Jur,
I love climbing, but I'm not that good at it, however with
distance riding like Bgo to Geelong or the coast, (160 to 200 kms) I know I can fly up hills before the halfway mark but I'll pay the price for it in the 2nd half, so I discipline myself to pace moderately up the earlier climbs, and not over-hammer it down the other side. I also eat regularily maybe every 40-50kms, Low GI stuff etc, I'm sure you know all this, but it has helped me.
Give me 200kms of undulating terrain and I'm fine all day at a good clip, but I'm already getting the "nervous twinkles" and more, thinking about next years AAC
..............
Maybe I might pick your brain for better climbing techniques to get ready...