do you ride by time or miles?

[F8th637]

I do it by both depending on how much time I have. If I'm cycling after work then I only have a couple of hours of daylight left. I go for what I know I can handle in an hour and get back home and there still be daylight. Since I'm still working on upping my endurance, a lot of my distance is gaged on how far I think I can take myself and get back ok especially knowing that my home is at the top of a series of hills. I don't want to ride out so far that I can't get back and have to call someone to come get me.

[DrBee]

I'm usually limited by time and try to squeeze in as many miles as I can in the time I have. And I, too, will add a few extra minutes to round off the miles.

[li10up]

I just pick a route I want to ride - not really focusing on miles or time (although I am trying to increase the avg speed of my rides)...but the ones I do are at least 20 miles long....so I guess it would be miles...but just more of a ballpark figure not specific mileage.

[GLC1968]

I do both.

During the week, I go by time. When I can ride at lunch, I go as far as I can in the time I have. These miles increase as the season goes on (the routes are pretty much the same).

After work, I go as far as I can in the time I have. Sometimes I'm limited by daylight, sometimes by other commitments.

On the weekends, I go by milage taking into consideration conditions, terrain and my body. Training for mountain centuries, I basically alternate weekends of long (65 - 85 miles) moderately hilly mile routes with shorter (40 - 60 miles), mountainous routes.

I also commute a couple of days a week and I'm trying to adjust my work schedule to allow me to do more.