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John,
Is not only the miles that count in the training. It is time spend in the saddle and how much your brain willl tell you to keep pedaling and not stop. My suggestion is to spin for a few hours a day and push a fairly big gear for one or two day out of the week to build muscle to combat cramps. Oh yeah, you will get those. This way, you save your legs for the climbs. Spin easy gears as much as you can.
I did LA to San Diego once with 5 other guys I use to race with. We were all in pretty good shape. I average 3-400 miles a week during season. the distance and time on the saddle was just killing me. The other bastards try to kill me too along the way also. We were all trying to kill each other. We big ring for about 80 miles pulling double pace line all the way down past Camp Pendleton. I was done going over the big (All hills seem big after you have been beaten down )hill at the college right before entering San Diego. Didn't have it in my head and legs. I dropped it down to a 42x17 and spun all the way to the train station with my head down in shame.
You will have fun in this ride.
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