
I will be my first time (a 200kms virgin).
What sort of prep do I need?
Food / drink etc?
Would it be worth me downgrading(?) to a compac crankset just for that event?
For training I could from my place (at the bottom of the Waitakeres, Sunnyvale side) over the Waitakeres to Waitakere Village and return x 4 which would give me all hills and 200kms.
There is only one problem with that - I'm bound to be found expired on the side of the road after about 80kms

If (a big if) I could complete that is it just way too many hill kms for the event?