Uphill / Downhill
Training tips and advice for when the going gets hilly
Latest posts
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 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 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)
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...
Run downhill like a pro!
Speed up and get more confident running downhill with these tips from the pros at the Ring of Steall Skyrace, part of the Skyline Scotland, Skyrunning World Championship race and 5th in the Golden Trails Series 2018. Discover what the downhills like in Scotland...
ULTIMATE UPHILL RUNNING masterclass (training & technique)
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 top...
How to train for hills in a flat place (plus more running Q&As!)
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 definitely find an...
How to enjoy hill training
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 to...