116. Elevation & Hills: Finding a Faster Race

Run4PRs · Aug 22, 2021 · 40m

ELEVATION CHARTS 🏔 Podcast episode #116🎙 . Have you ever been fooled by an elevation chart for a race? Maybe you looked at a race elevation chart and thought it didn’t look hilly at all and then it ended up being very hilly when you ran it. Or vice versa? 🙋‍♂️ . Elevation charts can be deceiving! . Always make sure you look on the y axis of these charts to determine the scale first before deciding how hilly it really is! . OTHER TIPS:👇 ✅ Many courses will also give you the “total elevation gain”, which is the total amount of elevation you will climb on the course. To get an idea for what the…