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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Some hill thoughts
What do you think is the best way to train hills where there are little, to no hills? Stairs?
The answer is, "I don't know." But, I've got a few thoughts:
1. Stairs could be a good altenative to hills. Some years ago I used to train on stairs (having an office on the 24th floor made it pretty convenient). A few years ago I also tried walking up stairs as training. I think the walking was as good as running (and not nearly as stressful).
2. Biking is another good alternative. Cycling builds strong quads. Strong quads help you get up hills. When I've run with cyclists, I've noticed that they tend to be relatively strong on hills.
3. Runs where you push just a little above a race effort for a few minutes, then ease back and run just under race effort for a few minutes might help. I think this sort of training would help develop a sense of the right effort. That's a very useful skill when your in hilly terrain.
Nice terrain
Norway is having JWOC selection races this weekend. You can take a look at an old map of the area: west and east parts of the map.
It'll be interesting to see the new map and compare them to the old map. I think some of the Norwegian juniors are likely to post thier race maps next week. I'll try to keep an eye out for them.
posted by Michael |
8:25 PM
