I've never raced, but wanted to do the Maratona dles Dolomites ever since I saw their 2006 video http://www.maratona.it/info/video_2006...

Has anyone here ridden this race (or any 1 day mountainous race) and willing to give advice to a complete new-bie? (http://www.maratona.it/info/2005/courses)

All advice is appreciated!