And then, before you know it, you’ll get to the bit of trail up ahead you were looking at, and subconsciously your body will know where your feet need to go.’ 5. ‘I know it’s tempting – and you want to see where your feet are going next – but you want to try to read the trail before you get to it. ‘Don’t look directly at your feet,’ advises Davis. If you start leaning backwards, then you’re going to start feeling like you’re falling backwards.’ 4. You don’t want to collapse forward and lose your lung capacity, because it’s important to get enough oxygen, but you want to lean forward a little so that gravity is pushing you up the hill.
‘You want to keep your body upright but lean forward slightly. ‘You want to work with gravity,’ says Davis.
They go into attack-the-hill mode.’ This will leave you fatigued and breathless at the top and will waste the energy you’ll need later in your run. Hamilton agrees, saying that while it might sound obvious, ‘a lot of people don’t really grasp how to run hills. A lot of people get to the top of the hill really tired and then use the top for recovery, but you can gain so much space on other people if you keep that momentum going at the top.’ When you get to the top, that’s when you want to start stretching your stride out a little.
‘You don’t want to start the hill with too much effort, otherwise you’ll run out before you reach the top. ‘When you get to the hill, make sure you shorten your stride,’ says Davis. I’ve learned that you use way too much energy doing that, and it’s more efficient if you keep your feet beneath you.’ 2. ‘When I came from road running, I would try to stride too much running uphill. ‘You want to keep your feet directly underneath your body,’ explains elite trail runner Elsey Davis. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play 1.
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