How to Run Faster: Run UP hills

[@anthonykuchera6743]

I used to run parking garages often when I lived in a flat part of the country. Definitely a creative way to get hills!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Awesome!!

[@angiestowe8220]

Hill. Mountains are beautiful!! If you can run in sand dunes you can run anywhere. Those things are hard enough to walk through. Did a mile yesterday. Felt awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. God bless.

[@brentyoung6061]

Yeah my strength is definitely Hills,I beat a lot of people because of hills, I think it's so important to run Hills or mountains. And I love doing it. So if you're a strong hill Runner or you just train a lot of Hills to make you faster, it will work to benefit you. That was nice you got to run with a couple guys Seth. Because I'm always running alone, there is nobody here where I live to run with, and it would be nice to run with people once in awhile. Great vlog Seth.

[@thedolenorway]

Where I live it is harder to find something resembling flat ground. As a newbie runner who started running at 40 years old last summer after 20 years on the couch, those hills are a threat to my self esteem as I have to drop my pace so low I could walk faster. On the steeper stuff I usually do walk. Ironically it was a local hillclimb race that actually got me started running. I've done that race two years mostly hiking it with about a month of feverish hill hiit interval training in advance. Last year I decided to try and continue training to see if I could actually run parts of it this year. It is a 4Km race with a 10% average incline so it is a tough cookie for a reforming couch potato. My main goal now is to complete a marathon, it has always been something I've kind of wanted to do, but never had the confidence that I could ever achieve it.

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Dag Ole Kristoffersen If you don’t mind me asking, what part of the world are you from?

[@thedolenorway]

@@SethJamesDeMoor I'm from Norway, and the specific area I live in is a valley around a lake. I lived in a flatter part of Norway before, but then I didn't run.. ;)

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Dag Ole Kristoffersen Love Norway 🇳🇴 can’t wait to go run there.

[@thirdculturemama]

French Alps here (Chamonix not too far). Hard on the kids learning to ride bikes, but generous gift to the avid runner! There are mountains everywhere but my backyard mountain is a 4000ft climb to the top. I am working my way to doing that in preparation for a local race called the Samoens Trail Tour - 7000ft+ elevation over 33km / 20 odd miles. Most of us runners slow running in the winter due to ski season and touring and pick up now, end of March. Inspired by your videos! You have an amazing wife to hold down the fort as you drive into the rockies to train!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Ah thanks so much for the comment and glad the running season is kicking into gear for you. You’re right my wife is a saint 😁👍🏻

[@viironan1314]

Hi Seth. I am a high school cross country and track runner. I live in northwest washington state. We incorporate hills a lot into our workouts and I did quite a bit during the offseason. Our campus is very close to a mountain of about 1000ft and we do long run progressions up it every week. We also do repeats on it. Hills are a rather big part of our schedule all of the time.

[@johnknowles5595]

Thanks for the run yesterday. It was nice meeting the group.

[@rodm49]

Your channel has been a great supplement to keeping me committed to running. I initially search for best running shoes to train for a couple of cancelled Spartan races, lo and behold my love for running has been re-ignited, thanks to your channel Seth.

[@carleenknaggs9527]

Hey, I live in Trinidad and my name is Easley .. I am 53 and just started running trails earlier this year. After following your channel for some time I started to include hill running in my training. And yes, I am getting stronger on the hills and faster on flats and down hills. Thanks for all the information and advice, I think I am in better shape than I was when I was younger.#keepmoving🇹🇹

[@EelcoVanHerp1977]

Hi Seth I live in the Netherlands and it doesn't get flatter than this. But on the coast we have dunes and at highways viaducts. Closer to home there is an old garbage dump called the Bult and cyclists and runners train here. So totally agree that up gives you strength and speed 💪🚀

[@StephaneMichel-Montréal]

Hi Seth. Willing to run faster is of course an excellent mean of motivation. With the races season starting, it is understandable that setting a new PR, whatever the distance, is the satisfaction runners aim to reach after the whistle blows. However, though techniques to run faster, and even more when presented by down-to-earth channels like yours, are very interesting to learn, this should always be balanced by learning techniques to run better, a key in my opinion to avoid injuries while targeting a time vs distance goal. Ideally, shoe review+techniques to avoid injuries (including muscular reinforcement)+techniques to improve our times remains the ideal recipe for a running channel. But in any case, the most important goal will always reside in the pleasure running brings, pleasure that transpire in your daily vlogs.

