Running up two hills

Okay, they were indoor hills, on a treadmill, and not so much inclines as speed hills – but that aside it was a really good workout! Mike Cryne, friend and fellow runner, gave me this idea a while back and hopefully it’s doing my heart some good that will help me get through the big day.

I split my 6k run into two halves – run up for 3k, slow down and run up again. I did the first kilometre at 10km/h, second kilometre at 10.5km/h, and third kilometre at 11km/h and 12km/h for the last half kilometre. Then back to 10km/h for the second 3k and ran up my speed hill again.

This was really good for getting my heart rate up and gave me an opportunity to stretch out and take big strides. It was good fun using my two long legs

I ran 6km in 34 minutes 26 seconds (10.5km/h). I didn’t make the hill as steep as I first tried this out, and that really worked. 1 kilometre of really pushing up hill was enough. I’m still nervous of giving my left knee a pounding it won’t forgive. The problem being I don’t realise I’ve done it until after the run because during the run my knee doesn’t really play up.

All I have to do now is keep training and keep healthy for the race. There’s only 10 days to go!