Originally Posted by
Reynolds
Thanks all. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, my question was if adding commuting time to training time would do any harm, as cvskates wrote.
No. I ride 2-2.5 hours of Z1 for my on-the-bike rest days (it makes me more relaxed) and it works fine. Obviously you need the discipline to go slow enough to recover, even if children fly past on tricycles. Treat it as a game if you need to - I was thrilled to average 95 bpm. It also counts as volume for fatigue purposes so don't increase your weekly total riding time too quickly.
Do you think it'd be better to skip th Z3 workout and do more Z2 instead?
Yes. Keep it below your aerobic threshold and you'll raise that so you can ride a fast century no problems, or above your anaerobic threshold so you can ride fast for shorter distances.