Speed and Hills

Help your legs feel less like mashed potatoes

Eric Hong

What’s more fun than speedwork and hill training? Doing them both in the same workout. Trail runners are a little crazy to begin with, so if you’re not already one, here’s an intro. Most running workouts focus on either speed or hill intervals. The idea behind this workout is to bridge the two exercise types into one workout. This will prepare you for the varying terrain you’ll come across at most trail races. Don’t have a trail nearby? You can still perform this workout on the road, but you’ll need to find a decent hill (10 to 15 per cent grade) for part of the workout. For the first part of the workout (16 minutes of one minute fast, one minute easy), you’ll want to find a flat, non-technical trail that…

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Canadian Running (Digital) - 1 Issue, Trail Special 2023

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