hills... my dreaded weakness

[navybeetle]

Today I paid attention to just WHEN it is that I start to weave going up hill. Generally speaking it is when my speed drops to around 5-5.5... however there is another piece of the puzzle. If I am looking well ahead of me then I noticed that I seem to straighten out - it is when I am focusing on the road in front of me as I climb that hill that I start weaving...

So today when I started weaving I started looking further ahead, to the top of the hill or the next rise if I could see it. It seemed to make it easier to stop weaving. Of course, so did that SUV coming up along the side of me - the thought of becoming road kill helped too

EXACTLY. I think where we focus our eyes our bodies follow. Think about when you are driving a car, where are you looking? Not right in front of you but a ways in the distance. We have to watch the road ahead of us for potential hazards so try shifting your eyes from in front of you to a ways up ahead. I think looking at the goal (the top) helps to but then I look around to entertain myself. Cool! Also giving yourself little goals on a long hill will help, a cow, a fencepost, a store...

[Owlie]

Also giving yourself little goals on a long hill will help, a cow, a fencepost, a store...

That helps. As long as the cow doesn't move.
Dory's little song ("Just keep swimming....") helps too.

[Zen]

I thought that said BILLS.
Never mind.
I'm no good with them either.