Originally Posted by furiousferret

The biggest thing I would recommend is to find someone to ride with; you're going to get shelled with that profile if you cannot hold a wheel for the flat part of the race. The race will be 10x easier if you can stay with the pack; if not its going to be long slog to the end. Good luck and have fun.

Also with about 2 weeks to go until the race you need a training montage; that's really the only way to win on such short notice. It worked for Rocky and all the other great champions, and it'll work for you.