Training Tip 12: Running on Hills
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: December 7, 2010
Training Tip 12 from Little Rock Marathon Coach Hobbit Singleton:
Regular training sessions on hills are an important component for your training of the Little Rock Marathon.
If you are training to do the marathon, half marathon or relay, in the Little Rock race, there is only one section of the course that is totally flat.
Training on hills will build your stamina and endurance which is real important in the last stages of the race.
An important hill running training technique tip: run perpendicular to the hill. If you go too far back and sit on your heels, you'll have an inefficient heel stride, and if you run too far forward, you'll cut off your air.
Regular training sessions on hills are an important component for your training of the Little Rock Marathon.
If you are training to do the marathon, half marathon or relay, in the Little Rock race, there is only one section of the course that is totally flat.
Training on hills will build your stamina and endurance which is real important in the last stages of the race.
An important hill running training technique tip: run perpendicular to the hill. If you go too far back and sit on your heels, you'll have an inefficient heel stride, and if you run too far forward, you'll cut off your air.
