Originally Posted by
hamster
I say give it a shot, but it's going to be tough. It's not an easy double or a good first double. In part it depends on how good a climber you are. (Not familiar with Death Ride so I'm not sure where 10:30 total time puts you. Have you done Mt Diablo, if so, what's your time on south side?) You should expect spending 15-16 hours, possibly longer, and the last third will be spent cursing yourself for signing up.
Make sure to do maintain steady high mileage up to the week of the event, do carb loading, eat a breakfast on the morning of the double.
I agree, that sounds like a brutal first double. My first 400km brevet was an out-and-back with a total of 450m(!!!) elevation gain. Something along those lines seems more in line with progressing into deep ride territory. A 5000m climbing day is pretty epic.
Also, totally unrelated, but hamster, how do you include your velo viewer sig? Do I not have the BB IMG or URL permissions because I'm so noob here? Or is there a trick?