--- In kom_@yahoogroups.com, "Llewellyn" <hombre67@o...> wrote:
> I'm thinking of doing La Marmotte next year. I think the most I've
> done is three cols in one day on the Raid Pyreneen, which I
> completed this year. I'm a fit triathlete and intend to be out for
> six hours on the bike most weekends over the winter followed by
some
> speed training in the spring

If a fit triathlete means a winning triathlete then you will do fine.
If not, then do try to do a few long climbs between spring and
summer. In any case I recommend that you put in at least
one "practice" randonneur event beforehand - there are lots of ways
you can blow a race like Marmotte even if your training is perfect.
Try out your planned bike, breakfast routine, clothes, climbing pace,
nutrition stragegy u.s.w. Something about a month earlier with 3600m
total climb would be ideal.

Good Luck!
Brian