Hill repeat day...😩😀!

[Sandraj39]

I have to start telling myself, it's ok - I like hills...hills are my friends.

Wasn't feeling the love when I headed out this morning but once I had done my warm up run and started on the repeats. - I enjoyed them again! Yes, they're hard work but strangely satisfying (8 repeats done again today).

I also had a rather large Scottish Deerhound come bounding over from afar on one repeat, despite the call of his owner in the distance! My session was clearly much more fun than just a boring old walk! The owner apologised but the dog was gorgeous and very friendly! Maybe I even ran faster on that repeat...?😉

Happy running everyone!🙂

[Hidden]

Well done!

Another session in the bag and I'm sure they will really benefit you! Keep on keeping on 😁

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

...well I really hope so! 😉

[Fabulous450 Graduate10]

Wooh hooo! Well done Sandraj39!! 🤩 Sounds like the hills are going to become like a great friend soon enough!! 😁❤️

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

🙏🙂Thanks Fabulous!

[over61andstilltrying Graduate10]

Your photo gave me a 🤣 moment which is one of the many things that I enjoy about these forums.

Well done on your hill repeats. I live in Derbyshire and most of my routes involve hills so I am always interested in the elevation gain of other folks' runs. Do you know what the elevation gain was for your run? Purposely repeating a hill hasn't yet been part of my repertoire. Even more well dones to you. Strangely satisfying and enjoyable! Astounding!👏🎉😊🏃‍♀️

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to over61andstilltrying]

Not sure actually because every time I ran up it, I then ran down afterwards, which sort of cancels it out! 🤣 Basically the idea is to do short "sprints"(I use the word loosely!😉), recover and then repeat.

Bet it's lovely running up in Derbyshire... you are probably great at hills already!🙂

[over61andstilltrying Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Hello Sandraj39,

I do have a lovely area to run in and feel blessed to be here but am sure that I am seriously not great at hills yet. I actually took a 2 month break from running to try and catch up the massive backlog of gardening tasks and then re-started with C25k at week 4. Just completed W8R3 this morning 28min 58sec ,3.15km, pace 9:11min/km, elevation gain 64m. I completed an out and back route, so my elevation gain would match my elevation loss as I ended at my run at the same place that I started, but my watch gives me the gain and loss separately rather than declaring 0m! I certainly feel that I have run on hills so 0m would not feel at all accurate. Pleased to say the hills were easier today than last time and it was beautiful. 😊🏃🏻‍♀️

Happy and injury free running to you. Do you have any goals in mind at present? I remember you as a speedy one who usually enters a number races each year! (Seriously unusual year we are all living through) 😊🏃‍♀️

[Cmoi Graduate10 in reply to over61andstilltrying]

Hi over61andstilltrying , I live in the Massif Central, and all my routes are uppy-downy.

Depending on route, the highest point is between 710m and 680m, and lowest 580m. Elevation gain varies a lot depending on which way round I do my routes, and mostly comes in around 64m for a 5-6k run. Current extremes are a mere 8m for 3k (though I then had to walk about 1.5km uphill home...) and 82m for 6k.

As a very new runner I can also confirm that purposely repeating a hill isn't yet part of my repertoire either!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Cmoi]

No, nor would it have been mine in the past Cmoi. Something to look forward to in the future though maybe? 😉

[Cmoi Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Sandraj39 , the idea of doing the same bit of uphill again and again absolutely horrifies me! There again I have the boredom threshold of a gnat. I have no idea how people manage to do C25K, let alone more, on a treadmill, or going round and round in a park.

[over61andstilltrying Graduate10 in reply to Cmoi]

I replied to Sandraj39 yesterday and see that my elevation gain for yesterday morning's run was exactly 64m the same elevation as your 5-6km run, although my run was just 3.15km. My largest elevation gain of 255m that was for an 11km run.

I took a 2 month break from running to try and catch up on the very long list of tasks needing my attention in our garden, but recently re-started C25k at week 4 and that 64m gain run was W8R3. Longer distances seem way off at the moment, but I see running as an investment in my health and so appreciate the increased stamina that results from my running, I do plan to build up the distance of my runs little by little.

Happy injury free running to you. 🏃🏻‍♀️😊

[David_G]

Lovely post Sandraj39 I must get around to some hill repeats soon, now I've got the hang of speed intervals and I know what a benefit they've been to my running! 🙂

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Thanks David and well done on your speed intervals. That's something I've never done (other than a few Fartleks) because I'm always worried that I'll end up injured!! It's good to hear that your hard work is paying off too!🙂

[David_G in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks Sandra. I use the Nike Run Club (NRC) app for my speed intervals. Until I tried them I never knew I had different ‘Recovery’, ‘10K’, ‘5K’ and ‘Mile’ paces!😳 Now I can run 1K in 4:32 thanks to interval training🏃‍♂️💪 I never would have thought I’d be able to run anything like that pace!💥

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Wow! Super speedy! 🏃🏻💪🙂

[roseabi]

Awesome!!

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Brilliant run and hill repeats Sandra. Maybe the dog wanted a race 🤣🏃‍♀️🐕

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

He was gorgeous - he can run with me any day! 🏃🏽‍♀️🐕😀

[Hidden]

Superstar 🌟. Hill repeats sounds like hard work. One or two on Arun is enough, but to actively go out and run them again and again 😅. Hats off to you! I loved the pic that you put with your post - made me chortle 😆, thank you ☺️.

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

I may have mentioned that our house in France is at the top of a hill, whereas in the UK I live in Lincolnshire. Quite a contrast! When in France I have started doing hill repeats on my hill. I measured it and it’s 13m elevation in 170m. Last time I did 7 repeats up and down without stopping! Still don’t like them though 😖

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Well done Sandie - we’ll get better at running up and down hills, if nothing else!🤣😉

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

My 10k on Monday was almost V shaped - 5k pretty much all downhill and 219m of descent, then the inevitable climb back up to home and 209m of elevation. Knackering at the time but a great sense of achievement afterwards!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

I bet it was Sandie! Keep it up!😀

[skysue16 Graduate10]

Phew, sounds hard work! Very well done 😊