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Old 04-20-12, 01:17 PM
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chasm54
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I commuted at varying distances for many years. The longest was a 58 mile round trip, and I found that I did best if I did that only four rather than five days, taking the train or the car on Wednesday. This plus one decent ride at a weekend meant I was doing close to 300 miles per week. I was pretty fit.

25 miles each way is long enough for you to play around with it, do some of the journeys in Z1/z2, make one of them a tempo session, and so on. Great training.

My most recent commute was 16 miles each way, still a decent distance but I found I didn't need the rest day for that one.

As for nutrition, I'm with the big breakfast brigade.
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