Hill repeats - starting a new trainingsblock
Been a while! After roughly a full year injury free, I had fallen to the ground on two seperate occations within two weeks - one time diving for the ground from my bike in order to prevent a crash against a car and last sunday I slipt and fell down the stairs in a parking garage. While my right leg is now covered with blue and green bruises I found myself lucky that no deeper tissue was damaged.
Time to start training again!
I got my ticket for the september Jungfrau Alpes marathon. Which honestly is a dream coming true, I love running but am also a family man. Choosing to make this trip without my wife and kids is basicly just as big a milestone as the run will be.
Here in the Netherlands the land is pretty flat, so while my body is used to high weekly volume, I am not used to climbing. Therefore in order to prepare for the race, I decided to go to an artificial ski hill to start building my base.
Today I went for 10 climbs on the slower incline as a start to gradually increase both the steepness aswell as the total climb.
Sofar it went pretty well, decided to work without breaks (except for one mini stop after rep 6 to take off my shirt as it became pretty hot both in temperature aswell in intensity). Fun , challenging session!
Happy running!
You got plenty of time to train for it and hopefully body will full recover! Without wife and kids will be strange for sure
That sounds bad! But curious as I am, do you have any pictures of your leg? 😁
How will you deal with the altitude of the Jungfrau Alpes? (It sounds kinda french)
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Glad those injuries weren't more significant. You're lucky you missed the car and then falling down the stairs, not a good couple of weeks!
Heading to Switzerland without the wife and kids will be an adventure. It's rough leaving the family behind, done that while in the Army several times. That's exciting, lots of high elevation to get used to. Are you going a couple weeks early to acclimatize?
Great training using those artificial ski hills, that will get those legs used to climbing. You'll need it for the marathon! Keep up the good work, great training session. Beautiful pictures as always, stay safe!
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Ten continuous climbs without real breaks is a solid starting point, especially if you’re building toward steeper gradients over time.