Hill running and life lessons
Coach has amped up my half marathon
training recently. So I ran hills...with a stroller. You're thinking the
downhill would be easier and faster, I'm thinking you've never run hills. Uphill is brutal, downhill is a race to catch up without slamming your feet
into the ground trying to slow down or over striding. Hill running is about
balance. Too fast and you are eating pavement, too slow and you are
crushing your feet, knees, etc. Balance. It was a short run and it was brutal.
You work hard for running gains, you work hard for life goals. For some reason
I felt like telling my son about hill running so the first 5 minutes I talked
about how to run hills. Quick short steps up, longer strides down...but not too
long. My hill running mantra has always been "what goes up must come
down." This translates into it's not always difficult, it will get easier.
Every runner has a hill mantra. Or else they walk hills. :)
Then I went on a brief tangent about how life is …
Then I went on a brief tangent about how life is …