When you are in training, don’t get disheartened if you have difficulty running up hills. I find that it doesn’t matter if you walk and jog up the hills; the most important thing is to do the distance. And when training, try to run up at least 50% of the hills ‘with effort’, but you can walk the rest.
I find that it makes a big difference to my performance if I train with hills as opposed to training without them, but it doesn’t necessarily make a big difference whether I run all the way up or walk and jog up the hills.
So that when it comes to a big hill in an event, such as ‘Heartbreak Hill’ in the City2Surf, I can generally jog up it with minimal discomfort. In fact, one year I remember running along watching the ground and the people around me so intently that I didn’t realise that I was going uphill until I was rounding the bend half way up Heartbreak Hill.
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City2Surf Training Plan -- Lifting Your Game -- Overview
- City2Surf Training Plan Stage One
- City2Surf training plan – Stage Two
- City2Surf training plan – Stage Three
- Week 11 -- Introduction to a routine (Rest Day) (First gym day)
- Week 10 -- Start off Nice and Easy
- Week 9 -- Continue at an easy pace
- Week 8 - Noticing changes in yourself
Jogging and Running : what’s the difference? - Week 7 -- Step it up a notch
Calculating your Ideal Training Level - Week 6 -- Focus on Breathing
- Week 5 -- Arm Power
- Week 4 -- High Effort
- Week 3 -- Steady as She Goes
- Week 2 -- Focus on Endurance
- Week 1 -- How to Cut minutes of your City2Surf time with 24 Hours to go
- City to Surf 2009 -- We are off
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