Oh Lisa - You make me soooo jealous! Not because you get to ride when it's cloudy, gusty and 27 degrees....nope....but because you get to ride during the week at all. My work hours and the short days keep me off the road except on weekends. I do get on the trainer during the week but somehow staring at that same spot on the wall - ipod or not - gets pretty tedious.
Ditto the above. You'd think living in CA I'd get out more than I do in the cold weather months. But weekdays I leave the house at 7 am and get home at 6 pm. Riding on the road is relegated to the weekends. We're doing some remodeling and at the moment, and with the holidays rapidly approaching, the weekends are full of projects. My trainer seems to be it lately and I get up at 4:30 am to put in an hour of that. I'm not a morning person so it takes me nearly 30 minutes just to get up, splash my face, dress, and stumble down to the cold garage . Not fun, but better than nothing. I have a number of iPod playlists for cycling and have various workouts - high cadence, intervals, "hills" - propped up on an old aerobics step, etc. Sometimes I just work on technique like pedal stroke and relaxation. Yes, it can be boring. Insert big sigh here.

Lisa, you are fortunate to work at home and seem to be able to schedule daily rides into your day. I have to admire your fortitude bundling up and getting out there in the cold and wind. I'm not sure I would do that even if I could!

five one - already looking forward to daylight savings time