Horribly Hillly Hundreds Part 1

Recently I signed up and won the lottery for the Horribly Hilly Hundreds bike ride out of Blue Mounds, WI.  This was the first year that the lottery was done on Active.com.  I was happy as I got selected.  Later that night, many "entry wanted" showed up on the local Craigslist.  Now that I'm signed up I did some research on what to expect.  Here were some of the more helpful results:
Lazy Marathoner
Learn Fitness
I Ride Courage
Epic Ski
Bills Magical Mystery Tour

After reading some of these blog posts, I need to get some better gear and get training!