Training Run 68

After last week's uphill session, tonight we practiced running down!  This is not as foolish as it sounds - running down hill without a good technique is a sure-fire way to injure yourself (so I am told), so it was good that Steven was showing us how to improve our technique when tackling down hill sections.  This involved us jogging up to the top of Primrose Hill (quite a feat in itself but worth it for the amazing view at the top) and then running down at different speeds.  We tried running really fast with very small paces (extremely hard for me and not very effective), then running slower but with huge bounding paces (very painful on the feet and I felt like I was going to crash any minute).  Finding something somewhere between the two was the key, as you can use the downhill section to maintain your speed, but making your paces larger and less frequent gives you a chance to recover, ready for the next uphill section.  After practicing this several times, I can't say that my technique is perfect, but it definitely felt better than it was before we started and now I know what I need to do in order to practice this myself in the future.