Best line of the video, "Yes it's boring. Yes it's repetitive. But it trains the mind as well". Thank you Sarah!

It’s a bit of a grim option but ... multi-storey car parks at a quiet time of day. There’s usually plenty of ramps & stair-wells at different pitches.

Brilliant stuff Sarah, thank u! I guess the only snag is that according to some stats (almost) nowhere in London there're areas where air pollution safe limits haven't been exceeded:(

Great video. Your section on stairs reminded me of when I used to run to Canary Wharf to work and finish with a 27 floor stair climb. My colleagues thought I was a little bit mad when I burst out of the fire escape but it was worth it for the strength gains 🙃

Great tips, had similar ideas on what I need to do as I prepare for my first ultra but it was really reassuring that you gave tips that I've already been putting into practice. Very good quality video all around!

Training for the Bel Monte 50 miler in Virginia mountains USA. First 50 and have 4 kids under the age of 6. Not a lot of time to train in the mountains! This is super helpful thank you!

Will be doing my first hilly ultra trail this year, really good tips in this video. Tq

Just what I needed on a Thursday! Thanks Sarah

I have the Midnight Man Marathon in the Brecon Beacons coming up in June and I live in Essex. We have a few hills but not on the inclines that there will be in Wales. To make the race harder we are racing with 16kg rucksacks as well! Brutal

Thanks so much for another excellent video Sarah, gives me some great ideas how I can adjust some of my running routes to include more hill training :) Cheers from Canada, Scott

Great ideas on how to improvise and find ramps to get elevation. I was an expat in England years ago and love seeing your outdoor footage of the city and countryside. I miss England

As an amateur ultra "attempter" I have learnt that training for the downhill is as important as the up. Completely different muscle contraction so well worth a bit of focus. I use treadmills to great effect, mostly for varying types of intervals. Someone said to me (and it stung) "only the boring get bored". You are absolutely right that its crucial to work on the psychology of "zoning out". To avoid the dreaded dnf keep putting one foot in front of the other during training, irrespective of negative thoughts.

Thank you for the really good suggestions and exercises

Great video, I just wished I watched this in the beginning of my training plan. All your videos are very informative and perfectly laid out!

Great tips Sarah especially as I live somewhere quite flat. Also: good luck in your 200 miler 😳😳😳

Thanks Sarah - great tips! All the best for your Arc training too.

Great video and perfect timing for some tips. I’ve just entered my first ultra, 125km for next year in the Azores. Can’t wait! Keep the videos coming Sarah, you’re doing a great job

Just signed up for UTA22 for next year. I've run a few stair climbing events (6000+ stairs up/down), but I feel like I'm going into UTA22 pretty raw. Living in the inner city means I don't get to run trails as often as I'd like. Definitely coming back to this video in the next 5 months for ideas and reminders.

Another great vlog Sarah. Many thanks.

Thanks, I am now in Malaysia, lockdown since January, not allowed to go further than 10 km from home so no trail running just a lot of road running and Zwift (bike) and home workouts. I am still hoping my 100km in Borneo in September will happen and that we will be allow out soon.

Thanks Sarah, very useful tips for my half Marathon Du Mont Blanc! 👍

I had a relatively flat 50K I was hoping to do this week but won't be able to. Some friends are pushing me to do a 50K with tons of incline next month. This just motivated me to push for it. Thanks!

Great video as always Sarah! I live in the middle of the Suffolk countryside and everything is pancake flat - have to get in the car to go to the nearest town to get some hills in!! Really starting to realise how important they are though.

Thanks for this. I am still training for the Brecon Beacons Marathon. Cancel from June this year. Nice to have some extra motivation and new ideas.

Another great video Sarah, this channel is just so useful. Yours and Ben's work so well together. I need to run more hills as I'm such a flatlander, maybe I'll use maze hill as well, probably shooters hill is nearer for me. 😂 Be good to see a dedicated strength video at some point, I think Ben did one ages ago. Nice to see some local spots. I was in Greenwich park on Saturday and now I always look out for either of you on a run.

