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How to train for hills in flat places (expert coach Andy Pye from Trail Running West Midlands)

How to train for hills in flat places (expert coach Andy Pye from Trail Running West Midlands)

by Claire Maxted | Apr 13, 2022 | Advice, Downhills, Interviews with real runners, Uphills

How to train for hills in flat places with coach Andy Pye from the Trail Running West Midlands, fantastic to chat to him about the Midlands Tops route and get some of his awesome training advice. Andy Pye is a UK Athletics Fell/Trail Coach in Running Fitness,...
How to Fell Run with Ben Mounsey – International Mountain Runner

How to Fell Run with Ben Mounsey – International Mountain Runner

by Claire Maxted | Apr 29, 2021 | Downhills, Inspiration, Interviews with legends, Q&A, Speed, Trail Chat LIVE Q&As with athletes & experts, Uphills

How do you get into Fell Running, what is Fell Running and how can you run downhill so fast?Fell runner, photographer, blogger, teacher and graphic designer, Ben began competing in fell running races 16 years ago and has since become one of the UK’s leading trail and...
Best uphill & downhill trail running technique from Tom Owens (1st Brit at UTMB 2019, 4th overall)

Best uphill & downhill trail running technique from Tom Owens (1st Brit at UTMB 2019, 4th overall)

by Claire Maxted | Oct 14, 2019 | 100 milers, Downhills, Training, Ultra, Uphills, UTMB

Tom Owens came 4th overall (1st Brit) at the UMTB 2019 despite bashing his knee really early on. I bumped into him hobbling round Chamonix the day after the race and he was kind enough to share his top tips on technique for running uphill and downhill, PLUS how he got...
ULTIMATE UPHILL RUNNING masterclass (training & technique)

ULTIMATE UPHILL RUNNING masterclass (training & technique)

by Claire Maxted | Aug 30, 2018 | Advice, Beginners, Pikes Peak Marathon, Training, Uphills

Get faster and more efficient at running uphill with the best training and technique tips from the pro trail runners at the Pikes Peak Marathon 2018 in Colorado. They should know a thing or three about uphill running as it’s a 13mile run with 2382m ascent to the...
How to train for hills in a flat place (plus more running Q&As!)

How to train for hills in a flat place (plus more running Q&As!)

by Claire Maxted | Aug 2, 2018 | Druids Challenge 2014, Poles, Q&A, Scafell Skyrace, Training, Uphills

I’m doing these Q&As weekly now so please do share this with all your running friends so they can ask me questions. I am a qualified Personal Trainer and edited Trail Running magazine for 7 years. If I don’t know the answer to my question I can...
How to enjoy hill training

How to enjoy hill training

by Claire Maxted | Jan 9, 2015 | Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2015, Inspiration, Motivation, Races, Training, Uphills

I’ve discovered how to look forward to hill training! You need Tony the Fridge… As a trail runner, we love running in the hills and mountains, but going uphill is always going to be tougher than the other way around. The only way to get better at this is...

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