Once beat Cheryl at the Hobble Creek Half Marathon about three years ago, and kept up with Peggy for 100m four years ago. Completion of 52 marathons to date.
I enjoy the marathon distance. It demands consistency in training and provides a constant goal to work towards. Could not run without the support of my great family and friends.
Short-Term Running Goals:
Stay healthy would be the number one goal. To accomplish this long-term feat I need to cross-train and add strength training into the mix.
Long-Term Running Goals:
Someday I would like to qualify for Boston although at the moment it seems very tough!
Personal:
Love running, music, art, food, friends and family in no particular order it just depends on the day.
I need to come run up the hills with you! But, do you think we could arrange for you to just pull me in a wagon down the hills?? I can not do downhill. It hurts and I am just no good at it. Is there a strategy?
What canyon did you go up? Sounds like you are doing good, I didnt ask you how you did at SGM did I? Ive asked so many people on here I cant remember. That and my mind is going.
Kelli, the strategy is to lean forward and let gravity take over. lol
Kelli, I work at the Church Office Building and City Creek Canyon is right across the street. It has made my lack of self discipline of getting up in the morning a bit more tolerable. The hills are not too step which makes it nice. You can do as an intense work-out as you would like. I like the downhill because it tends to build the stabilizer muscles. I have found the easiest way is a lot like Walter described. Lean into the hills and don't resist the gravity. Although it sounds tough, what makes it possible is taking shorter strides and keeping your legs centered underneath you. That way you don't feel like you are going to loose control.
Cheryl does schedule a few runs up City Creek in the spring and summer so it would be a great time to check it out. From what I understand Herriman does not lack any hills so you might want to try the technique.
Okay, so since we are handing out advice...how do you make it not hurt to run downhill, or is that just a problem with me? I think I hold back because I have hurt myself so many times on the downhill, especially right now (the IT band issues is not keen on the downhills).
Kelli, I really believe that conditioning is the key. I used to be a heck of a lot faster but had knee surgery due to an injury from participating in Tae-Kwando. To get back into the hills I focused on workouts that build the stabilizer muscles. You may want to google some stabilizer exercises or I could show you a few at running group next time. If your IT band is hurting hill are not the best thing for you right now. I would work on healing and do weight training to build your strained muscles. I am not a doctor, just play one on the blog so you might want to hill the hill training ideas past your doctor first.
But I have often heard hill training called speedwork in disguise.
Thanks ERIC! I am for sure not working on any downhill work right now, it kills my knee. BUT, for the future, it is something I need to work on becasue it slows me way down. Since i can not run right now, I have plenty of time to research things I want to improve upon when I return!
Thanks for the suggestions!!
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