Forums >General Running>Finding proper hills for repeats a la Pfitzinger?
Hey, flippy, I will have to stalk more of your threads since I have the same question about finding good hills for hill work! In my case, I have shorter hills and bridges but nothing very long. But good discussion about the Pfitz plan too!
I live in a pretty flat area. There are some small hills, but the closest is about ~5km from my house. Sometime I do runs that include some of those hills. Sometimes I jog there and do hill repeats up and down the same hill... sometimes I cycle there and then do hill repeats. And of course the treadmill is an option, but I don't especially like it, because it's hard to get the pace/incline/distance combination right each time.
Proboscis Colossus
FWIW, the OKC course (I assume that's the one you're running, and congratulations - it's a good one), as I remember it, isn't terribly hilly. But if you're interested in the repeats for the speed benefit, then yeah...carry on.
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I'm starting the first week of Jan. So you will know what workouts to look forward to as I'm cursing them!
But I haven't compared the two plans to see if the speedwork is similar even though the mileage is different.
Stadium steps can be equally effective. However you have a treadmill which is probably the most convenient. IMO Despite the cliche, Hills are not speed work and vice versa.
This what I did for the flying pig a few years ago, as where I live it is also flat as a pancke. The pig has some very nice steep inclines I think miles 6 thru 10 something like that. We would go to local high school football field and run the track to warm up couple miles then hit the stadium and beleive me it will do the job. But this year we bought a nordictrac 2150 mill and the incline on it will be enough for this old man.