I am back from my tour. It was supposed to be ridden with two friends, but when one broke his hip right at the start the other dropped out as well. So it wound up being a solo tour. It was a different tour than I have done before in many ways. I rode slower than on other tours, took fewer breaks than usual, didn't cook, and got a room frequently. All of this was different for me.
I started out with very few miles in for the year since I had been concentrating on running rather than riding. I started with under 200 miles in for the year, but did reasonable mileage right from the start and by the end did a 142 mile day on the last day and still felt pretty good. I guess that trail running can serve as good conditioning for touring as long as you get some minimal saddle time in.
Check out my journal at
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/StaehlingSantaFe2009 if you are interested in more details or seeing the pictures.