Thursday Senior Hill Session
Hill Training
There are specific hill training sessions throughout the year held for senior athletes on Thursdays. All the information you require to attend these sessions is below.
Main session starts – 6.30pm (meet from 6.20pm)
Suitability: We cater for all standards of ability from absolute beginner to advanced level – ALL sessions are scalable to meet your individual fitness needs
Session: Hill rep sessions will vary each week and utilise all available fells, trails and road for a session lasting 60-75 minutes duration
Meeting place locations:
April – September Start/ Meeting Place
We use different meeting locations for our summer sessions, outlined in the schedule. Below, you can find links to Google Maps for the meeting locations.
September – April Start / Meeting Place:
Curley’s Junction – Park on the layby, approx. 100m from the Jolly Crofters pub on St Georges Lane, just off Chorley Old Rd, Bolton BL6 6RE
Cost of session: FREE
Car Parking: FREE
Why Hill Train?
Most of the races Horwich RMI Harriers do are hilly so why not train over your competition terrain. Hill work can help with an athletes overall strength. It will also help with developing a stronger cardio vascular system. Long hill running eg.fells, is best achieved by a combination of a strong well developed aerobic base and a well established rhythmic running style. If hill work is short and fast it helps to develop a better running economy or technique. It promotes a powerful backward arm drive, a slightly higher knee lift and a stronger core area. Running both uphill and downhill promotes more powerful concentric and eccentric muscle actions, thereby helping the overall running style