With the onset of winter and the end of daylight savings time, my weekday riding time is gone. Sad Andy. No longer can I come home from work and get out on the road for a couple of hours in the evening. I’m therefore relegated to weekends on the road and weekdays on the indoor trainer.

Riding the trainer is pretty much drudgery for me. Doesn’t matter if I put on a movie, watch the news, or even a Robbie Ventura training vid, I’m never happy to be on the trainer for more than an hour. I’ve done 2.5 hours on occasion, but that’s just not something I can stomach very often. Plus, I can’t get too distracted because I’m not just mindlessly spinning either. I’ve got power to maintain, intervals to do, and time to monitor for all of it. On the road that’s easy, on the trainer it’s just boring work. So these days I cherish the weekend rides where I can get out and feel the sun (and cold wind) on my face.

Mileage goes down with more trainer-focused riding. Maybe I’ll up my weekend rides a bit. Mostly, I’ll just look forward to the lengthening, warmer days of spring.