Definition of "hilly"

Slugger - 2009-08-03 2:52 AM
Just wonderin'. I figger what each person constitutes as a hill or hilly will be different in different parts of the country.

Oh, was thinking about this for the bike, not runs.

V1per41 - 2009-08-03 10:53 AM
I feel like the best way to put a value on how hilly a certain ride is would be to compare the total vertical climbing distance to the total riding distance. 

breckview - 2009-08-03 1:06 PMIf you're looking for the "best way", the number of hills that makes up the climbing vert is a major factor on the difficulty of climbing. For an equal amont of climbing vert: Less climbs = more sustained = MUCH HARDER.

V1per41 - 2009-08-03 11:14 AM
Afterall, what would you rank as a climb? 3 miles even at a constant 2% will still wear your legs out.

rstocks3 - 2009-08-03 1:14 PM
If I'm climbing over 1000' per 10 miles I consider it "hilly".

breckview - 2009-08-03 4:35 PM Dang. Unless I do repeats (which I don't), I can't do a "hilly" route per your definition from my house a mile from a "ski area", atop "Gibson Hill" in "Summit County, Colorado"

happyshoes - 2009-08-03 3:22 PM
I just got a Garmin 305 this weekend and used it for the first time yesterday (yay!).  Granted, I am a bike noob with only about 120 miles under my belt so far, but the route I did yesterday was my second time doing it.  It was 11.65 miles with a total ascent of 1,014 ft. including a 20% grade over .1 mile about halfway in. On a hilly scale of 1-10, 10 being hilliest, what would you guys consider this?

breckview - 2009-08-03 1:06 PM If you're looking for the "best way", the number of hills that makes up the climbing vert is a major factor on the difficulty of climbing. For an equal amont of climbing vert: Less climbs = more sustained = MUCH HARDER. For some references from the mountains of Colorado: * The flattest 20 miler that I can do has 1,155' of climbing in 2 decent climbs and one small one. * My normal training ride is 58.5 miles with 4,845' of climbing in 3 decent climbs, one small one and one roller section containing about five hills. * The Boulder 5430 HIM bike course which isn't actually in the mountains and which most people here think is pretty flat and fast is 56.1 miles with 2,552' of climbing in two long climbs and probably about 10 small climbs. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/map.asp?route... />
hehe.. I was just in Breck last week and there's a mountain bike loop that goes over the ten mile range, 3k of climbing in about 6 miles, goes over to copper mountain the short way!  I'd consider that a billy goat trail. 

Our biggest sustained climb we did was Sallie Barber, which goes to about 10,200 in basically one climb from downtown breck, I can't wait to upload my data from last week. 

Bioteknik - 2009-08-04 6:18 AM
Our biggest sustained climb we did was Sallie Barber, which goes to about 10,200 in basically one climb from downtown breck, I can't wait to upload my data from last week.