I have been training seriously (for the first time ever) for about 2 months and yesterday attempted my first serious hills, and had a very tough time.
(For NYC riders, they were the hills on 9W comming back from Piermont. It's about a one mile climb.)

I made it about half way up and just ran out of gas. I have been doing hill repeats in Prospect Park Brooklyn, but the hill is only about 1/4 of a mile. Interestingly I made it up 1/4 of a mile before getting off to push on 9W.

I know I need a longer local hill to practice on, but Brooklyn is pretty flat. I would love to find a way to work on hills before I go back to 9W again.

Any and all training suggestions would be appreciated!

I also wondering about gearing strategies for hills, I'm sure that would help me.