Thursday, September 24, 2015

Hill Repeats On the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Utah County

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I did about a mile to warm up, then at the base of a short but steep hill on the dirt road I did some hill repeats.

  • Pick a hill to run up. 
  • Go up as fast as you can. 
  • Walk down. 
  • Repeat.


Hill Repeats sound simple, right?


My hill today was pretty short, about 80' of elevation gain in a little over a hundred yards. I was able to get in just under 8:00 pace running up it. I did 10 laps of the hill, walking gently down. I also train running down, but that would be another article.

I've got another hill near me that is about 200' high over a little less than a half mile and I normally do only 5 or 6 repeats on that one. It just depends on your goals and your training programming. Mix it up a bit and see what works for your own circumstances.

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