How many miles did you ride this week?

[Becky]

Do people include commuting miles, a.k.a junk miles in their training calculations?

Commuting miles are junk miles?

My commutes are the most intense rides of the week. Weekend rides might be longer, but they're definitely less intense. Each has its own purpose from a training perspective.

[tulip]

I don't consider commuter miles junk miles at all. Commuting by bike is the best way to work cycling into daily life. When I worked at an office, I commuted 28 miles nearly every day. I hardly consider 100 miles before the weekend junk.

Working from home sure does put a dent in riding! Well, you say, you can just go out for a ride whenever you want to! Well, that's what I said, too! Uh, work is busy and it would be easier to get my miles from commuting.

[Crankin]

I never considered my commuting miles junk... at 28.5 miles RT twice a week, those miles upped my total considerably.

[Geonz]

Commuting miles are junk miles?

My commutes are the most intense rides of the week. Weekend rides might be longer, but they're definitely less intense. Each has its own purpose from a training perspective.

Hey, when somebody starts a thread saying "Is that a lot?" they are already trying to Rank Things, which usually goes along with needing to label somethings as Not Worthy.

[Becky]

Sue, you're absolutely right

[aquamoose32]

Hey, when somebody starts a thread saying "Is that a lot?" they are already trying to Rank Things, which usually goes along with needing to label somethings as Not Worthy.

Everyone comes to this forum for different reasons, but we all share an interest in some form of a bicycle. If you are racing or trying to train to compete it is nice to know what types of miles others are doing and how they quantify those miles, if you riding to commute this is quite possibly irrelevant miles are miles. Take it with a grain of salt; if you love your bike you and all your miles are worthy of everything in my book!

[maillotpois]

You rode 378 miles in ONE WEEKEND??? Man, I look like a beginner! Haha I want your training schedule and to be able to get up to that. I usually do about 30-50 miles every other day. I'm tired at the end of the week! 30 miles is fine for me, 50 I am tired. How do I get up to 378?

Do people include commuting miles, a.k.a junk miles in their training calculations?

34 hours to be exact. It was the last ride in a brevet series I did this year: 200, 300, 400 and then 600k. I actually did 3 200ks and 2 300ks as well as a hard double century and the 400k leading up to this ride. I don't ride outdoors during the week at all - I rely on high intensity computrainer interval training at a training center I belong to. My long rides are on the weekend. And they are long.

And I wouldn't say commute miles are junk at all. They're a mainstay of my husband's training schedule.

[aquamoose32]

34 hours to be exact. It was the last ride in a brevet series I did this year: 200, 300, 400 and then 600k. I actually did 3 200ks and 2 300ks as well as a hard double century and the 400k leading up to this ride. I don't ride outdoors during the week at all - I rely on high intensity computrainer interval training at a training center I belong to. My long rides are on the weekend. And they are long.

And I wouldn't say commute miles are junk at all. They're a mainstay of my husband's training schedule.

WOW Congrats on the Brevet series!!!! The thing about commute miles is at least in my town of San Francisco, there is A LOT OF STOPPING. So I may ride 7 miles to work, but it takes me over an hour with all the traffic of cars and dodging pedestrians ect.

This week I rode: 30 miles on wednesday, 40 miles on thurs, 35 miles on friday, 20 miles on sunday, 40 miles on monday, 35 miles on tuesday. All at least 2000 ft of climbing per day. Wow 200 exactly! Is this a bad training schedule since they are all about the same distance? The problem is I just like to ride. I am not training for anything, but I do want to be fast if I want beat someone up the hill!