Hill sessions

oakleybr said:

I have been running for many years and have always avoided specific hill
training. I think it's time!
Any suggestions on a program?

What are your objectives and background? Are you looking for strength,
strength endurance, speed, ability to run up mountains, training for a
specific race, ...? What distances are you usually dealing with or
wanting to target?

Dot

--
"Remorse - a good trail always makes you feel sorry that it is over no
matter how tired you are" - Matt Carpenter

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:32:24 +0200, "oakleybr" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I have been running for many years and have always avoided specific hill
training. I think it's time!
Any suggestions on a program?

Run hills.

oakleybr said:

I have been running for many years and have always avoided specific hill
training. I think it's time!
Any suggestions on a program?

This is my method, tried and trusted. FYI I am primarily a road
runner.

1. Find a hill that has as little traffic as possible. The one I use
is on a private estate. From the foot of the hill to the top is about
3 minutes, running "eyeballs out".

2. I tend to do a variation on 24 x 30s, 12 x 1m, 8 x 1m 30s or 6 x
2m. I might mix it up a bit - e.g. 6 x 30s, 6 x 1m, 6 x 30s.

In terms of the session itself, I would do about 15 mins warm up. The
uphills I run at 5k pace - jog down recovery.

Good luck.

Edward

Just continuous running on trail that has an uphill or two a couple
times
a week confers benefits.
You also do "enhanced intervals", i.e. speed and uphill as this poster
suggested.