Those Thar Be Hills

• Posted: October 2, 2008
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• Author: Shéamus
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• Filed under: Workouts
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I fancied a bit of variety today, and so in some loose, fairly half-hearted attempt to kick-start my enthusiasm I ventured out with intent of doing a completely different route than normal. I wasn’t going to push the distance, keeping things sane and simple for the timebeing, as they have been, but I needed a change from my normal run along the beach (which, pretty as it can be, gets as boring as anything else after a while).

So, I decided to tackle some hills.

I don’t run many inclines, which is odd as it’s something I neither mind nor do I find enormously difficult. My biomechanics seem to adapt well to running uphill in particular. I’m less comfortable, perhaps oddly to non-runners, going down, certainly anything steep - it really can mash-up your quadriceps.

The hills in my hometown are notoriously steep and, indeed, plentiful - you’re really quite lucky to be finding yourself on any flat roads outside of the beachfront (which, naturally, is why it’s the running haunt of choice for most athletes) - so for probably 80% of my run I was going either up or down, usually on inclines or declines that were pretty severe. Still, it felt good and was one of the better runs I’ve had in recent times.

Splits:

This week is going to see my lowest mileage probably since my first week, but that’s okay - I definitely, absolutely and totally, without a shadow of a doubt, needed to take my foot off of the accelerator.

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