Running up hill

[Tortoise-in-treacle]

How do I keep running up hill? And by hill, I mean slight gradient!! I’m repeating week 4 as I cannot keep running for the first 3 & 5mins but can the second (it’s downhill!!)

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

To learn to run up hills you need to run up hills..........

If you can't keep going uphill, turn around and run back down..........next time see if you can get a bit further up.

Hills build strength and stamina, so are your friends.......embrace them.

[Tortoise-in-treacle in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I have no choice but embrace them, I live in the hills! But after running-ish I cannot sustain up hill for more than2 mins. And it’s not improving. Do I have to keep running week 4, week after week after week? It’s demoralising.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Tortoise-in-treacle]

I run in Devon......it is hilly and as I say those hills make you stronger.

i realised this when i did dead flat parkrun, with just one little ramp up to a footbridge. As I approached I could hear someone closing down on me, but as soon as we hit this very minor gradient, their heavy breathing receded and they never did overtake me......but I did get my all time 5k pb........thanks to the hills.

Can you run round the hills as opposed to up and down them?

[Tortoise-in-treacle in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Sadly not. I live in a Lancashire village that is on a hill. It’s just up and down. I’m trying to find flat roads to loop around but there isn’t many and it’s a bit too short. I will get there, I was just hoping there was some advice on sustaining a run up hill.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Tortoise-in-treacle]

Maintain your cadence, shorten your stride, pump your arms, keep your head up .

[Tortoise-in-treacle in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I did it! Slightly different route but maintained the whole running sections.

[mdunn Graduate]

I find it helps to slow down a little and push through. My run ends on a hill and that always helps me push to the end