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Jul 2020
8:28am, 30 Jul 2020
44,640 posts
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Derby Tup
Plenty of opportunity on the Chevin
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Jul 2020
8:37am, 30 Jul 2020
22,502 posts
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Dave A
I didn’t do a single bill rep till I moved to the Midlands. If you live somewhere lumpy or spend regular time in the fells I personally don’t think they’re needed.
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Jul 2020
8:39am, 30 Jul 2020
22,503 posts
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Dave A
Hill rep, not a bill rep. A bill rep is probably something Bill at CVFR would make you do, like descend backwards with your eyes shut!
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Jul 2020
8:44am, 30 Jul 2020
2,030 posts
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flyingfinn
"13,551 (44,400ft) of ascent (all done within 3 miles of home with a maximum elevation difference of 180m)"
Quote from my blog for April this year during the height of lockdown. I've been out and about a bit more since then but still this year the biggest single climb I've done anywhere is about 300m up Win Hill and I've only done that 4 or 5 times. Yet 30 weeks into the year total climb for the year so far is a shade under 300,000ft.
The circumstances of this year have forced me to think about finding climb in a way I don't think I have before and I've been pleasantly surprised by what is actually possible when you get creative. However, having said all that I am aware that I lack time on long sustained climbs on 2000-3000ft and I've not even been able to resort to doing vertical KMs on a gym dreadmill which is tactic I have used in previous winters.
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Jul 2020
8:45am, 30 Jul 2020
44,644 posts
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Derby Tup
‘doing vertical KMs on a gym dreadmill which is tactic I have used in previous winters’ 
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Jul 2020
8:49am, 30 Jul 2020
2,031 posts
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flyingfinn
And there is little or nothing in the way of "hill reps" in there. I'm not sure how much classic hill reps are relevant to stuff like the BG, runs that are constantly undulating with the downs pushed as much as the climbs are far more use in my book (which is what I believe Simon does on the Chevin).
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Jul 2020
9:44am, 30 Jul 2020
2,796 posts
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Mountain Cat
I'm aiming for a mixture.... Putting in hill reps on things like Simon's Seat from Skyreholme, but also more undulating fell runs on Barden Moor.
Obviously at weekends I can yomp in the Lakes or Highlands to get the really big ascents in, but for weekdays hill reps are ok.
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Jul 2020
9:45am, 30 Jul 2020
2,797 posts
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Mountain Cat
Although my achilles is niggling at the moment, so my priority should really be sorting that out....
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Jul 2020
9:52am, 30 Jul 2020
11,600 posts
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larkim
Yep, the NW hills have been handy for racing for my offspring. Usually good fields and good climbs. I was being slightly tongue in cheek about the flat lands of Cheshire, we live half way up a hill on the start line for a local fell-ish race which packs nearly 400m of climb into a 5 mile race. But still, would be nicer to have more variety from our front door as he clearly loves it!
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Jul 2020
9:53am, 30 Jul 2020
4,753 posts
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Windsor Wool
as a flatlander who ventures in to the hills only occasionally, I feel like I'd need to focus on descending rather than ascending if I were to try and convert with any success.
2 angles to this too: 1. the ability to descend quickly with confidence offroad in the 1st place and then 2. having quads that can cope with / recover from the pounding of the descent.
You lot will laugh but the long / shallow descent from Pen-y-Pass to Beddgelert that is run as part of the Snowdonia marathon left me utterly destroyed and facing a very slow 2nd half of the race!
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