Originally Posted by
c_bake
I will continue to do some of the local climbs around Boulder such as Flagstaff, Sunshine, Ward, Super Jamestown in addition to a few rides up Mt. Evans later in June and early July. I also plan to do some light cycling/relaxing/carb loading in Leadville days before the race in hope the altitude acclimatization helps. I've ridden Mt. Evans many times and it seems above 11K-12k feet I start to fade. Those last few switchbacks are killer.
I did this race last year for the first time and my best advice is to at least ride the route once before race day. I didn't, and blew myself up fairly quickly and barely made it up to the top. I think the plan by c_bake is really good. I just did Ride the Rockies, so I feel pretty good about the amount of climbing I've done so far. I definitely want to ride up Evans a couple times in July prior to race day, and get some more threshold rides up Deer Creek in the next few weeks.