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Running Up Stairs?

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Fusionsplice Jun 2013 12:59pm, 3 Jun 2013 1,247 posts	Quote Pin Fusionsplice Does it help with training? I go running in Greenwich park occassionally and there is a steep set of stairs (probably 100 ish), will it help my training? If so how will it help? I was going to run reps up them with a 400m recovery in between?
Autumnleaves Jun 2013 1:19pm, 3 Jun 2013 2,177 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves Stairs used to be incorporated into some of my personal training sessions - I found them a good test of fitness, but they don't half make your legs ache, especially in the later reps - and DOMS was always guaranteed 2 days later!
Fusionsplice Jun 2013 2:15pm, 3 Jun 2013 1,248 posts	Quote Pin Fusionsplice So it will help me then? I actually quite enjoy it...will it be as good for me as a hills session?
Ymee Jun 2013 2:33pm, 3 Jun 2013 47 posts	Quote Pin Ymee Raigmore hospital always used to have a sign in the stairwell at each floor along the lines of "if you walk up the stairs to this floor every day, by the end of a year you will have climbed the equivalent of X munroes" (depending on which floor you were on). Always found that inspiring (that and I don't like lifts...)
Autumnleaves Jun 2013 2:41pm, 3 Jun 2013 2,185 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves I'm not an expert - and I hate hills! I would imagine that it would work in a similar way to hills, I had to vary the stride too - so some would be two steps at a time for example.
Frobester Jun 2013 2:43pm, 3 Jun 2013 22,748 posts	Quote Pin Frobester I prefer hills because there's a little more give in the ground than stairs!
LorraineS Jun 2013 2:43pm, 3 Jun 2013 32,935 posts	Quote Pin LorraineS Rocky did it so it must be good for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubH5BDOaD8
RunVegan Jun 2013 2:47pm, 3 Jun 2013 First-time poster!!	Quote Pin RunVegan I run up all the stairs from the London Underground back to the exits and any others where I won't be a nuisance or cause an accident. I find it really helps with running recovery, VO2 max and of course I notice that if I do stairs regularly the lactic acid build up is considerably reduced after my speed sessions.
RunVegan Jun 2013 2:49pm, 3 Jun 2013 2 posts	Quote Pin RunVegan Sorry, I should mention that it can play havoc with your knees if technique is compromised. Just something to consider, as it's traditional Hill work is less likely to affect your knees.
Son of a Pronator Man Jun 2013 3:09pm, 3 Jun 2013 7,099 posts	Quote Pin Son of a Pronator Man our club does a session which involves running up a long flight of stairs and we always aim to hit every step. No taking two or three at a time. The high leg speed is the effort, not the climb.