I know very well the hills in your area - I grew up in Lynchburg, Va. and have spent lots of time in Roanoke too. Great work! I wish I had some of those hills here in Florida - DH and I have to train on bridges since Florida is so flat. I would take a natural hill any day over a manmade one! Isn’t it a good feeling when you conquer a hill? My biggest “hill” to date was a huge bridge over Lake Seminole in Pinellas County. I thought my lungs would burst before I got to the top, but get up there I did and DH took a pic of me and my trusty hybrid at the top. That is an AWESOME feeling to do something like that under your own steam, isn’t it? Congrats on your accomplishment and send some of that beautiful fall weather to us in Florida - we are still sweating it out in the 90s here!