"Quick Take: For this post, stacking means two rides in one day-morning and evening-so I practice riding when I'm not perfectly fresh. It prepares me for 7 straight days of touring without destroying myself in training. I'm training for a 7-day, 470-mile Mississippi River tour where the real test isn't day one-it's day five. By then your legs have opinions, your energy fluctuates, and your mind starts negotiating."
"Ride 1 (morning): Controlled effort. Touring pace. Ride 2 (evening): Go again with some fatigue already in the system. Touring forces you to keep moving when you're not fresh. Stacking trains that reality in a safer way. Important: I train the way I tour. A tour is a ride, not a race. I don't attack hills. I keep the pedals turning and ride to the next town."
The plan divides a tour day into two rides: a controlled morning ride at touring pace and an evening ride performed with some accumulated fatigue. Training targets resilience for a 7-day, 470-mile Mississippi River tour where later days are the real challenge. The rider is 70 with a solid base and increases stacked miles gradually across a ten-week schedule. Weeks alternate stack sequences and normal training weeks, with stack day miles progressing from 20/20 up to 30/35 and a final week emphasizing two consecutive 60–65 mile rides. Rest days are incorporated.
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