Originally Posted by
caloso
How do you define a training ride that happens to start or end at work? For example, several times a week, I leave my house, ride to the office parking lot, drop off my backpack in my bike locker, ride to meet my training partner and ride our workout, then ride back to the office to start my workday. Other times, I ride from the office to my house, taking a long detour to complete an interval set.
I don't know what I would consider the primary purpose of these rides. They have two equally important purposes: I need to train and I need to get between the house and the office.
I do something similar in the summer: the shortest distance from home to work is 5km but I generally ride a 20km route for extra fitness and when I need to, a 42km route (I once did 55km but it has to be a good ride to be able to get into work on time for a quick shower beforehand).
Let's say that because you end your morning ride at work and you begin your afternoon ride from work, let's just call them commuting.
Just out of curiousity, if you "participate" in the commuting mileage thread, do you split the commuting/training portions of the distances or do you consider it all training or all commuting?
Ah, wait a sec, here's an option. Given that you commute to work and then go for a training ride, let's call that 2 rides with different purposes.