We conquered!
And when we were done, we did it again. I am quite pleased to say it was easier than I had feared. I felt so good afterwards, like I had really accomplished something. ;)
I have a question for anyone (Victoria, Mike, Rick, Lori, etc.) that might be able to answer: While training for hills, which do you think is best? a) Stopping for 15-20 seconds a couple of times to catch your breath and then continue, or b) Slow to a walk if you need to, pick up running again when you can, just keep moving.
You know what? I'm looking forward to doing that one again.
Until later.............
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you are a rockstar!!
LOL Penny!
I can't answer the question because I'm skerd of that hill but way to go. Boomer looks happy, shocker!
Since most of my "hill" running has to be on the treadmill, I try to do at least 1-minute repeats on the steep 15% grade stuff. I usually will follow that up with 1 to 3 minutes of flatter running and then repeat. There is a small hill out where I live that I'll just keep running up and down until I'm ready to fall over. Sounds like you're on the right track.
Thanks Mike. This hill, by the way, is 1/2 mile long!
In that case, try to charge up as far as you can go for 30-60 seconds. Rest. Then do it again. Or you can head back down first and then do it again.Can't really lose either way.
Perfect! Thanks a bunch Mike. Good luck at Woodside Saturday. ;)
Way to go, Girlfriend! I sure wish Mikey and I were out there training with you and Boomer. You know that if I'm not with you I'm with crazy Sue so I just try to keep up....which for me means running as much of the hill as I can to keep up. Each time I tackle a particular hill I just try to "run" a little further. Sometimes I'm barely moving, but to me I'm "running"!
Hmmm for hill repeats I find a hill that I can run to the top of or as Mike suggested part way then I come back down easy then do it all over again. On my long runs where I encounter some large hills I just walk till I recover then I start charging again.
And oh, the current issue of Running Times also has an article on "Hill Sprints". These are different from Hill workouts/Hill repeats in the recovery part. You actually take 2 to 3 minutes to recover. You walk down and recover completely. What this does is make your sprints faster. I should just scan and send to you. Now that I'm re-reading it, it's a great article.
Thanks Rick. All of that information will be really helpful to me. I appreciate it.
Thanks Lori, for the input. Maybe you can pick Sue's brain for me. :)
Hmmm... I don't usually do hill repeats, I just try to run the hill the whole way, not sprinting but not walking either. I do think that Rick's article probably has some good suggestions, though. My technique is not borne out by any kind of solid research, just me running on my own.
HI Jo,
I checked with Sue - she charges on like I mentioned (and like Victoria and Rick). On the really long runs she'll even purposely walk. No hill repeats for her though she says she should.
Thanks Victoria & Lori. I really appreciate your comments. I learned a lot by posting that question. ;)
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