On the 29th of January I set a goal of being able to ride up the hill from the city to my house. Today I did it and I’m quite pleased, I really thought it would take weeks to achieve it. Technically I did stop, but that was so I could cross the traffic to get to my street, I’m totally counting it.
I rode down before 9am, it’s Sunday so traffic was light, and had a pretty enjoyable ride up the hill. During peak traffic it will be quite unpleasant, but at least I know I can do the ride with little drama now.