Now that I'm a few weeks into my training programme for the RHM, I thought I'd try a high intensity hills session. Luckily for me (!!!) there is a nice hill about 3-4 minutes' jog from my front door. Usually, I get this out of the way at the start of my runs and try to forget about it, but having read about the benefits of hill training, I decided to make use of it... So off I went... After a 5 minute warm up, I decided to choose two points to run between, and ran 10 reps - fast uphill, jog downhill. It actually went OK, and by the time I was done with this I'd run about 1.7 miles, so thought I'd complete my normal 5k circuit (which this hill is usually at the start of). At this point, I received a rather lengthy (28 minutes to be precise) phone call from the school, so I had to cut short my run and start walking. I managed to run the final 0.4 miles home taking my total run today to 2.3 miles. At least I had done my hills, although I do think I'll choose a steeper gradient next time - I have a couple of choices each about a mile from home... I'm going to aim for a short extra run tomorrow to make up for today (if possible). Distance: 2.3 miles
Time: 24m:27s Average pace: 10m:28s (on first leg) Fastest mile: 10m:21s Type of run: Hills Cardio fitness score: 40 (still!)
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