Well, I've been winning my daily commute to and from work pretty consistently now. It's a about 17k each way, and so not an insignificant effort. All the guys in the office think I'm super cool, even if they don't say so--and especially when I make the trip in the cold &/or rain (up here in Canada, we tend to get a lot of that at this time of year, eh).
But, on a more serious note, it occurred to me that I may not be making the best use of this time on the bike. These days, I have time for about 1 weekday ride, in addition to my daily commute + weekend rides. My route has a few stop lights, but is mainly open road (office is out of town). This means, it's actually one of my few opportunities for some fitness.
My question is, to make best use of this time, what should my training strategy be? I don't know that 2x/day short rides are all that helpful for longer (real) rides.
Anybody else have a long bike commute? How do you pace it?
But, on a more serious note, it occurred to me that I may not be making the best use of this time on the bike. These days, I have time for about 1 weekday ride, in addition to my daily commute + weekend rides. My route has a few stop lights, but is mainly open road (office is out of town). This means, it's actually one of my few opportunities for some fitness.
My question is, to make best use of this time, what should my training strategy be? I don't know that 2x/day short rides are all that helpful for longer (real) rides.
Anybody else have a long bike commute? How do you pace it?