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Inspired by a comment from Instructor57 this morning reference dropping a gear to up the revs I decided to mix up my recovery plan and throw in a hill sprint for a change.

At the start of my usual route there is a long uphill stretch which usually takes me just under 8 minutes. I don't usually push it up here as it kills me for the rest of whatever run I have planned. However, I've been doing this for over a year and not a sniff of a pb from strava. Hmmm!

I am the local legend on this segment but miles off any time record which is under 5 minutes πŸ€”

Inspired by Instructor57 I started a warm up around the estate prior to heading off up my segment hill.

I eased into my speed and then gradually picked up the pace. Half way, I am puffing, panting and sweating. People walking doggies move aside as I could probably be heard from 30 metres away by now. Keep going ..... I can see the top...... get there. Shattered.

It was just as hard coming back down slowly trying to recover. I was spent.

Amazing how much a hill can take out of you. Full respect to those hill runners on the forum. You must be super fit.

Finally in the house I paired up Garmin and Strava and like an excited child opened up the app and there it was .... a wonderful πŸ… PB medal.

Phew! I was pleased as I don't want to do that again 🀣🀣.

Back to my gentle happy running tomorrow with a 40 minute meander with a couple of lamp post gear changes thrown in.

PS. Celebrated with Aero chocolate buttons. Oh yes.

Happy running everyone.

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Instructor57Graduate10

Not hill repeats then ? πŸ€”πŸ€£

Seriously, well done !

Hills kill me atm 😰

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Definitely not repeats 🀣🀣🀣.

I was pleased I managed to do it (now I'm sitting down with tea and chocolate that is).

I'm such a bad boy....... 😁🍡 🍫

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Instructor57Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Haha Enjoy ! 😁

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nowsterGraduate10

Hill climbs are hard, but worth it in the end.

They certainly don't faze me the same way they used to a year ago, but there are some routes I do where it's a relentless climb spread over several km and the last, steepest bit is just too much, and I walk.

Sometimes on long runs it's the only thing to do, and there's no shame in walking a steep hill. To quote from Born to Run:

Eric and I eased back to a walk, obeying the ultrarunner’s creed: β€œIf you can’t see the top, walk.” When you’re running fifty miles, there’s no dividend in bashing up the hills and then being winded on the way down; you only lose a few seconds if you walk, and then you can make them back up by flying downhill.

β€’ in reply tonowster

Great words there nowster.

Although I am a short way off being an ultra runner at the moment πŸ˜πŸ˜‰ they are great words to remember.

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nowsterGraduate10β€’ in reply to

I'm a long way off too! I did 24km the weekend before last on rain-chilled legs and I'm still getting over it.

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

The road to where I'm staying is definitely one where you can't see the top, though you can see the turning to where I'm staying. Please may I rely on this quote when my husband teases me for walking up the very steep hill?

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nowsterGraduate10β€’ in reply toYesletsgo

Don't tell him the whole quote, or he'll have you running for 50 miles. πŸ˜†

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

Thanks nowster , great advice πŸ˜‚

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CmoiGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

While I totally agree with the energy-efficiency principle behind it, if I adopted "If you can't see the top, walk" there's a whole bunch of hills here I'd never run, because they go on for several km. They're not steep though.

I don't attempt to run up steep stuff or risky surfaces, I walk or just clamber up them instead. As for downhills, I need to learn to run them properly. I'm reasonably OK on roads and tracks, but fields and slippery trails can get a bit scary.

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nowsterGraduate10β€’ in reply toCmoi

Having just finished Born to Run (I binge-read it), it appears that the natural ultrarunners described in it would run down slopes with a similar cadence and shorter stride to how they ran up them.

The Tandle Hill route I do is a long, continuous climb, with no relief until the summit. The last 100m or so is steeper than the rest. I've still not been able to do it all at a run.

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damienairAdministrator

Brilliant effort and very well done on your PB medal and taking on that hill.

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RoxdogGraduate10

That's great! My 'hills' are a short sharp hill at the top of a country park, or over the railway bridge! πŸ˜‚

Cmoi profile image
CmoiGraduate10

Congratulations Hidden , and the sophisticated post-run celebrations sound excellent!

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tmbtrainGraduate10

Weyhey well done on the pb on the hill πŸ‘ πŸ™‚

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RunBrianRunGraduate10

Well done on confronting the hill sprint demon πŸ’ͺ and congratulations on the PB too πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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