Another NRC Run

[Instructor57]

I didn't run over the weekend as I was away on Friday and Saturday which left me a few things to do on Sunday .

So a Monday morning run was planned.

I'm carrying on with my NRC runs and the next in line was a Hill workout .

There are two hills on this route so I really should have organised this better (but I didn't)

Instead I just ran the route and dealt with the hills as they came up .

I think next time I will just concentrate on a hill and run up and down it 😁

So today ended up more like an Intervals run but never mind , Mr Garmin still gave me another increase in Vo2Max.

Felt a bit tougher today after a weekend of overeating and not doing much else apart from my JD Challenge!

Ahh well hopefully back on track again now .

Happy running !

[nowster Graduate10]

22m of ascent? Hmm. My standard 2 mile circuit has 19m of ascent in the run section. (The warm up walk itself has 23m of ascent.) My local parkrun has us doing about 45m of ascent over its 5km.

I suspect it's a little bit flatter round your way. 😉

It's all relative, though. My local hills are probably nothing like the ones Cmoi has in her area.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

If I get a little further away the hills increase significantly around here , and a lot more than your local parkrun !as I said , I should have planned it better instead of staying on my usual route

[Cmoi Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

That's one of the reasons why I've always avoided guided runs Instructor57 - I get exasperated by instructions that are clearly unsuited to the context in which I'm running. You got out and did it though, that's the main thing!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Cmoi]

Yes, you are right ! It can be frustrating.It still ended up as a good little interval run though 😁

[Cmoi Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

You're absolutely right that it's all relative nowster .

I did 205m elevation gain over 11.09km this morning, on what I consider flatter, easy roads and decent tracks. Flatter, because the overall elevation gain comes in at only 1.85%.

Since my experience of hills is unlike that of most people on here, I have a very different perspective. I had to deal with gradients from the start of C25K, and other than when I do silly things like the maratrail, there's nothing to shout about. Where I live, even a 4km road circuit from home comes in at just under 100m elevation gain. I like hills and they're just what I do, that's all.

However the slew of negativity in so many forum posts about hills means that I now rarely respond, unless someone is specifically asking for help and I feel I can offer some constructive advice.

I really appreciate that you often mention figures when describing elevation gain or gradient, because at least that gives an objective measure.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well hills are never in the right place are they? We have very steep parts of the Downs near us and when. we did hill runs we ran up and down, it was a bit boring and over before we realised, I think if we did it again we’d just go up and up, then at least we could run down again at the end

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Yes, if I get a bit further away it would have been better for this run, I hadn't thought enough about it really , it was a last minute decision 😁

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

We have a railway bridge it’s not big but i used to get half way up and walk, now i speed up over it, we are all progressing

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Yes, there's one on a route I sometimes use and I'm the same , don't think about it now 😁

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done Ian 😊. I still say you did right choosing breakfast over park run at the weekend, even if today felt a bit tougher! A good run all in all 😁.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Thanks Kate !And without a doubt , breakfast was the right choice on Saturday 😬

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

You ran, and Mr Garmin liked it! What's not to like? My circuit of the woods has 50+ metres of elevation gain but I still hate hills. It's mostly in my head, I know.

Maybe I should try some hill repeats?....

One day, when I'm feeling brave

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Yes, some of my local Shropshire hills are killers, but this was a last minute decision so stuck to a familiar route 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Well done, Ian! You got out there and that’s the main thing! Hope you enjoyed your weekend 👏👍

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks jools !And yes, a good gig .

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[Hidden]

Hills... I am so happy there are no hills to be found anywhere in my surroundings 😂

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Haha, I have decided I need to make friends with some hills 😁

[Fionamags Graduate10]

A run is a run - as you say! If it was tougher than usual then all the better.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Fionamags]

Absolutely!It actually ended up as quite a successful intervals run 😁