Trail Running Uphill With Scott Jurek

Ultramarathon champion Scott Jurek shows you how to be more efficient when taking on hills.

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• Scott Jurek
• trail running
• uphill running
• hills
• running
• ultramarathon

[mcrfan1981]

Scottttyyyyyyyyyyyyy:)) I'm so glad he did this educational short vid;)) if a viewer know's what this guy's accomplished, then they'll surely watch attentively.

[horsie111]

Also I think making a conscious effort to swing the arms more, for balance, seems to help both uphill and downhill. As with stride length, the tendency is to run as you would on the road because that's what you're used to. Arms help us balance and this is more important on trails as you' re no longer running in a straight line when having to choose steps to avoid rocks and tree roots. More exaggerated arm swings also helps give you some momentum when running uphill.

[LloydChristmas777]

Jurek is awesome.

[edwinjaustin]

@tripleMmagic The shorter strides uphill will allow you to maintain the stride rate (85-90). It's akin to cycling cadence and how you change gears to maintain a certain cadence in varying elevation gains.

[tripleMmagic]

I'm kind of confused. He said the stride rate should be the same, but then he said to take shorter, quicker strides uphill.