Originally Posted by
TimW
My general training for the fells has revolved around long hilly Sunday runs and good quality running on relatively flat terrain. Then every now and then I get motivated to do really tough hill sessions, figuring they're bound to improve my climbing, which has always been my weakness - I'm much better at descending and can run much faster on the flat than most of my peers. But the opposite always seems to happen, they leave my quads so bloody shot I can barely walk up a steep hill the next time I do a long run!
Is this normal? Or do I just push the reps too hard and not allow recovery? Or is it a case of what works for one won't necessarily work for another? Interested in people's views as I'm a very thoughtful trainer and just can't quite get my head round why it shouldn't work. Or maybe I'm just meant to be a crap climber, we can't all be good at everything!