Originally Posted by trace22clawson
Wow! I looked at that schedule. It looks pretty tough! 5 rides over 100 miles in 5 consecutive weeks building up to the double century? I think my body would be hammered. Take a look at the suggested training schedule for the one-day riders for the STP (on page 8):
http://cascade.org/EandR/stp/pdf/stp..._book_2007.pdf
That was the schedule I was planning on doing, plus my daily commute of 15 miles 4-5 days a week. What do you think? That first schedule seems to suggest that I need more training.
The first schedule for a century works. I've used it many times. I don't doubt that the Cascade clubs schedule would also works. It tapers more after the century point. I'd use the first schedule to get me to the century and then maybe switch to the Cascade schedule for preparing for the double.