Hill training - never did it but have read about it and understand the benefits. I'm a plodder but by my standards I've built a decent base over the last 4/5 weeks and run 3 times a week. My goal is the Warriors Run (14km up and down a mountain, tough event) on August 25th, firstly to complete it successfully and then, if possible in a better time than last year. I think if I continue the way I am I'll achieve both those goals. I can feel the improvements in me with the training are more rapid than last year when I was recovering from major surgery. I do think though that one of my runs could be a hill circuit and I'm planning to do the following - comments welcome.
Tough hill that's about 250m long and reasonable steep. It's about a 1.5k from the house. Planning to jog gently to the hill, run up it (good form, strongish pace), walk or jog back down and repeat x 2 (3 times total). Then I'll jog home the long way (about 3k). Aim to do this once a week and add a rep. does this sound reasonable?
My other training in the week: I do a long (slow) run at the weekend (up to 10k this week, adding a km each week) and a run with a group on Wednesday that can be easy or tempo depending on how the body feels (about 5-6k).
3 times is about the most I can fit in.
