Race on friday; strategy?

I've come up with a good strategy. Run until they tell me I don't have to run anymore.

Race is 100 miles, 3 loops of 53.3 km. Course is a loop, a double figure eight where we hit each aid station twice, I have no crew but I will have drop bag access 17 times (these include major aid stations as well) plus an unmanned water station that we hit once per lap. So 17 aid stations / drop bags, plus 3 water stations.

The course consists of coulees for the first 32ish km of the loop, then river valley flat sections for the last part of the loop. There is about 1000 metre elev gain per loop. And supposedly its all short and steep, so apparently hard to run. Lots of exposed areas (very few trees) so that part is just like running at home, and it is expected to be relatively hot, which I've done a fair bit of heat training this summer. Looking at google earth I feel like the trail conditions are all fairly easy stuff, not much in the way of rocks or roots at all, lots of trail cut into grasslands, just like I'm used to at home. And I don't assess the steepness of the climbs to be all that tough from satellite imagery, but everyone else seems to say it is.

before I did badger in march, I assessed the elev profile, the satellite images, the frequency of aid stations and all that I felt like I was comfortable with the course. The way I assess Lost Soul based on these similar things I feel like Lost Soul is only slightly harder; except as a loop course I shouldn't lose a tonne of time at the end because in theory I shouldn't get lost in the second or third loop. I feel like I can achieve a similar or better result than I did at badger mountain. Either way I will start out the first lap easier than necessary and then start to push once I have a sense of the loop. Fast walk the coulees first lap, faster second lap, hopefully run them third lap. Ramp up the effort level starting after the coulees in the second lap and then hopefully fast finish the last 10-15 km.

I am feeling a little nervous. On one hand, I feel like the way I would on my own assess the race and set out a plan I think I can achieve a result I am looking for. But on the other hand, very good runners tell me this is a harder course than I perceive it to be.

We shall see.