Do you avoid hills when you’re walking, jogging or running? We’ll help you to take them on. 

Coming up in this episode, we’ll hear about ways all of us can incorporate hills into the ways we get active –- and we don’t have to be super-fit to do it. An international athlete and two running coaches share a few tips and tricks. 

Plus, it’s time to take a trip into the forest, discovering how being out in nature among the trees can be really beneficial for your physical and mental health. 

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through editing and audio adaptation by Imogen Lees, and production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm. 

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:
Benefits of being in nature [1:02]
Forests in the UK [8:19]
Five forest parkruns [9:49]
Benefits of hill training [11:20]
Hill training tips & tricks [16:13]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
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