Quote Originally Posted by indigoiis View Post
Oak, 11 miles with hills - for a regular run or are you marathon training?
I am training for a marathon in May, but the hills are just where I live (in the summertime). There's flatland to the west of me, but too far to drive for a regular run. Because I'm up on a ridge, and I like to run on roads that are even less traveled than the ones we ride on, running from home is even a little bit hillier than cycling around here.

It was definitely a consideration, since I'll be training in the flats all winter, I didn't want to sign up for a spring marathon that was too hilly! Cincinnati and Pittsburgh got ruled out just because of the hills.