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[Tiger44342]

Since graduating I have now completed 5 park runs at Basildon however have yet to make it all the way round without walking part of the way mainly up the hil,my times are

Going backwards best 40.06 yesterday 41.43 any tips on how to get up the hill I know part of the reason is I have impaired left ventricle but any tips or advise would be greatly appreciated as I am getting a little bit disheartened.

[Grannyhugs Graduate]

That sounds like a tough hill for you in the middle of your 5k. Have you tried just practicing the hill and going slowly. Trying to get a shorter 5k time and master a hill in the same event sounds hard. Good luck

[Tiger44342 Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thank you never thought of doing the hill on its own will give it a go and let you know if it improves.

Thanks again

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to Tiger44342]

Best of luck. Start with gentle hills, I've graduated 10k and my steepest hills are still just going over dual carriageway flyover. Guess what I'm moving onto next!

[Tiger44342 Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Good luck

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

In the extreme, some runners will literally go and run up a hill then back down, then repeat, repeat, repeat ad nauseum. I prefer a round route involving hills.

If you can run up hills, you can run up hills.

In simple terms you need to get fitter and stronger with more miles on your legs. There are no quick fix shortcuts and please don't think that because you had a slower time at parkrun that you are going backwards............progress is not irreversibly an upward curve.

Try doing some longer, slower runs. That way you get the miles on your legs over a shorter period of time and build stamina.

[Tiger44342 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you for the advice.

[Buddy34 Graduate]

The only way to get better at hills is to practice them .

Hope this can help. Good luck 😊😊

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[Tiger44342 Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks Buddy

[sTrongFuse Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

I really don't like hills, but Edinburgh being Edinburgh, they are kind of unavoidable.

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to sTrongFuse]

I wouldn't say I like them but the more I run them they get better😊

[sTrongFuse Graduate]

I wouldn't beat yourself up. If you get to the end, it doesn't really matter how you got there. I've done a HM and if it's any consolation, I still occasionally walk bits of my local parkrun (possibly because running in a group tends to make me unconsciously up my pace compared to when I run on my own, so I'm less able to sustain it).

The main thing. Is that it's your run, so just do it your way. The only wrong way is not to do it at all.

[Tiger44342 Graduate in reply to sTrongFuse]

Thanks you have cheered me up now really came away on a downer yesterday thanks.

[Debston Graduate]

Loads of people at my local Parkrun walk up the hilly parts, some of them then sprint past me on the flat and downhill parts! I cope with running up the hills very, very slowly. To be honest, I could probably walk up them faster but I like the sense of achievement when I get to the top! I try to break hills into manageable chunks and just focus on getting to the next "landmark" - tree, bend, or whatever, rather than setting my sights on the top. Before you know it, you're at the top and feeling triumphant!

[Tiger44342 Graduate]

Thank you will give it a try cheers