HILL STRATEGY FOR RUNNING PACING AT BOSTON, NEW YORK, HILLY MARATHONS : Coach Sage Canaday TTT EP 50 

Perfect timing. I have a suuuper hilly half-marathon (my first race ever) tomorrow here in Japan.

Thank you for a good talk about running hills. This is timely when you consider the BAA just announced that all qualified entrants will be able to run the 2023 Boston Marathon.

Great video.. thank you. At New York, did you mean to say the Queensboro Bridge ( not the Brooklyn Bridge) ?

Just in time, I’ll race Athens this November, it has 13.3k of hilly madness and I still not sure if I’ll survive, it’s my second time, last year those hills, poor hilly train and bad nutrition made me feel so miserable… you should come one day. Thanks for your videos

I've got to start working on my hills! Thanks!

Thanks Sage excellent video, I just did a hilly Marathon last weekend, & luckily I did pretty much approached the hills the right way you just mentioned in this video, & so still had a bit of go left in the legs in the last 5k of the race, cool 🌿🍀🏃🏽‍♂️👣🌲👍🏼✅😀

Thanks, makes sense. I wonder though -reading Kilian's racing reports- if we are too carefull uphill. He looks to go 'into the red' repeatedly and recover in the race. Can something be learned from that? Or is this only the 'Kilian-factor'? 😆

Thanks Sage Humbolt marathon in 2 weeks. You’re still better climber than 99.9999% of humans.

Thanks for the tips on running hills. My question is in the opposite direction. We live at 6,500 ft elevation in a very hilly area. Most of my runs have 4-600 ft of elevation gain. However for the next two races one is a flat course at 2,000 ft and the other is a negative gain race from 6,000 to 2,000 ft (Black Canyon 60K). Even though I have about 16 weeks out what would be the best way to train for these lower elevation runs that are the opposite terrain of where we live? I'm currently following your 50K plan but I want my legs to be ready for the changes in terrian. Thanks for the wisdom you share on here.

oh my THANK YOU SAGE

I find it if I can keep a low HR going up a hill, even if it means I slow down. I feel better once I crest it and it makes it much easier to get going again without being out of breath.

Great video sage!!

Just got your hilly marathon training plan👍

I just recently ran a very hilly course in my country Philippines 7 Eleven Run Series 21km, I didn't expect it.

Great video!❤ I have Kaui Marathon Sept 3 & I have not trained in hills. What do you recommend I do now?

I've ran a few marathons and half's and noticed my heart rate is quite high at both distances. I've averaged over 92% for the marathon and higher during half's. What does this say about me as a runner? Am I at my limits? My max heart rate is a quite accurate number gained through years of running and using a premium chest strap monitor. I train to heart rate and stay within zones but when racing I pace to mostly feel. For reference my half time is 76mins and full 2hrs42.

Trail runners be like “What hills?” When I Boston I asked, where’s that big hill. Was told I already ran it. 😂

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Hills vs mountains lol