19-02-2026, 12:08 PM
I Ran the hill session this morning and really enjoyed the change up from the weekly 1k intervals which I have felt are getting incrementally better, bit very slowly. Although my times aren’t necessarily improving the way I feel in between and after running them seems a lot more relaxed and not quite as tiring.
The Hill session brought back many distant memories of doing hill sprints up High level road as a kid and then later the dreaded sessions up Rhodes Memorial as I attempted to improve my marathon times many years ago.
I actually found the session lot of fun and went into with lots of energy to explore this new session, herewith the data:
1. 157M @ 45.7 HR 139 BPM
2. 150M @ 43.6 HR 145 BPM
3. 150M @ 44.2 HR 134 BPM
4. 154M @ 48.1 HR 148 BPM
5. 153M @ 43.7 HR 150 BPM
What I found most interesting was the drop in heart rate through the middle segment back down to 134 BPM. All in all I enjoyed the session and felt that I could have possibly gone a little quicker or possibly included a sixth segment.
The hill I ran on has around a 9% gradient and felt that it was just about right to create the hill strain effect without me losing form. I am now looking forward to the 1K intervals next week knowing that I have this session on the horizon in two weeks time again.
The Hill session brought back many distant memories of doing hill sprints up High level road as a kid and then later the dreaded sessions up Rhodes Memorial as I attempted to improve my marathon times many years ago.
I actually found the session lot of fun and went into with lots of energy to explore this new session, herewith the data:
1. 157M @ 45.7 HR 139 BPM
2. 150M @ 43.6 HR 145 BPM
3. 150M @ 44.2 HR 134 BPM
4. 154M @ 48.1 HR 148 BPM
5. 153M @ 43.7 HR 150 BPM
What I found most interesting was the drop in heart rate through the middle segment back down to 134 BPM. All in all I enjoyed the session and felt that I could have possibly gone a little quicker or possibly included a sixth segment.
The hill I ran on has around a 9% gradient and felt that it was just about right to create the hill strain effect without me losing form. I am now looking forward to the 1K intervals next week knowing that I have this session on the horizon in two weeks time again.