This is one of the toughest workouts I do. Ethel Avenue hills. It takes me about 9 minutes from my house to run at a warmup pace to the bottum of Rockford's hardest and most steady hill (in my opinion). It is a great place for running hill repeats. At just under a quarter mile, it slowly punishes you. Hills like these certainly make for a stronger runner though.Today I did 8 hill repeats @ 1:30. My max heart rate for each hill is listed below. On the way back down the hill, I run as slow as possible and let my HR recover to mid 130's befor starting another hill.
Hills
- 184
- 188
- 190
- 191
- 192
- 193
- 193
- 194
Total Running Time = 42:21
Total Running Distance = 5.11M
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What a coincidence. I ran hills too, except on the treadmill.
ReplyDelete10 min warm up at 6.5 mph pace
2 mins @ 6% incline, 6.5 mph
3 mins rest, slowing down a bit, about 6.3 mph
(5 hills and rest repeats total)
So, I did it. It seemed like it wasn't painful enough. Probably because I was going too slow or the incline wasn't enough. I don't know. OR MAYBE... it was easy because I was really mentally tough while running. Haha, you decide!
Try this next time-
ReplyDelete6 min warmup at 6.0 pace
2 min @ 6.5 or 7% incline, 6.8 mph
2.5 min rest, slow, about 5.3 mph,
6 hills:
Less rest, but go slower during rest,
higher intensity for the hills.