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New Hill Rep Session

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alifrobertson Sep 2014 1:07pm, 24 Sep 2014 96 posts	Quote Pin alifrobertson Forgive me, it has been many many months since my last login... but I'm looking for some advice about hill reps. I'm thinking of trying out a new hill for hill reps near my new house, but I'm not 100% sure how long to make the reps. The sets would be: 1) 350m distance - 20m climb 2) 550m distance - 35m climb 3) 850m distance - 45m climb Would this be a good distance to tackle for long reps or too far for repeats? I was thinking of starting with a 1-2-3-2-1 session and maybe increasing every couple of weeks... wouldn't be going flat out the whole way, just up towards 10K pace?
Reinhold Messner Oct 2014 1:53pm, 9 Oct 2014 549 posts	Quote Pin Reinhold Messner Sounds good to me. You'll hate it mid-session obviously. The recoveries will end up being quite long if you're doing a half mile "out and back" so you can afford to push quite hard on the efforts.
rf_fozzy Oct 2014 1:58pm, 9 Oct 2014 6,221 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy How about making the reps a time, rather than a distance? You could do something like 1min, 2min, 3min, 4min, then back down. Or a simpler session like 6x3min? Recoveries are jogs back down in approximately the same time as your efforts.
Derby Tup Oct 2014 2:32pm, 9 Oct 2014 12,890 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup What are you hoping to achieve with the reps? Increase in strength, climbing improvement, speed? Just curious