Does commuting count as training?

Remember to turn left at the lights and you'll be fine.

If I didnt ride to work Id be a lot less fit, and therefore worse at racing. SO, although not training as such, contributes to my fitness and activity levels.

Oh, but what I did learn from this is how much absolute trash people talk about their commute
"yeah, my commute is 40miles a day" "yah, yah, MINE is ten miles each way"

I go to the depths of zone 6 every day - the countryside! - and I struggle to put in more than 12miles each way! Forum, I'm calling you out!

Uxbridge - Old Street

18.5 miles each way, do I win yet?

Remember to turn left at the lights and you'll be fine.

Uxbridge - Old Street

18.5 miles each way, do I win yet?

I was doing 52 miles a day for a lot of last year, but now I have a 3 mile commute, so I am no longer a contender.

Just got to work and logged in. 2 miles @ 13-15mph. Flushed a little lactate out of the legs. Mmm, nice. [/jazzclub]

Uxbridge - Old Street

18.5 miles each way, do I win yet?

Horsforth to wakefield.18.5 miles each way... fixed 78 gi.

Question is, what's your elevation gain?

Pretty much bollock all, though I do do it on a 25kg beach cruiser on tyres at 25psi

I've chopped my commute down recently, catching the train closer to work, then putting in some decent intervals on the remaining leg.
I have dropped 90 miles a week from doing this - after realising that whilst my fitness is very good, its not very functional now for my track ambitions....

To bring this thread into the modern age... What about if commuting on an e-Bike?

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Yes, yes it does..

Reassuring, I'll be on top form if I ever get back to the track then thanks to Swytch #gainz

My training is almost exclusively commuting. 40km total, heavy ass bike. It sorts me right out.