[@mdte5421]

I used to dread hills and until i moved to a suburb outside of Toronto. It sucks but i love the feeling afterwards!! I guess i am feeling a hills high..

[@pitchmeupscotty]

QD: if I look at my workouts, 90% is hillwork, 10% is speed. After flat weeks I start with 10x300m hills in my neighbourhoud that touch the 20% grade in the middle, to remind the legs of the power required. Preferred hillwork is set (3 or 4) of 1k long hills slightly touching but not exceeding 10%. That can really kill my legs. The one I love most is a hill out in Vitoria (Spain) 9K at around 3-4% which is more like the "rolling hills" you describe. Aerobic effect after that is fantastic. And the downhill back to the hotel... aaahhh... :-)

[@marysalmon8431]

great video, enjoyed watching the group run. I agree, hilly trail runs so much more fun that long flat runs. i am blessed to live between two mountains covered with trails, including the AT, and also close to trexler game preserve with a very challenging 9.2 mile loop called the border trail. Inspired to head there today. This month starts my volume buildup, starting very easy with a goal of 50k in october. Thank you for continuing to inspire! Also happy to hear Jason say he has 400 on the beacons and they still look good, 75 on mine and love the shoe.

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Mary Salmon Thanks as always Mary for the comment.

[@Juniperskeleton]

As a high schooler I do hill repeats on a dam by a nearby lake at a state park, its pretty awesome. I'm also not qualifying for state though, and consider myself more of an adventure athete.

[@ifonly2675]

Am i the only one who prefers to run alone ? I like people but running is me time especially when i run in the mountains. It"s meditation in motion

[@pitchmeupscotty]

I like to run alone as well, running with friends can be fun, but if they don't have a training idea, it frequently ends up in a competition near the end :-). Something I avoid.

[@bewimotos]

The only bad thing about running in group, is that if your group is lazy they wont go the full effort and do more km`s

[@richardgorman6707]

I find that running alone is MY preference, especially in the dark before the cars come out.

[@matthewsedivy1308]

I don’t mind running with people as long as I can listen to my music and no talking while running

[@benmiller6027]

When I lived in Lubbock we would do parking garage repeats. We now live in Amarillo with palo duro canyon, and I will go down there for long runs as often as I can. When I run on a treadmill I will set the incline up to help.

[@robertricker2727]

Did bean relay on hills in college where a person hand out beans at top of hill and bottom you put in a jar after 30 min to one hour most beans got a reward. Another drill was a short steep grass hill about 200 meters run to top then sprint 100 meters jog 100 meters stride 100 meters repeat 6 to 10 times.

[@kofuzi]

i've been planning on running up the parking garage next door, once it gets warmer. not a lot of hills along the lake in chicago.

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

YES!!!! I can’t wait for that footage.

[@fabianrichburgh6517]

Dude, I love your channel. Doesn’t matter what you make. I will watch!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Ohbezy Welcome and thanks for being here!

[@Abes523]

Hill! QD: I began to incorporate hill workouts into my routine at the end of last year before I began distance training at the beginning of this year. It consisted of 300 meter repeats @90-95% effort on a ~10% grade with a jog back down the hill to cool down. I usually did these at the end of a shorter run and started seeing the benefits almost immediately.

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Jason Aberly Sweet, great to hear Jason

[@benjaminbarretto8744]

This is exactly the video I needed today. Thanks Seth!

[@ginathompson3408]

Really enjoying your videos - you have a very Bill Nye the science guy vibe going (that’s a good thing) and it’s so much fun to watch 😄. My strength isn’t quite up to par for true speed training. I’m having to take a few steps back to avoid reawakening shin splints in one of my legs. So for now hills ARE my speed training. Thanks for all the great info!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Gina Thompson Thanks Gina, ill take Bill Nye shoutout any day. Thanks for being here.

[@jordanshackelford4676]

Hill: yeah we do a combination of hill stuff. For example last week we did 4 x 2 min, 5 x 1 min, 6 x 30 seconds up a moderate hill to start then very steep hill. We did 5k, mile, then 800 for paces or efforts more alike

[@C4RIM4N]

QOD: Always!! On my easy and progressive runs i do 10 to 15 sprints of 20 sec. with 30 sec. of rest between the sprints. There's a big hill on my way up to my house where i do the sprints.

