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.

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This interval style (fartlek) of hill training works quite well for me because it means that my muscles get used to the action and the strain, yet my overall heart rate isn’t pushed too hard.

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