This is my hilly 21 miles I did last Sunday. I was totally convinced it was more hilly than my previous 20 miles which was 457 metres of elevation as it was so tough! It ended up as 487 metres and I was convinced I had climbed Ben Nevis which is 1,300 metres.......hmmmmm. If I'd carried on the same again and a little bit more I could have climbed Snowdon at 1,085 metres. Worth a thought though?
Is anyone up for a weekly or monthly virtual challenge of climbing Britains peaks in terms of elevation? It might give us all a nudge to get that much needed hill training in !!!
I hope you all have exciting running plans? I'm off shortly on my trail. Dead excited as I haven't been for weeks!!
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Doesn't the effort involved depend on the distance though. 500 m gradually over 10 miles is a tad steeper than 500 m gradually over 20 miles. Just thinking?
Yes exactly, the longer the more elevation gained- that's a given!! I find my shorter and steeper runs much tougher in different ways ( if that makes sense??!)
you don't actually gain more elevation the elevation is the same. its easier over a longer distance because its more spread out. so if i ran 10miles and you ran 20miles it would be a tougher run over the 10 because it would be steeper to reach the same elevation the 20miler would be flatter cos you are stretching the elevation out over a longer distance.
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assuming the elevation is gradual over both distances! simpler 500m of elevation over 1K think how hard that would be!
I don't mind a hill or two but if I'm honest prefer flat. This half is my home half and is going to be a challenge......but hey that's the whole reason I entered. Gotta see what limits my ol body can reach xxx
My hills (albeit modest) are polished off for today! Job's a good un. I felt like I might just kill myself running downhill to the songs on my playlist that came on just as I crested the hill and started running downwards. I could have hurtled but reigned myself in (shin splint alert!). Paradise by the dashboard light and Freebird. Songs to hurtle down hills by. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! What a blast! I felt so alive I can't tell you!
Well Brighton is a hilly place but i know a few people who have run and say its not so bad at all if you look at the map thing i got a feeling there right.
Its a little hilly for the first 10 or so miles then flattens out as you run back fourth along the beach and the biggest hill looks like at the start at about 75feet.
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