New Hill Rep Session

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alifrobertson Sep 2014 1:07pm, 24 Sep 2014 96 posts	0 alifrobertson Forgive me, it has been many many months since my last login... but I'm looking for some advice about hill reps. I'm thinking of trying out a new hill for hill reps near my new house, but I'm not 100% sure how long to make the reps. The sets would be: 1) 350m distance - 20m climb 2) 550m distance - 35m climb 3) 850m distance - 45m climb Would this be a good distance to tackle for long reps or too far for repeats? I was thinking of starting with a 1-2-3-2-1 session and maybe increasing every couple of weeks... wouldn't be going flat out the whole way, just up towards 10K pace?
Reinhold Messner Oct 2014 1:53pm, 9 Oct 2014 549 posts	0 Reinhold Messner Sounds good to me. You'll hate it mid-session obviously. The recoveries will end up being quite long if you're doing a half mile "out and back" so you can afford to push quite hard on the efforts.
rf_fozzy Oct 2014 1:58pm, 9 Oct 2014 6,221 posts	0 rf_fozzy How about making the reps a time, rather than a distance? You could do something like 1min, 2min, 3min, 4min, then back down. Or a simpler session like 6x3min? Recoveries are jogs back down in approximately the same time as your efforts.
Derby Tup Oct 2014 2:32pm, 9 Oct 2014 12,890 posts	0 Derby Tup What are you hoping to achieve with the reps? Increase in strength, climbing improvement, speed? Just curious