How do I train for an uphill mile race?

[kawasa]

Later in the month I have the last race in a 3 race mile series. The first two were flat, one on a track and one on the asphalt. The last one is on asphalt but has a 650' elevation change up a hill people call "Giant's Despair." So how do you get yourself ready for anything more than survival?

[caito]

Lots of hill repeats?

[i am party]

Treadmill at extreme incline

[Richard21142]

Are you close enough to this hill that you could train on it?  If so, then just do some aerobic rhythm runs on it a few times a week.  Nothing extreme though!

[kawasa]

Are you close enough to this hill that you could train on it?  If so, then just do some aerobic rhythm runs on it a few times a week.  Nothing extreme though!

No, never even seen it. People I've told about the race that know the hill just look at me like I'm crazy. Plenty of hills here though. Hill repeats it is! woo haha

[Fast Eddie]

Might want to give compressions socks a go to help with the shin pounding and vibrations on the downhills. 

[kawasa]

Might want to give compressions socks a go to help with the shin pounding and vibrations on the downhills. 

There is no downhill, it's all up. I have often considered those socks, do they actually work?

[Ice Cream]

I would say to do uphill training and repeats:  run the uphills fast, walk downhill (if you need to) and then run uphill again. 
I ran an 8-mile uphill race and trained on our local 6 mile uphill road that was not as steep, but that is all I had.

[Arrojo]

Treadmill at extreme incline

This.  Hill repeats aren't as good, since you have to keep running downhill.