[@runknitkalie]

I do hill repeats on the treadmill. I also try to seek out routes that have hills. Recently I’ve been adding incline walks on the treadmill where I keep it at 10-15 incline and go until I’ve gained 1000 ft. While Horsetooth isn’t my goal race, I want to improve on prior times and I know from years past I’m ~14 minutes faster on the Colfax course vs Horsetooth.

[@Rosenrot213]

Excellent video and stunning scenery, lovely clear bright weather for running. I have the Peak District national park here in the UK, so far this year I've climbed 25k feet on my Saturday runs, will try some treadmill incline running, usually set it to 2%

[@cathleenbester530]

Here in north central Florida... interstate overpasses along with stadiums and parking garages on the University of Florida campus... we do have some decent hills too, but no mountains (other than Sugarloaf Mtn in Clermont!)

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Cathleen Bester Yes, a Floridian who is getting creative with her hill work. Nice job 👍🏻 I forgot about running stadiums.

[@jvalentine82]

One year I did the Lydiard hill springing phase. I actually loved it! Planning to do it again early next year.

[@loganharder6144]

For track we do some fast 220’s and then after that we do 4x400 hills at a fast effort. The hills are very mentally challenging but they aren’t that long.

[@cuddlespooh]

QOD: I dont really do hillworks but I do rolling roads. After this video I probably should do more hillworks 🙈 Out of topic: how to run downhill without hurting the knees? I always tend to walk instead of running when I go downhill because my knee hurts when I do.

[@3acresandacow]

Hill / Qod: I really enjoy hills. A couple of my favorite runs are out from my in-laws house on rural gravel roads that are probably a bit steeper and hillier than "rolling", but the scenery is really nice. As far as workouts go, I have a street that's straight and rolls up and down nicely about a half mile from my house, so I can do up to 5 miles of hills on it pretty easily. I've done a lot of tempo runs on that 5 mile stretch!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

You ok!?!? Flooding in NE 😮

[@3acresandacow]

@@SethJamesDeMoor We're good -- more to the north of us along the Platte, though we do have mandatory water restrictions due to flooding problems in the city's well field along the river. I went up to Omaha yesterday and went over the Platte and holy moly there's a lot of water in that river. Looks more like the Yellowstone river coming out of the Rockies than the flat Platte in NE!

[@EltonIntFells]

Ah cool, some mountain stuff, cheers Seth ;-) . I'd say just about all my runs are mountain based with Thursday nights doing specific workouts with my club up and down the steep streets of Llanberis. I don't really include any strength specific training as I run in the mountains here in North Wales so much as they are right out my door, I count that as strength training! A long run in the mountains for me is around 30km/18-20 miles with as much vert as I can include with our modest height peaks; as an example: on Monday I'm running a 30k that has appx. 2,400 metres vert (just shy of 8,000ft in your money) and whilst it won't be fast (I'll still be quite broken at the end!), it's the vert I want combined with longer distance to really push my body. Most of my shorter mountain/fell runs have anywhere between 600 - 1,200 metres vert gain, it just depends on route choice and how I feel. I don't do speed work, but like you with that awesome half marathon time, I find the mountain running really does enable me to go faster on more level terrain when I want to. Not sure I could match your half though! ;-) . As you were running up the tarmac road I totally related to you finding those less-steep, long drags harder work! Yes, because they are runnable!! Weird that we find the steeper stuff easier :-)

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Elton Angle-smith ❤️🏔

[@EltonIntFells]

@@SethJamesDeMoor will have some snow tomorrow!

[@lisarunsfast7368]

I have mostly hills to run 😜lol! Both trail steeps and long uphill inclines. I often have to seek out flats for a change of pace. That’s Seattle !

[@gosekinz]

hill repeats don't need to be half mile - we do hill-springs 10x 100 meters driving off one leg - spring on the same leg - swap and do the other .. +1 Daniel Burton's post How to run faster - train in a pack .. here is a quote from Geoffrey Kamworor "In training sessions we work together as a team.We encourage each other by motivating each other to work extra hard and we won't let anyone remain behind. We like to do it together and succeed together."

