Whew, new-fangled definitions of quad-centuries...........

If you've already ridden 394, you ought to know is that all you have to do is stay on the bike. 23 hours of 18mph gets you 414, if you have anything left, go do 425 and claim to be RAAM ready.......

A couple of things, if you can borrow 2 or 3 Camelbacks and pre-fill them - do so. Bring at least 5000 cals of comfort foods you don't think you'll eat. Like BBQ chicken, Hamburgers, Burritos, even if you don't eat them, you can trade them to other peoples' crews in return for support and possible "pulls."

Forget about the leaders, just sit on anything going over 18 mph and then ride at 18mph whenever there isn't anything to draft. Go for ride time only, you have no reason to compete in any other way without dedicated support. You'll just hurt yourself early on and make the ride seem harder than it needs to be.

If you ride more than 23 hours out of 24, you'll be successful, relative to 95% percent of the competition, so forget early speed. Having ridden 7 quad centuries, in less than 24hours, I speak from experience.