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 elevation gain will be like for your race, try running the hilliest route near you. If you have a GPS watch that measures elevation change, use it, or chart the route using a route mapper (like MapMyRun.com) to see how your run’s elevation compares to that of your race

✅ FindMyMarathon.com is helpful for comparing elevation profiles of different races

.

We will be chatting more later this week about how to train on hills and how hills benefit you 💪