It seemed like a good idea at the time
I signed up today to run the Geisinger Humdinger 7.1 mile trail race on March 1st. It starts out with a fairly flat section for about a mile, and then has about 400 feet of climb over the next mile. The rest of the course is a bunch of up and down sections, with a steep descent during the last two miles. I’ve been training on pretty flat surfaces for the last few months, so I better start getting in some hills soon or it will be ugly.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Wow! That looks crazy! Good luck!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
The best thing I’ve found to prepare me for running hills (and biking them) is interval training, such that the rest period between intervals isn’t enough for full recovery. It hurts, but will build strength and train your body to deal with lactic acid.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:43 am
@Nathan – thanks.
@Gerrit – I’ve missed them the past two weeks, but I have been doing some longer interval workouts (4800m worth of 800m or 1200m). I tried running on my treadmill at 10% incline for a few minutes yesterday and I could really feel it in my calves. I think I’ll try to get some hills in once or twice a week and also get in a interval session once a week. Hopefully that will be enough to make the race not suck too hard. I hope you are getting a chance to get some regular biking in.