Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
I say, do it! There are those who feel commuting should be leisurely, that "it's not a race", but I find that the harder I push myself, the happier and more energized I am by the end.
I use my commute to follow a ten week century training schedule with daiiy mileage quotas. It gets me riding more than I would with the routine commute, and enjoy the nice weather, but is a sacrifice of time. After I do the ten weeks, I retrench back to week six for maintainence.