As runners, most of us hate hills. Particularly in races. The FLAT and fast course is the holy grail. The flatter the course, the faster we run! When we give race recaps, we tend to highlight where we hit big hills and had to slow down. Hills are hard. Yeah, we will say we eat hills for breakfast and we love hills. Whatever. If we are trying to run fast, more » Read more
Mental Notes: Hills Only Suck If You Think They Do
Do you hate hills? Do you analyze course elevation charts and freak out at the site of them? Do you dread the big ones miles before they arrive? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. Hills are hard. They raise our heart rate. They slow us down and psych us out. But they don’t have to. There really is an easy solution to your more » Read more