As per title anyone on here get up early for a training ride before work?

What sort of time/mileage do you cover? How many times a week do you go out for a ride?

Any stories would be good for motivation.

Thanks

Not me, but I’m not mental, I do all my riding after work.

Depends on the weather but I do about an hour covering 10 miles or so before work.

Regularly, no, but I have been known to get up a bit earlier to squeeze an hour or so in on the road bike. I don’t see it as training though, so only tend to do it if the morning forecast is looking good….and there’s enough daylight.

That said, I’ve not done it in recent months 😳

i have before – i was obsessed with hours on the bike.

I found it hard to get to sleep early enough, so i could wake with enough sleep and ride.

not anymore – other than commuting.

Twice a week, for about three-quarters of an hour, pushing as hard as I can. Not sure you can call it a ‘training’ ride as such, but it keeps the fitness levels topped up.

Unfortunately this morning it was a half hour ride followed by a puncture and a three-quarters of an hour walk 🙁

ME!

Exercise in the morning is great for the soul, not to mention the fitness benefits too!

Even if you just blast around a 8 – 9 mile loop for half an hour, you’re going to be much fitter than not doing so. Once you make it a habit to get out and train, you can gain so much fitness from just an extra hour on the bike.
I tend to do 30 minutes – 1 hour of exercise before work (either a short spin on the road bike, or core workouts, or weights), and then do a proper ride in the afternoon. I tend to do ‘double day’ twice or three times per week, and ride once every other day, other than Friday which is off.

Yes and after work about 4 – 5 times a week. Average 400lm per week and a couple lite gym sessions in evening. Weather is main issue. Start at 0600 finish 1800 – 1900 each day. Work 0800 – 1630. 2 hours morning same evening after work. I make sandwich’s at 20:30 in bed by 2100 2130.

Not riding but often 25-30 mins running

With limited time I’d go running or on the turbo. Not been since the arrival of blobby jr though!

My commute is 11miles, so depends on how I push it to class if its a training ride or not. Today was recovery ride <130bpm which was surprisingly hard to do tbh. Other days I just smash it all the way, depending on how fresh I am feeling.
I’ll blast it after work later in time for 2 days recovery. #mustgetstronger

I do in the summer, once or twice a week.

my commute is 16miles, which i might stretch to 25miles. at the moment just taking it easy and donig miles rather than pushing it.

I’ve done so in the past, when I could start work late, I’d get up to 2:30hr road rides in.

I wasn’t much use by 4pm but flexi time meant I could leave early 😎

I do more running these days – distance to work is an ideal 5m.

Yeah. I do 20 miles roadwork before, er, work.

Mind you, it’s not “training” – it’s my commute. So I do another 20 miles after work too.

😉

like others have said I dont call it training, its just a longer commute… but only when the light comes up and I’m up for it. Mainly in the summer months when its warm.

have been known to do 5 hours before a 9am start in the summer.
Do 1 hour 4 days a week commuting, but if good weather often strech it to 1.5 or 2 hours.
Often it’s the only time I have to get some decent miles in my legs.

Not for training, but am often found out blatting around Delamere at 04:00hrs..

To be fair, I get by on about 4hrs sleep a night, so tend to make the most of it.

Can do a good couple of hours before home, SSS then work.

Yep – 20 to 40k usually 6-7.30 when wfh twice a week leaving a bigger ride for the weekend.

Will be adding an evening ride in the summer.

Thanks people interesting stuff!

not a training ride (I am not in training for anything) but just riding

regularly go out and do a 20 mile ride on my road bike before (takes around 1 hour) including as many hill climbs and fast hill descents as I can pack into the time / distance)

great fun. if the weather is terrible, I will go out and run 3-4 miles before coming home, getting ready to then ride to work on my short commute

I do but then again i dont start work till 11.50am so is easy.Get a ride in and a lye in 😀

I often get up at 6:30, riding by 7 ish. Will ride for up to 2 hours (luckily I don’t have to be at my desk till 10 and I live a 5 minute ride from work)

In the winter when the trails freeze overnight, but warm up during the day – it’s by far the best time to ride

I prefer riding before work – afterwards I’m usually just wanting to veg out or go out.

I struggle for motivation when it’s muddy though.

It’s not really “training” though – just riding cos I like riding

Still struggling to get back into the rhythm of dragging my ass out of bed for a 10 mile loop pre-work. I’d got quite into it a couple of years back going every other morning, but last year was a poor effort on my part, (+ too many minor illnesses one after another!) I’m sure it will get easier when the weather improves (sic).

Used to, back in the racing snake days.

I’d get up at 5:00, out at 5:30, do nearly 2 hours on the road then work from 7:30 until 4:00. Maybe 3 times a week.

I used to do a late shift, from lunchtime until 21:00, and one day did 80 miles before it started. I was tired on the way home..

Crickey Crickey 80 miles before work is good going!

I was think more along the lines of a road ride before work.

Getting covered in mud would be a pain in the arse.

During the better weather and if its not muddy more recently, i go for an hours blast on the mtb straight after my early shift (6-2) 10-14miles loop and i do the same before work when i am on late shift (2-10). I pop the bike on my car and stop off at the local woods/loop on the way to/from work to do it so it only adds an hour or so either end of my day. Did this twice a week religiously in summer not so much in winter but getting back into now plus a weekend ride with more miles. Worked wonders for my fitness.

in the summer i’ve been known to go out biking at 4am – 9am and work at 10am. that was in the past. Now i commute some mornings a week at 4:30am anyway, finish work at 4ish, gym till 6ish train/commute home and be home about 8:45pm ish

Yip, as above not really a training ride but have done up to about 2hrs on the MTB before work. It helps that I have a great locally trail network which can take me on a variety of routes between my house and work, mostlyish offroad.
Great time of the day to ride – I do most of my riding either in the early morning, on the afternoon commute, or in the evening.

Hell yeah.

3.00am wake, back home for 7.45am start.

Often get out for a couple of hours in the morning, up just after 6, few emails etc done, 2hrs on the SS since school-run / commuter traffic makes road riding a bit of a test before 9 – 9.30 am and the woods are such a nice place to be early am. Prefer road riding at night if I want to get some miles in, 7-10pm, steady miles after dinner or a 1.5 – 2hr blast in the summer. Flexi-time riding is great.

8miles to work, so that does for me. Longer rides home though, 8-40miles depending on the weather and what else I have to do.
I used to run at lunchtimes, much to the amusement of my colleagues, just 40mins or so, but haven’t done since I fractured my kneecap in December. hopefully not too long before I can do it again.

I use commuting as a way to get the miles in. have to take it easy through traffic (from SE London to Paddington) but on the clear sections and hills I will push to get the heart rate up.
Carrying kit and a lock adds about 4-6kg which helps from a strength POV too.
Getting to work by bike is a much better start to the day too. Considering it everyday if we get a summer 🙂

mrs antigee goes training with her roadie club at 6am once a week – rather her than me – also does some sort of 6am fitness classes in local park

no, the missus does sometimes or goes with a later morning crew depending on hours.

As I’m home based I popped out for a quick 20km between stuff when the sun was up….

as for motivation try this
http://app.strava.com/challenges/spring-classics-challenge-from-specialized