Radical hill theory....

Marathon T

In response to the query about my sanity here is my theory of hill running….

If you have never run up a specific hill before your options are:

a) Go and park at (or find your way to) the top and run down.
b) Park at (or run to) the bottom and run up.

Now the obvious choice would be to test it out by running down it first (much as Marathon J did)…However, if you are on an ‘out-and-back’ route (as I generally am), this leaves you with the dilemma of finding your way to the top of the hill (via some other route – which could include an even worse hill) or seeing if it is suitable by running up it…

Now, the obvious thing about running up a hill is if it gets too steep you can always turn round and jog back down. If you choose to park/start at the top and run down, then halfway down find it is very steep, you have the wonderful prospect of turning round and running back up it. This is not sensible.

So following this theory – always test a hill by running up it…

Genius.

And I thank you.

This week:

Monday – 10 miles: 7:40 average
Tuesday – Club night: 12 x 1 min sprint with 1 min recovery, 6:00 average
Thursday – 4.5 miles 7:30 average

Marathon T