The hills that were so daunting when I started "serious" cycling in September don't even phase me now. I remember at the beginning, though, I had to play games with myself. Games make it easier for me. First, I'd try to only look a few feet ahead of my bike and see how far I got before I gave up and looked to the top of the hill. That was a fun game. Then I'd do little rhythmic things with the pedals - like pedal for 7 counts and then coast "left right left right left right left . . . . coast . . . . right left right left right left right . . . . coast" over and over again. Then I'd count how many times I had to pedal to get to the top. My rule was "if the bike's not falling over, I'm going fast enough."

Keep it up! You can do it!