What's your preference for confronting hills when you're out for a run? Do you get it out the way early, take it on in the middle, or save it up for a final push at the end?
On a serious note though I quite like hills but only to run up as I can get a good pace going. Am absolutely pathetic on descent as have tiny weak flimsy ankles which give way under me on encountering the tiniest of pebbles!!
As I live at the top of a long hill I have no choice but to start all my runs with a descent and finish them all with a climb. My choice of route determines how steep the final ascent will be!
I live and run in an "undulating" area and hills are part of life. However, I hate to begin a run by going straight up one. I need a couple of miles to warm up and then I'm okay.
Everything: Interest, Quick results, views, The ability to hide from the worst of the weather in the lea of a hill, and of course "rest time" when you come to a down hill. We live at the bottom of a 1 in 5 valley, so I prefer to finish on a downer, it means I am almost home. It also looks better, as the neighbours only see me flying down the hill at the end of my runs. (They are usually in bed when I set out!
On hols in the summer we camped on the side of an Alp one day (Col du Lauteret). I woke up early one morning and couldn't sleep, so I went running. Which way to go? Very slowly up, in order to finish with the (marginally) quicker and easier half. The only time in my life I have dragged my considerable frame upwards for over half an hour continuously!
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(trainee fell runner)
On a serious note though I quite like hills but only to run up as I can get a good pace going. Am absolutely pathetic on descent as have tiny weak flimsy ankles which give way under me on encountering the tiniest of pebbles!!
How's it going? I'm injury free, but not doing nearly as much running as I would like.
We live at the bottom of a 1 in 5 valley, so I
prefer to finish on a downer, it means I am almost home. It also looks better, as the neighbours only see me flying down the hill at the end of my runs. (They are usually in bed when I set out!
On hols in the summer we camped on the side of an Alp one day (Col du Lauteret). I woke up early one morning and couldn't sleep, so I went running. Which way to go? Very slowly up, in order to finish with the (marginally) quicker and easier half. The only time in my life I have dragged my considerable frame upwards for over half an hour continuously!