Hills: what's my philosophy?

My hill philosophy is to find the best running mechanics for as an individual, ie, stride length, rate, arm swing and lean. I feel this is an individual thing, like putting. Of course, it will vary from runner to runner and hill to hill.

But in races I can feel it when I'm running well on hills--and passing or being passed doesn't factor in--because the effort and trauma levels up and down are low. On a 5K it's harder to do this due to O2 demands, but on marathons it works for me.

Training, on the other hand, is fast up, easy down to benefit while protecting the body. The treadmill trumps on this one, for me.