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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I think it's quite important to have changes in pace and terrain and elevation in your run. A flat boring run of 3KM is completely different from one that goes downhill and uphill and across sidewalks and gravel and grass.
The complex run trains muscles you wouldn't with the normal run and it's also more interesting and the variation in stress has been shown to improve stamina and strength significantly more just like how you have to switch up how you have to switch up weights if working out or your body adapts to it and you get much less results.
I like pushing myself to run up a hill to the point of exhaustion and intense burning but then find you have a nice trip down the hill again on the way back to look forward to which then builds up speed and momentum as you go downhill to keep you going once you hit the bottom of the hill again.
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Where I live isn't flat, I start with an incline so I can end with a bit of a decline, but it's nothing major. Today I trekked up a steeper terrain than I'm used to. I really noticed a difference