uphills
Slopes requiring effort
Uphills is the plural of uphill, referring to upward slopes or inclines on terrain: The course has more uphills than downhills.
In running and cycling, uphills are the challenging ascending portions of a route: She's strong on the uphills but loses time on flat sections.
Academic performance ratings
- climbsAscends by effort
- inclinesTilts or tends toward
- steepRising at sharp angle
- switchbacksSharp reversing trail turns
hairpins · transmission · low gear · mountain roads · passes · acceleration · throttle · torque
Difficulties requiring effort
- obstaclesThings in the way
- difficultiesProblems to overcome
- battlesMilitary combat events
- hardshipsSevere difficulties or suffering
adversity · setbacks · ordeals · trials · efforts · grinds · slogs · pushes
Angled ground surfaces
- inclinesTilts or tends toward
- gradientsRates of steepness
- ascentsUpward movements or slopes
- climbsAscends by effort
ridges · grades · rises · elevations · steeps · hillsides · embankments · escarpments
Tilts or tends toward
- tempoRate of musical performance
- strideExtended single footstep
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- intervalsGaps between events
elevation gain · vert · grade · trail running · ultras · quadriceps · glutes · form
Ascends by effort
- gradesAcademic performance ratings
- categorizedGrouped by shared traits
- colsMountain ridge depressions
- grindingMolar action sometimes
cadence · gearing · watts · power output · standing · switchbacks · hairpins · gradients
grades
Academic performance ratings
switchbacks · hairpins · transmission · low gear · mountain roads · passes · acceleration · throttle · torque · braking
challenges
Difficulties requiring effort
- obstaclesThings in the way
- difficultiesProblems to overcome
- battlesMilitary combat events
hardships · adversity · setbacks · ordeals · trials · efforts · grinds · slogs · pushes · perseverance
slopes
Angled ground surfaces
climbs · ridges · grades · rises · elevations · steeps · hillsides · embankments · escarpments · switchbacks
inclines
Tilts or tends toward
intervals · elevation gain · vert · grade · trail running · ultras · quadriceps · glutes · form · cadence
climbs
Ascends by effort
- gradesAcademic performance ratings
- categorizedGrouped by shared traits
- colsMountain ridge depressions
grinding · cadence · gearing · watts · power output · standing · switchbacks · hairpins · gradients · percentages
- cross-countrytrails, terrain, distance, endurance, hills
- Nordic skiingcross-country skiing, cross-country ski, ski jumping, ski poles, ski trails
uphillsdownhills
Descending slopes or races
descents · declines · downslopes · downgrades · drops
uphillsdownhills
Descending slopes or races
coasts · flats · level ground · descents · freewheels
- uphill battleDifficult prolonged endeavor
- uphill climbChallenging endeavor requiring persistence
- rolling uphill
- push shit uphillAttempt something impossibly difficult
- uphill puttStroke toward elevated cup