initially and then build on it.

I hope you come up with a plan. 😁

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Hill work is great.. it is a fact that the more you run them, the stronger you get..

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[Granspeed Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Very good article. Thanks.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Great article Floss, thank you!😊xx

[Deals1 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

good article, thanks. Like the idea of hot/cold shower on legs

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks Floss. Good article!

[UpTheStanley Graduate10]

Well the treadmill idea couldn't hurt, but I find the major problem is coping with any sharp changes from flat to incline, which break my rhythm. A treadmill can't simulate that, so hill intervals outdoors are probably the better option. For me, once I've chopped stride length and increased cadence a bit, things usually go OK, on "reasonable" slopes anyway. But of course you have to accept some slowing - so you also need to practice letting yourself go a bit on the downs, to try to make up for it.

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate10]

It's just sticking with it. I live on a hill so I didn't have any choice.

These days I can actually speed up the hill and take it easy on the way down.

See the hill, acknowledge the hill, once there drop your gaze to only the 6 to 8 feet in front (looking up to the top will only feel disheartening and make it feel harder) reduce stride length, and power up, smaller steps but quicker than you were doing on the flat... you'll be up faster than you can imagine 👍

[Getfitok in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Exactly what I do, it’s hilly where I live too 😊

[misswobble Graduate10]

I run hills a lot to try and get better at them I am surrounded by the darned things so might as well keep plugging away. Got a hill race on a Sunday 💪🏃‍♀️😃

[sofiaO]

If you want to practice and have the nike run app there is a hill run especially for the treadmill called rollercoaster. A 20 minute run with the incline going up and down every few minutes. I tried it today and think it's really going to help.

[paul1960 Graduate10 in reply to sofiaO]

Thank you