All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
This past weekend, I was at a high school cross country meet. I spent a good amount of time watching the runners go both down a good hill and then back up it after looping around a bit.
It’s amazing to see the various teams go down the hill. You can really see which teams give downhill running a good focus and which ones don’t really worry about it.
So, if you’re going to give some focus to downhill running, what should you work on?
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After last week’s post about racing on hills, I realized I should share some thoughts on running hills in general. So let’s go over good form for running hills, whether training or racing. I’ll start this week with running uphill, then cover running downhill next week.
So, what do you need to know about running uphill? Primarily, just two things: keep your stride rate up and your hips forward.
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Think of your last run. Did you do anything before starting to prepare your body for running?
If your answer is no, I’d encourage you to consider changing that answer for your next run.
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What kind of run are you doing today? Easy run? Tempo run? Progression? Intervals? Long run?
No matter what you’re doing, your run should start the same way: slow.
Why? Because your body needs time to warm up.
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Last week, I did a workout in some extreme heat and humidity on Tuesday, then bounced back with an up tempo run on Thursday in relatively cool weather.
I thought a comparison of paces between these runs was an interesting study in what the heat can do to a runner so I figured I’d share the comparison between these runs with you. It’s not meant to be a study of exactly how one can compare splits in the heat but more an illustration that, yes, it can significantly affect your running and the best thing you can do in the heat is accept slower paces.
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