Anyone else?

I dont like running down hill even if its just a slight hill because it feels like i am cheating!!!anyone else feel like that or is it just me thats a bit odd haha 🤣😂

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate]

Love a bit of downhill running especially near the end of a run 😁

[Karen-55 Graduate]

If you've run up the hill I think you deserve to run back down it!

[SC1472 Graduate]

It is the reward for running uphill! My runs tend to start with the first 2k generally being uphill which means the final 2k are generally downhill and I love it.

[ju-ju- Graduate]

downhill running can be equally challenging, but its also a great relief when you've ran up the hill!!!

[misswobble Graduate]

I think you will gradually become to love them because they come after an up hill They are a blessed relief

[Hidden]

if you do the uppy bit you deserve the downy bit...

[roseabi]

Best thing ever!!!!!!

[PilgrimSoldier]

I understand what you mean, but I find running downhill challenging because I tend to stretch the pace, rather than keep it even. That said, I have no choice to run downhill where I live as my average elevation gain is 49m across a 4km run, and what goes up must come down.

[AndyD Graduate]

There is a 10k race that is point to point that is mainly all downhill... of course, great PB potential!!! I really don't mind running down hills and getting PB's

[Hidden]

Nope. No choice here. I moan like stink about the hills and am only too pleased to get a downy rather than an uppy bit. Flat would be better but aint going to happen. Anyway, downhill can have its challenges, including being hard on your knees. You are so NOT cheating 😊

[MarkyD Graduate]

Man vs Mountain 2018 "Vertical kilometer" would sort you out:

youtu.be/VA2kD1ybj1w(Not working as expected?)

[Hidden in reply to MarkyD]

Oh my god!!!i think thats a tiny bit beyond my capabilities haha 🤣😂

[MarkyD Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Me too... but it is just an obstacle race

[Hidden in reply to MarkyD]

Is he auditioning to be the Milk Tray man?

[Hidden]

No it's just you I would love to live in a landscape that was all downhill!

[DawnRun]

I am a proud cheat. Uphill running is difficult

[Rignold]

downhill is actually harder work on your muscles than uphill.

[Hidden in reply to Rignold]

Oh really?thats weird as running uphill feels so much harder!!!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Hidden]

Muscles and bones, because of increased impact.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

I don't think cheating I just think " Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"!

[PetrinaB Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

I’m so glad you slotted an H in there... I was about to recommend something for “oops moments”!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to PetrinaB]

That ad... ? the oddest thing ever.. took me a while to work out what it was all about..duh!

[icklegui Graduate]

I sometimes think this! But I know it's harder impact-wise as Rignold and IannodaTruffe says. Can feel it in my knees!

I do like to have my ups and downs balanced in a run - and in life if possible!

[Elfe5 Graduate]

Oooo harsh on yourself!!

I love that being carried along feeling- and at some point you will do the uphill counterpart - unless you are running all the way down to the beach then catching the tram back!! 😀

[Hidden in reply to Elfe5]

Dont get me wrong i do love a downhill run but still feels a bit like cheating...especially as its still early days & i am trying to build up some sort of stamina.on the flip side of that i really dont like any sort of uphill...even a alight incline at this stage feels like such a struggle!!!

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Yes I find up hill hard going, so I take smaller steps and go super slow. It is definitely easier now than it was three weeks ago so I must be improving. 😃

[Hidden]

Sigh....one day I'm going to find a bit of flat and see what happens...

[the_tea_fairy Graduate in reply to Hidden]

You'll be bored and tired, is what. There's joy in the hills (and the variety is good for body and soul)

[MikeJones68 Graduate]

I don't mind going downhill. Trouble is where I live that any hill you go down you have to go back up again, and on my route the biggest hill to go back up is right near the end of the run!

[Hidden in reply to MikeJones68]

Oh god...thats the worst!!!so far i have tried to avoid hills or slopes of any sort but today i decided to stop faffing about & just deal with them haha 🤣😂

[MikeJones68 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

That's the way to do it

[Hidden in reply to MikeJones68]

My knees are saying different right now haha 🤣😂

[MikeJones68 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Oh dear. During week 4 and 5 I had sore shins, but that seems to have gone away.

My first run of week 9 was scuppered on Saturday when my right calf decided to go twang

[Hidden in reply to MikeJones68]

Ouchy!!!thats a shame!!!is it easing up now?i have compression socks & next run will have a knee support to hold me together haha 🤣😂 #getting old 😳

[MikeJones68 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

It's easing up and I can walk at a reasonable pace again today. Old? You look about 20 years younger than me! LOL.

[Hidden in reply to MikeJones68]

Thats good...glad its getting better 😊 i am 44 but my knees feel much older today haha 🤣😂

[MikeJones68 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Oh, OK. Then you look a lot younger than you are! I'm only 5 years ahead. Take care of those knees!

[Hidden in reply to MikeJones68]

Oh shucks!!!😳 thankyou 😊

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

I have had no leg or knee problems whatsoever with my hills, despite my ancient knee injury - probably because I had been walking up and down the bastards for 16 months before i began running up and down them.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

That sounds like good preparation 😊