Originally Posted by
hhnngg1
It is. Get a powermeter, train so you can crank out like 250 watts steadily for 2 hours on flats, and you'll be able to crank them out on hills so long as they're not insanely steep requiring like 300 watts just to stay up. For longer distances, you'll have to hold that wattage longer.
I know the powermeter is an easy, almost glib, answer these days, but some people can't afford, don't want or don't need a powermeter, especially when their aspirations do not include racing.