Hills?!

[Runningmate]

Hi, I'm currently on W5R3, and my first post on the forum. I always plan my route to be as flat as possible, I notice even a small incline! Should I include some hills into my runs to improve my stamina?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Only if you want to.... time for hills can come later... Keep it simple When you do come across an incline just relax and steady your pace and embrace it

Strength and Stamina wise.. do pop across and join our Strength and Flex forum..loads of ideas there

healthunlocked.com/strength...

Many of us have no choice with hills.. there are inclines everywhere... I have trouble on the flat!

Well done you!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum and well done on your progress.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

If you run up hills, you will be able to run up hills...........

Enjoy your journey.

[LeeU Graduate]

The main aim in the program should be to complete all the runs, if there are hills then it may tire you out too much but a slight incline should be too much of an issue, just slow down a little more if you need to and see how it goes.

Remember, slow and steady and that will get you to the end of each run.

[Grannyhugs Graduate]

I kept even the tiniest of inclines until graduation to protect knees on downhills. Plenty time, hopefully your running will continue well after c25k- you need something else to look forward too 😉

[Smelliepoo Graduate]

I do have about 50m altitude difference in my runs, but have found a nice route that is a shallow long decline and then some steeper inclines on the way back up. I actually really love running up hill... Or rather I love the feeling when I get to the top!

I did the route the wrong way round in the first week or two and the downhill was definitely worse than the uphill! I think someone said that you put 7x your bodyweight of pressure on your feet while running downhill, that made me change my route and now it works well.