How to train for the mountains if you live somewhere flat...

[UppityRib]

Excellent video! Your advice seems spot on. And on a personal note, I also appreciate your delivery, which is blessedly quiet after all the hyperactive "HEYWHATSUPY'ALL!!" style of so many YT channels. Keep up the good work!

[bev]

STRENGTH Gosh I’m absolutely shocked that any runner would still neglect it with all the science now available!!! I also make sure to do 1 or 2 yoga/ Body Balance sessions per week with lots of barefoot balance exercises … truly underrated in the running world!!!

[imogenrickell]

That's one problem I don't have - I live in the Highlands. Cudos to those of you who train for hilly ultras without hills! And I second the comment about your calm delivery. I appreciate not having my ears assaulted!

[tammi_willis]

Great video! Running actually looks fun the way you sell it 😆

[elisabethnewton]

Great advice - I’ve not heard of slant wedges and will definitely get some now!

[shemhaque]

Thanks for this!!! Making the changes now 👍

[TheKam]

currently starting my 4 months UTS ( 50km) training. I live in Brighton. some hills on the south downs way but yeah ... not a big mountains indeed!
thanks for this very informative vide, Chris! love your channel!

[SimonBoothPhotography]

Excellent video Chris. Love the creativity on this one.

[NickGoodman-dx]

Great video thanks Chris. The slant wedges sound a good investment when preparing for a mountain race. That is a good point about protecting the knees.

[laurab]

Running addict living in Suffolk here! Great video, as i really want to take on an ultra involving mountains in a year.

[paulsutton]

So happy I found your channel, my knees agree too!

[kstoeb]

Really useful advice. And presented in a very pleasing way. Thanks 🙏

[trailrunningphil]

What a great video! some great tips in there Chris! I live in the Fenlands in East Cambridgeshire so I don't think it gets ANY flatter in the UK than here!!!

[Sem]

Thanks for the advice! I live in the middle of the netherlands and just want to hike some high mountains. This training will help in achieving my goal next year, i hope :)

[philipantoni]

Nice video 😊 this gives some more information than the short clip! I could've listened a while longer though 😉

[eeweela]

Such a great video with some really good tips, which I’m going to incorporate into my training 😊Also, agreed with the previous comment re your style and delivery 😊

[Duffers]

I wish I had watched this 3 months ago! I blew my quads on UTS 25k a couple of weeks ago running the steep downhill, but that was a training run for the Cateran Yomp I'm hoping to run in 2 weeks time. My lesson from UTS - take my time on the downhill sections! I'll be doing this afterwards so my future ones aren't nightmare quad burners!

[williampatrick]

My neighborhood is absolutely full of incline and decline hills.

[BilboLondon]

These are very helpful ! What is the inclination % that you see the treadmill and have you used the steps for long Zone 2 ?

[adrienkulig]

Nice video Chris! Really appreciate it! What is the type of tempo workout you do on the stair climbers and treadmill? I am training for the 50k Snowdonia from London...