I'm never sure how to train for this, I run plenty of steep hills but sometimes it's impossible to run during races due to the height you need to lift your legs, or the terrain isn't the best. I've been running long steep hill reps with a short stride and had no problems with it, other than the usual. However, I did a session the other day of 10 shorter reps (1:30-1:45 each) up steep steps on Otley Chevin, the high knee lift (plus the descending) screwed me up and my legs have been trashed from it. I've since worked out that the entire session lasting 45 mins was only 1.5 miles (not including warm up/cool down) with around 1400ft ascent :w00t:

I'm hoping this means the session will be beneficial for my hill strength!