Originally Posted by the sci guy

Keep up what your doing currently and you'll be just fine. Remember you can always SAG a few rest stops and also rest for as long as you want at them. It's not a race and there will be tons of people taking it slow.

Don't stress. You'll be fine. Last year was our first and we did just fine. I trained on my own like you, not nearly as much as I should have but I made it without a problem. My wife did it almost cold turkey because she was working on her thesis.