u/GingerAlex01

I live in a very flat city with very few hills, so my training has never really included hills. I learned this the hard way after my first marathon did not go to plan, missed my goal time by about 9 minutes (3:19 vs 3.10). I learned AGAIN 2 weeks later after hitting some savage hills in a half marathon and missing my 1:30 goal time by 5 minutes (which in fairness I was on track for a 1:32 until a dodgy gel gave me stomach issues).

I have a 10k race coming up and I’ve just learned it has 144m of elevation gain. I am trying to adjust my expectations according to this elevation but have no idea what pace to aim for. My goal for a flat course would be 39 minutes - what would you be aiming for in these circumstances?