How do you work bike commuting into your training plan?
My problem is that my commute is pretty hilly so it's tough to use it as a recovery type workout or strictly saddle time. I can easily crank up 20 minutes of Z4+ efforts, 40 if I really work at it (per day). This is unstructured time (those efforts are broken up by distance between hills, intersections, etc), so my dilemma is how much effort to put into commute rides vs. into a structured long ride on the weekend.
I have 3 bikes, none with power -- although I am strongly considering an upgrade for my tri bike (which I do not use for the commute).
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Note to self: increase training load.
My problem is that my commute is pretty hilly so it's tough to use it as a recovery type workout or strictly saddle time. I can easily crank up 20 minutes of Z4+ efforts, 40 if I really work at it (per day). This is unstructured time (those efforts are broken up by distance between hills, intersections, etc), so my dilemma is how much effort to put into commute rides vs. into a structured long ride on the weekend.
I have 3 bikes, none with power -- although I am strongly considering an upgrade for my tri bike (which I do not use for the commute).
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Note to self: increase training load.