RunningAHEAD - Topic: Hills or not?

Hills or not? (Read 390 times)

jsobo119

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...Frosty...

posted: 1/17/2008 at 8:59 PM
modified: 1/17/2008 at 9:01 PM

Ok my run today was a hard 5 miles... Not because of the pace. I ran it slower than I though. 10:26 pace. However I easily could have run with the same or lesser effort at a 8:45-9:15 pace on flat ground. The course has three 200 foot climbs in it. and a few 100 foot hills.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/oh/hinckley/575855218

Should I consider this an easy run or hills? it isn't like I was running hill repeats... and it wasn't quite an easy run?

JakeKnight view log	posted: 1/17/2008 at 9:03 PM
	It's your log. You can call it anything you want. But it sure sounds like hills to me.
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Scout7 view log CPT Curmudgeon	posted: 1/17/2008 at 9:05 PM
	Sounds like a medium run. But it depends on how you want to label it. You could call it Hills, and have a separate entry for Hill Repeats.
	Amat victoria curam. Sine labore nihil. Dulcius ex asperis.

AKTrail	posted: 1/17/2008 at 11:37 PM modified: 1/17/2008 at 11:39 PM
	I'd log it as "rolling hills", which is different from "big hills" which is different from "medium hills" (300-700ft vertical, these are the ones I do repetitively). That's what I use. I also include the vertical feet of climbing in my log. You could log it however you want. For me, hard/easy is a matter of effort, not pace since 900 ft climbs in 1.5mi at high-end aerobic effort with pack isn't "easy" for me.
	"So many people get stuck in the routine of life that their dreams waste away. This is about living the dream." - Cave Dog

jsobo119 view log ...Frosty...	posted: 1/18/2008 at 12:09 AM
	ok well this website doesn't let me add run types... at least I don't see how...

jlynnbob view log ...for Bernie	posted: 1/18/2008 at 12:11 AM
	Quote from jsobo119 on 1/18/2008 at 12:09 AM: ok well this website doesn't let me add run types... at least I don't see how... Sure it does...from the running log, go to 'options', then 'my log preferences' and click on 'running'...lots of options! Enjoy...
	"I was now a baby-burping, farting, too cold, too hot, not hungry-stripped to my core, a simple, frail consciousness." - R Claridge during '08 Leadville 100

ʇuǝɹʇ view log ʎǝʞuoɯ ʎʞunɟ	posted: 1/18/2008 at 12:12 AM
	Quote from jsobo119 on 1/18/2008 at 12:09 AM: ok well this website doesn't let me add run types... at least I don't see how... You can set a bunch of customized run types. Just click on Options at the top right of the screen, then "My Log Preferences", then "Running".
	noʎ ɥʇıʍ ǝq ʎǝʞuoɯ ǝɥʇ ʎɐɯ

jsobo119 view log ...Frosty...	posted: 1/18/2008 at 1:26 AM
	thanks...

NateFromRI view log	posted: 1/18/2008 at 2:09 PM
	Great, now I'll be spending the next hour tweaking my colors! Getting rid of the pink tempo run will be a welcome change.
	------------------------------------- 5K - 19:39 - 11/10/07 10K - 40:46 - 12/7/08 1/2 - 1:34:24 - 10/7/07 Full - 3:45:40 - 5/27/07

Ennay view log Bif! Bam! Pow!	posted: 1/18/2008 at 5:43 PM
	Quote from NateFromRI on 1/18/2008 at 2:09 PM: Great, now I'll be spending the next hour tweaking my colors! Getting rid of the pink tempo run will be a welcome change. are you not secure enough to log pink? lol, where I live almost all my runs are as the first poster described...I have to go out of my way to find a truly flat run. I go by effort, not by pace.
	Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM! "It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer 2009 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM M I failed the 12 minute run in 11th grade...

swgross 12 Squared	posted: 1/18/2008 at 6:16 PM
	I run a five mile course like that at work. We call it the Roller Coaster Route. I call it hills in my log.
	If you don't know where you're going, chances are you will end up somewhere else. - Yogi Berra

NateFromRI view log	posted: 1/18/2008 at 7:29 PM
	Quote from Ennay on 1/18/2008 at 5:43 PM: are you not secure enough to log pink? Pink is fine for something like a recovery run, but a tempo run is tough. It needs a more formidable color. Perhaps there's a way to fill the bar with skulls & crossbones?
	------------------------------------- 5K - 19:39 - 11/10/07 10K - 40:46 - 12/7/08 1/2 - 1:34:24 - 10/7/07 Full - 3:45:40 - 5/27/07

NateFromRI view log	posted: 1/18/2008 at 7:29 PM
	Quote from Ennay on 1/18/2008 at 5:43 PM: are you not secure enough to log pink? Pink is fine for something like a recovery run, but a tempo run is tough. It needs a more formidable color. Perhaps there's a way to fill the bar with skulls & crossbones?
	------------------------------------- 5K - 19:39 - 11/10/07 10K - 40:46 - 12/7/08 1/2 - 1:34:24 - 10/7/07 Full - 3:45:40 - 5/27/07