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Let’s Climb Those Hills – Getting Started

At its simplest, a hill climb event is a time trial up a steep hill where the rider with the fastest time is the winner. I can remember the great Andrew Feather, a multiple winner of the British National Hill Climb Championship stating, if you’re a strong rider and fairly light, then you’re well on the way to being a good hill climber; there’s no arguing with that, but how do you get there? Well, we’re here to help you on the journey to your first hill climb, or if you have ‘previous’ then it’s to rekindle your desire to participate again, to feel the pain and love.

Our Let’s Climb Those Hills initiative is to help an individual or cycling club on the journey:

For the individual
Read the Training overview and download our 20 week or 12 week individual hill climb training plans:
TRAINING OVERVIEW
PDF DOWNLOAD 20 week training plan
PDF DOWNLOAD 12 week training plan
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For the cycling club
We have lots of ideas on setting up and running a Hill Climb Training Group, and have produced a guide for cycling clubs based on our experience from doing exactly that in 2024.
Guide to setup and run a hill climb training group
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Further Information

This section contains additional information to help you get to your first Hill Climb!

The British Hill Climb season is generally in September and October, with the British National Hill Climb Championships run at the end of October. Whilst we would encourage you to enter the events in the Le Col South Downs Hill Climb Series, there are many other great hill climb events which take place throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Strength Training Hill Climbing Key Factors All about Hill Climbing