Just done run 3 so week 1 done. I have decided to do a different run for each run in a week so I cannot compare how I have done. Living near the top of a hill, some bits will be uphill ( hard) others downhill ( easier) virtually none level. The weather is brilliant so highly motivating, long may it last.
Week 2 here I come!
Thank you everyone for all the encouragement, it really does help.
Week 1 in the bag!!! Yey! Happy running! Love the idea of having different routes for each run of the week! I bet it keeps it real fresh!
Hills increasingly become your friend the longer you run, as there are exciting ways to train on them … like hill sprints!
You l’ve got that to look forward to! Happy hill running, you lucky hill dweller!
Flat running is overrated. 😆
I started running nearly five years ago. I live in a hilly area too. The flattest route I could find for starting Couch to 5K on had 30m of climb over about 1.5km.
The final 200m or so of the out-and-back route I was using was a very slight rise. Back then it was a real slog to do that last short stretch at the end of the run.
Every year on the anniversary of my first ever C25K run I do the Week 1 Run 1 again, to remind me of how far I've come. That rise feels like nothing nowadays.
Well done and now on to Week 2!! Good job keeping it interesting with the different routes.
Keep us posted...
well done! I’ve just completed week 1 too. Very proud of us 👏🏻
good job done - I’m doing Slope of Hope and my Hill that Kills on Sunday. It’s a good discipline if you can manage it fitness wise.
Onwards and upwards and downwards to W2
I like it... shaking it up and not putting pressure on yourself.
Those hills, they do, make us stronger, they are our friends... my slog of a hill, which at the beginning I used to run up, so, so slowly, has become over the, years my favourite warm up start to any run,
Like you, I am surrounded by hilly bits and at 75 ( nearly), and I have real trouble , when running on flat surfaces!
As more seasoned runners, we just take it gently and enjoy... we are totally awesome!
Just take it slow and steady and really enjoy x
Some hilly links to make you smile?
Hills? That's stamina building that is, I live in east anglia so avoiding any 'real' hills is easy, the first week is pants, I realised how unfit I was, it was a wake up call to me. Have just graduated for the second time, so will will wait for you at the finish line, I will be there and following your journey so keep up the good work and enjoy the improvements as they come, it is the best bit!
Week 3 run 1 done!!!!!!!
Wk 1, Run 3 Gathering the courage....
Week 1 run 3 completed..................
Wk 3 Run 3 completed!
Wk 9 run 3 Just completed :)
