As a side comment I have a 1 mile hill right off of my usual "around the block" ride that I started using on a regular basis this year. Average 7%, min is 4%, max. is 14%. I have ridden up it about 15 times so far, never giving any thought to Strava segment standings. Finally one day I checked and to my amazement I was 6th. This is not a heavy traffic segment but still at 62 years old I couldn't believe 6th.

I have since moved up to 5th and need 20 seconds for 4th which I want to do as the person currently in 4th has been riding for decades and is the father of one of my son's friends from high school. This is the hill as far as total effort is concerned makes me the most uncomfortable in my normal rotation of routes and leaves me thinking that a little more air would be nice. I guess what I need to do is decide if I want to focus on climbing or aerobic/flat/endurance. While I think i can improve in all aspects of cycling I think I should make a choice and chase one or the other.