To get better on that hill, too, find one that's not as bad and do it over and over until you start wondering if all this is worth it and it's a lot easier if you could be satisfied watching tv instead of out there teasing your pain threshold

Hill repeats like that will really toughen you up. You will know you're crazy on the day that you not only beat this hill that beat you but then when you're at the top you turn around and do it again just because you can (even though you will dread what's coming up all the way down the hill on the way to the second climbing of it). That may seem crazy to you now, but it will come quicker than you think if you want it to!