I know how you feel. It is really icy here and has been forever. We are a bit warmer than you today. Probably will get around 38 high today. Right now it is 29 feels like 22. Tomorrow it is supposed to be high 28, 20-30 mph winds (YAHOO).

I trained 90% of my training on a trainer and in spin class one year for the Arizona mountain bike series. The races always start in January since we do have warm weather down south so us snowbound people have to train indoors alot or travel a lot (which I could never do). The really weird thing was that I actually won my first race of that year racing against people who should have been in prime fitness (it is southern arizona's good training time of the year in the winter.)

So, it can be done, but IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY! For the long slow miles, I would take breaks and watch movies. Otherwise, the rest of the time, I spent listening to really motivating music and doing lots of different kinds of intervals to spice the trainer work up. The spinning classes (2 hours) once a week really helped since there were other people there and it helps to keep you on the bike.

spoke