Thanks for the video, Sarah and the great tips. I live in Wiltshire and although it isn't completely flat it's not exactly an ideal training base for TranGrancanaria (although the Cotswold Way isn't too far away).

Enjoyed that, thanks! Doing a hilly ultra next year (Malham which you did a video on recently :)) and I'm in flat Manchester, like the idea of dropping exercises into the middle of an easy run

I live in the Vale of York which is pancake flat, did a 6km local trail run last week and got 0m elevation for the whole thing! I’ve seen people doing hills on the alley up to the railway station which is on a bridge but that’s only super short so I tend to drive to a hill. Got race to the stones next year though so may head into the Peaks or the Dales some weekends for training runs.

Entered Race to the Tower June 2021 (first Ultra!) 2,500m climbing, I am doing some hill repeats and might do some mountains. Need to run with poles also! A good video on that would also be useful! There isn't much on how to run/use poles for hills.

Great video event though I live and train in north Devon where it’s hard to run without big hills. :)

Thanks for this. Racing in the Azores this summer while living in London so very helpful. Nice idea about the road crossing bridge, will give that a go. And maybe I'll pop into IKEA next time I pass by and do some repeats in their multi storey car park (trying not to get run over). Always wondered how to integrate stairmaster into a plan, what is your experience with that? Tag it onto the end of a treadmill run? Thanks again

Great practical advice Sarah like finding hills and inclines! Picture quality definition looks so much clearer in this vid...or is it my eyes. New camera?

Boa tarde Sarah, parabéns pelo treino e conteúdo 🏃‍♂️👣🤜🤛🤝

Move to Bristol, we have all the hills!

This should be popular. Thanks Sarah.

Good video!!! Keep it up.

UTMB off a 5 year plan Sarah (based in Bethnal Green!!). 2020 = Year ZERO = 50K race done!!

Always enjoy your videos Sarah😁 Just to let you know you haven’t included the subscribe icon at the end of the video

Great vid Sarah :)

send me regards I live in Seattle you are a great runner I follow your advice viva Mexico 🇲🇽

North Downs Way is what I use locally. Best I can get

great video and hills are fun 😁

Great job sis 👍like always 😉

Will you come visit the States and run the Mt Washington road race?

Loved your video. I had a question about your trainers. How do you decide which/how many types of trainers you would need for a hill trail run? Thank as always

Hi Sarah. HELP!!! . I've been trail running for 6 weeks now (fitness prior to starting= awesome). I am running lots of hills and my calves are slowing me down. I get to 5km and my calves feel like balloon tight and I can't run a fast pace as it isn't Comfortable. Yesterday ran 16km and felt fine, but.. Can't get fast pace because of calve tightness.. appreciate your help.. Thanks, Craig from NZ

Any race suggestion if I was going to give a 50 mile trail race a go for the 1st time ?

Living near Sheffield I have the opposite problem :(

Since my target was a marathon in 2020....and I trained all year for nothing for races that have been cancelled I entered a trail marathon in early 2021.....the distance is the same but with 1000m+....how can I guess my target pace/final time? My goal for a flat marathon was under 2:50. I heard thar roughly every 100m+ is pretty much as an extra km, so I guess my target should be sub 3:30? I live close to Hills so I have no problem to include some incline, but all on asphalt. I would like to add some offroad but is too muddy here, while the race is more rocky

Great video! Are there any non hilly ultras out there? 😊

Hi, Sarah! Greetings from Greece! Referring to the stair climbing session, do you recommend doing it at one go or spread the time during the 20 minutes period? Thank you in advance! Keep up the good work and remain helpful and inspirational!

tbf though Greenwich is really not very flat...

Ha I’m the complete opposite I live in the cotswolds and every run is 120m+ elevation lol

Would it be bragging if I said out of my back door I have a mountain that tops off at nearly 700mtr 😁 🇪🇸 practice the down hills as well people forget and trash there legs on the first big decent 😉

Hey your video was great! My friend also makes running videos like this on KZfaq. He’s gonna be posting a videos soon on his half marathon he just did. Check him out and subscribe if you get the chance, JK Running Productions! 😄