19/11/2021
Hills are an ever present part of this time of year with races moving off road and onto to tough terrain.
Training on hills often significantly improves performance with strengthening key running muscle groups such as quads and glutes. In addition they help you to improve your overall power output giving you the edge at the end of a long hard race.
The major workout I like to use in that early winter build up phase would be a tempo continuous hill set like 2 to 3 x 6 mins for begginers and 3 x up to 15 mins for more advanced runners. This session has to be a controlled effort as the pace uphill should be similar to the pace you run back down. The recovery should be short no more than 3 minutes and fully active with jogging rather than standing.
Hills are also good to add to the middle of other workouts as a way of stimulating an undulating course.
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