Uphill Techniques for Off-Road Runners

Whether you trail or fell run, one of the crucial aspects that affects your performance is the ability to run well uphill. All runners know the benefit of hill reps but there is far more to conquering the hills than that. With the correct conditioning and techniques, running uphill can be changed from your Achilles heel to your most useful tool. This guide will show you how to prepare physically, the techniques to practice and how to construct a training programme that will improve your uphill running. As the song says, the only way is UP !!!

This booklet explains in much detail what happens in our body as we head up the slopes and how we best condition it to cope with the demands. As the other titles in the series, this one is easy to dive in and out of yet concise enough to get through in one reading. It is simple to understand and well illustrated. The Fellrunner Magazine