Quote Originally Posted by trigurl
How do ya'll get in so many miles? after 11 one way and looking at yet another hill, I turned tail remembering I still had hills to climb to get back home. Unforn. I don't have much flat land to ride on here, if you go any distance you WILL have to go up hill, kinda makes me miss living in Charleston, SC, not a hill around worth mentioning.
Gotta learn to "love" hills! Embrace them, think of them as that extra scoop of ice cream you get to eat afterwards! Hills are definitely the biggest challenge for me too - I am pretty fast otherwise but am definitely a hill slug. My heart rate goes WAY up to my max on them, and I huff and puff, but as I get more and more fit, I recover a lot quicker after each one. Here in the Piedmont of NC, the terrain is rolling, and there is no way to ride without hills. Every one you do will make you stronger...just keep at it, and they will get easier!

Emily