Originally Posted by
kiltedcelt
I'm about to take the plunge into full-on commuting to work, mostly because as I try to work in rides after work I find it ends up leaving me little time to do anything else afterwards. I've commuted a couple times and it's no biggie - about 11+ miles each way and I can do it easily in about 40 minutes or less. Mind you there is some pedestrian traffic in some areas of the path I use so that accounts for a slow-ish seeming time. Anyway, I'd still like to get my training in somewhere, but I don't know if it's necessarily a good idea to be hammering intervals on the ride into work.
It's a fine idea and even better on the way home when traffic tends to be lower.
Except on rest weeks I like to ride 2x10 intervals a bit past my lactate threshold on Monday and Thursday evenings, sprint intervals tuesday mornings, and 40 minutes at a tempo pace Tuesday evening.
You're free to detour a bit longer when what you want to do doesn't quite mesh.