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Ep19: Hills, heat & high altitude
Ep. 19
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5 Miles Easy is back! We have both been dodging the British winter for a few weeks, swapping London for the mountains and a little extra Vitamin D.
Steph has been training and working in Cape Town and Rose has been on an altitude training camp with the Puma Elite team in New Mexico. In this episode, we catch up on what we’ve been up to and share some top tips from our training camps. We cover:
⁃ Tips for training in the heat (lucky Steph!)
⁃ Tackling hilly runs and why you should learn to love them
⁃ Why do runners train at altitude
⁃ How to adapt to high altitude training
⁃ Life on a camp with the Puma Elite team
We’re SO excited to be back with an incredible guest line up, so thank you for sticking with us during our break! If you’re enjoying our chats, please do us a big favour and SUBSCRIBE to our channel and follow us on Instagram, TikTok & YouTube: @5mileseasy.
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