Am a C25K graduate, but am very slow. What to increase my speed so I can do my 5k route quicker (I do 3xtimes a week).
I want to introduce hill work to improve my strength and stamina, and am lucky in that I live in a valley with lots of hills around.
I am concerned about my knees though. at the moment they are fine, but my dgm and dm both ended up in wheelchairs due to their knees by their 60's, and I am worried I have inherited the same knees.
My concern it once I have run up the hill, how do I come down without jarring my knees? I don't want to have to walk down as that will take up much more time, but I feel like I am damaging myself if I try and jog down. Do I just need to pick gentle slopes? Or am I worried about nothing as my muscles are strong enough to protect my skeleton by now?
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Hill work for beginners....but what about my knees?
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parklives · 09/02/2017 22:12
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