One thing I've found to be important is to pace my uphill walking so I don't have to stop to catch my breath. Slow and steady is far less fatiguing than rushing and then stopping to gasp, as the fable of the hare and the tortoise should remind us.

Sometimes being a tortoise has its rewards, such as actually passing someone who was originally bounding way ahead of me. Usually, though, it just means that I can beat one of our famous Oregon banana slugs up any hill around!


Edited by OregonMouse (05/26/09 10:01 PM)
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view--E. Abbey