I treat my commute as a “Training Ride” but I can only really do it twice a week, working it in around family commitments and needing to be in certain places by certain times, and on the days I do cycle I’ve got to be out the door by 06:30 at the latest to make it into work at a sensible time…
My Commute is ~50-60 mins each way so that’s probably only about 3.5 hrs riding during the week but it is something, plus any weekend or evening miles I might get in, other commitments allowing…
I suppose I could get up really early (05:00-ish) and do a local loop or something, by the time I’ve gotten back home, had a shower, got changed, sorted out the kids etc I’d probably be running late and be utterly bolloxed for the day…