How to integrate commuting in my training plan

[Bryce]

Relevant Podcast Discussion:

Single Events vs. Seasons, Commuting, Explosive Power & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 184

A few relevant threads:

Commuting and Trainer Road?

I am about to start my base phase, medium sweet spot on Tuesday. I cycle 7 miles each way to work Monday to Friday. I try and do these easy but often get carried away on the hills or chasing other people down. Does this relatively short commute detract from my main effort of completing the trainer road session?

Training and commuting

More questions! I commute 8km to and from the office most day, as it gets grimmer I’ll be in the van more but there’s generally commuting most days. Not a bad trip and certainly helps my head after a day driving a desk. My question is how much these spins will mess with the training plans?

Using commute as TR warm-up?

Being a bit time-crunched, my evening schedule is: Ride home from work (25 minutes, 60% FTP normalised with a 1-2 minute push into threshold to get up the last hill). Quickly get into lighter shorts, set up laptop, fill water bottle etc (takes about 5 minutes) Get on turbo trainer and do my weekday TR session (60-75 minutes) Shower, sort out dinner. Having done the commute, is there any reason not to save some time by skipping the warm-up and starting the Trainer Road workout a minute or so b…

Hope this helps