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I currently do 23.5 miles into work and 33.5 mile return 90% on good back country roads. Takes me 1 and 20mins in the morning and 2 hours back home on average. I've found I can only maintain this twice a week. I could do 3 I think but it tends to be other issues getting in the way of actually riding all the days.
I find the mental tiredness the big issue not actually doing it. I could ride every day but I would not be able to do my job. If you throw some bad weather in it gets pretty tough. However it is the best way for me to get my riding in with very young kids.
Its also full-on night riding up here when I leave the house at 6am. I dont know how long I'll keep it up for when really hard weather hits.
Used to ride 12 miles each way, five days a week. Switched to a job in London that meant;
11 miles to Oxford,
Bus ride to Hillingdon
6 miles to Greenford
Never got below 2hrs each way. I did this two days per week, until I lent my car to a friend for a medical emergency. Then I did the commute daily for two weeks. Four hours travelling was the issue, not the 34 miles. Occasionally I would ride the 58 miles home. Work commitments meant that this dropped off to driving every day.
Now I live 7 miles from work, but bike route is 15 miles in and 9-11 miles home depending on which route I fancy. I ride fixed wheel to make it a little more interesting, and wave to the planes 😆
The problem with mega long commutes is when you have an off day. I was only doing about 7 miles each way, but on a bad day they were the longest 7 miles ever. It's not like you can just think, don't fancy it today.