What have you done instead of riding your bike?

[Thorn]

Instead of biking? Oh, I've been shoveling snow and more snow and then more snow Building up strong arms and back. Looking out the window at great big lake effect-sized flakes...I'll be out for a second and maybe third time today.

Will winter ever end? Nope...got a nice new bike designed for riding on clear, winter roads (wet, but snowless) and the roads haven't been clear since it came home. And, spring will never come....the shop is slowing building up a new Waterford that can't be ridden until late spring. So, no, I don't think the winter will end

But spare time? Nope. I know of no such thing.

[mimitabby]

gosh, Thorn, where do YOU live?
I've been doing more watercolors, socializing kittens, and catching up on household stuff.
I'm also going to a spin class 2-3 times a week, which beats riding on a trainer in the basement.

[limewave]

Riding the trainer.

Our weekly women's ride has switched over to a weekly hiking group. A few more inches of snow and we'll be a snow shoeing/cross country ski group.

And I signed up for a yoga class

[northstar]

Riding on the trainer. Jogging outside. Begging my DH for snowshoes for Xmas.

Oh, and eating a lot.

[mimitabby]

wow, Thorn, according to this map, Wisconsin is the snowiest state!


http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/SnowDepth.html

[short cut sally]

Becoming more and more inactive as the days go on. I hate it. It's my own fault. I procrastinate awful. I eat more. I get lazier and lazier. My clothes are getting tighter. I've bailed out on trying to lose weight, And this is just the beginning of winter. I've decorated though, haven't done that in a couple of years. Have decorated the tree now twice-(have posted a thread about my cat and the destruction of my tree, he's managed to do that another time)! I can't bring myself to ride that stationary bike that I thought was really great up until I realized what a bike should fit like, and I don't have a trainer or rollers. It indeed is going to be a long winter. I wish we would get some snow so at least I could x-c ski or something. Nothing but rain or sleet or ice. YUCK.

[Geonz]

The riding is taking longer - studded tires and the caution in our yuck (which isn't *that* yukky - we've dodged the worst of it) - but I'm still cycling. That's how I get to work.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Becoming more and more inactive as the days go on. I hate it. It's my own fault. I procrastinate awful. I eat more. I get lazier and lazier. My clothes are getting tighter. I've bailed out on trying to lose weight, And this is just the beginning of winter. I've decorated though, haven't done that in a couple of years. Have decorated the tree now twice-(have posted a thread about my cat and the destruction of my tree, he's managed to do that another time)! I can't bring myself to ride that stationary bike that I thought was really great up until I realized what a bike should fit like, and I don't have a trainer or rollers. It indeed is going to be a long winter. I wish we would get some snow so at least I could x-c ski or something. Nothing but rain or sleet or ice. YUCK.

Shelly, If i lived closer to you I would take you on my 3 mile brisk walk around the town where I live. Even when it's cold and grey and drizzly, I'll bundle up and get my lazy butt out of the house and go for a walk. Do you have any friends or acquaintances that you could set up walking dates with? It's very motivating and fun to have someone to walk with.

[Thorn]

I live in Wisconsin, Mimi (20 minutes from Waterford)...right now the standing joke is "well, it didn't snow yesterday so today we'll have snow". Can't complain too much--at least we haven't gotten any 12" dumps of snow, but we get enough about every other day that the roads are not getting down to pavement except in the drive lanes. And, it is enough you have to shovel.

We've been in our house for about 15 years...this is looking like it is going to beat out our snowiest winter. Most people don't remember trivial details like that, but since I refuse to buy a snow blower, I can pretty much tell you how deep the drifts at the edges of the driveway were each year. I'm surprised how tall they are given that our biggest single snow fall this year was only 4-5".