[@joyridaz]

@ Seth - I just tried on the NB Fresh Foam More today and was thrilled at the Cush... I didn’t pull the trigger because I want to also try on the beacon . The More felt like Hokas but more cushioned and more toe-off... pls do a review, u won’t regret it.... neat shoe!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

oh man, on my radar for sure....just seems too similar to a Hoka. Maybe a slow recovery day shoe?

[@kamelsabri1122]

Champion excellent bravo 👏

[@lakeatonbuilder2096]

Proofs in the pudding SJD and you speak truth. Mountain and Denver efforts played out in some sprint PRs back in flat Indiana this morning. I got quicker. Hill repeats and restricted breathing in Indiana training sure helped me immensely in preparing for those high elevation efforts. So much so, those types of workouts are now going in my traing schedule at different points for the remainder of '19 and beyond.

[@seniorgrandmasterrunnerdan]

Seth 50 yard hill repeats after my interval session. Run on

[@georgeroberts3380]

In Oregon when it snows we just start cross country skiing

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Nice

[@Ggdfkutxji467]

I’m sure you’ve answered this before Seth, but have you ever applied for the Barkley marathons or wanted to apply?

[@0SKBooth0]

Parking garages, high hotels (Stairs), nordic track incline

[@JoshNishitani]

you know what they say, hill work is speed work in disguise

[@walker2837]

I'm pretty new to this but 5x 200 yd hill repeats with +/- 1 mile warm up and warm down. One day each week. Have gotten faster; maybe it's the hills.

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

I bet so!

[@dinamadon443]

I wish to run here ,beautiful place

[@hoodedhillhopper2408]

Thanks for the video. Do you have any great long climbs in Southern California? Right now I mostly do steep hill repeats.

[@moustaphabaya7887]

First to comment🤓 questions: how does jumping rope and boxing/mma help in running if it does at all..?

[@jacobfuentes510]

Saenchai Coming from a person that transitioned from boxing to running I'd have to say that boxing and mma really help with conditioning and endurance.

[@jacobfuentes510]

Jumping rope also helps improve your cadence

[@evanders.4132]

Seth, would you make videos about your run breathing tehnique? Or was it already made? Thanks

[@lmiguel1996]

Hey Seth! Just found your channel and I love your videos. I just wanted to see if you could talk about time management and running. I recently started working as a registered nurse and I have been having trouble finding time to run. I usually work three twelve hour shifts a week, but I flip between day and night shifts. Do you have any advice? Thanks!

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Could you email me with this idea? Then I can put it on the list. It is a good topic to talk about.

[@lmiguel1996]

@@SethJamesDeMoor Sure! What is your email?

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

[e-mail]

[@nthhult7256]

Maybee you could run the stairs in a skyscraper. If i lived in one i for sure would include that in my training.

[@pitchmeupscotty]

Ask Zach Miller... he won an ultra when based on a cruiseship. He did his vert on the stairs in the ship :-)

[@zagreb2012]

I have theory. Your front leg muscles, quads, are shorter then normal and you can max out hills. The same is maybe true for late cyclist Pantani or every hill runner KOM. But it is just my theory why we are better on hill..

[@jacobriis7859]

You should do an episode on downhill running.

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

Will do!

[@jacobriis7859]

@@SethJamesDeMoor Take a look at fellrnr.com/wiki/Downhill_Running The guy behind the site has quite good content. Not only about downhill running. Happy running and I look forward to your downhill episode.

[@briangustavson6078]

Parking garage runs are underrated

[@yusufmomin8809]

Hey seath 👋 hi from 🇮🇳 india

[@SethJamesDeMoor]

yusuf momin hello!!

[@yusufmomin8809]

Hi sir love to watch your inspirational daily videos.

[@hecatommyriagon655]

Find yourself a skyscraper and run those stairs. ;)

[@viewmoto9857]

try elevation mask for 12 weeks 🏃😁

[@UnityInReps]

He’s already in elevation

[@liama-p8281]

justin yeh he already is at elevation

[@viewmoto9857]

using eleavtion mask on sea level vs real elevation

[@AuDHDRunner]

train hills race flat. On average I do moderately easy on rolling 75-100 elivation per mile rolling hills. Then race flat 2min/mile faster pace and always have a strong kick finish.

[@BirdfluDracula]

Mmmm..pancakes