Originally Posted by
hamster
Maybe everyone's different, but I used to commute to work by bike 5 days a week and it didn't work out too well for me. The furthest I ever got was on that schedule was, I think, 25 miles. No time for recovery means you're neither gaining performance nor endurance.
How long was your commute?
When I was heavily into Randonneuring I commuted 13.6 km round trip, 4-5 days a week, plus some evening rides (on Wednesdays I aimed to ride anywhere from 50 to 80 km), and then I did long rides on the weekend. I would definitely take a day or two off after a randonnee for recovery, before starting my regular commute again.
When my commute grew to 70 km round trip, I could only manage that 3x per week, at most, plus long rides on the weekend.
So ... 7 days in a row is your longest consecutive stretch of riding? Have you only done that once?
I like to do several 8-10 day stretches during a summer ... part of that is because I hate passing up good weather.
