I have been treating every Sunday as my long run day however lately on my long runs I have come across several hills which really take it out of me.
The hills then make my run shorter then planned. I am trying to reach 10 miles with each long run.
Does anyone else include hills in their long run or just run a flat route?
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If the hills are taking it out of you then I found doing Kenyan hill training really helped in terms of how I approached running up them and, more importantly, how confident I was.
Happy running.
I should have gone on to say that I also choose to include hills in some of my long runs, even up to 20' in marathon prep.. Sometimes I will do what SHADES says; keep the effort the same. Then I might include a mile or two at Mar. pace, and even out the o'all pace. Other times I will increase the effort and exagerate the arm and leg action, and get up on my toes. Then try to run off the top of the hill. Basically, take what you can from every situation.
Eventually, by not avoiding hills, you will be a stronger and more confident runner. All the best, Jack 1991, let us know how you get on.
I always tell my partner to "love the hill, be the hill". She rarely listens!!
Wonderful touch from the organisers to inform runners there are no cafés on the route. I have enough difficulty drinking water and running at the same time, trying to down an americano might cause third degree burns.
Today I did a long loop of the Cloud and round, all ups and downs, but felt better for it.
The last few miles, I will do the flat bit to work on speed, where hills are ok,but running off road doesn't help the speed, pacing on the road, after a long hill runs really takes it out of me. - all good!