Diary Of A Road Runner

10k’s Worth of Hill Work - 54m 51s

Seeing as my next 10k is described as “undulating” I thought I’d better put in some hill work.

Weather cold to start off with, but sun came out about half way - went off quite slowly, 2nd k downhill was quick, then the hard hill reps began! Felt I went quicker up the hill than last time I did this routine, of course it hurt going up the hill but I held it together and even went for a fourth lap, but ended up only going half way down and back up the hill again (less severe incline at the top) as I could tell I was getting pretty tired - still managed to put on a little burst at the end until slowly jogging down to the 10k mark.

Hill Work Session - 8k - 44m 21s

First time I’ve tried to do some hill work - having experienced hills both at the beginning and end of races, I’ve learned that I much prefer them near the end - but thought it would be a good idea to prepare for any hill races might throw at me, while at the same time building up speed and endurance.

I started off with a 1k jog on the flat and down Stockport Road, then ran back up - up and down about a k each, so did 3 reps of this plus another k cool down. No idea how steep the hill is, but it starts off very steep and then gently rises over the course of 1k - takes it out of the legs the first half!

Really felt it doing me good, and running 8k with 3 of them pushing uphill was a good workout