By the time I get off work it's almost dark. The long sunny, warm, beautiful after work rides are over once again until spring's return in 4-5 months. Of course I will keep doing my weekend rides but my weekday rides are definitely over. So how will I stay fit through the winter? How will I get my time on the "bike"? For me it's back to my gym and my Tuesday and Thursday late afternoon spin class. It got me through last winter and it did help because when spring finally did return I jumped right back into my after work rides without much suffering. I wasn't starting from scratch. Those two weekday spin classes helped. All last winter I did the weekday spin classes and rode on the weekends. I also did snow shoeing throughout the winter months too.

So what is your plan for getting through the dark short winter weekdays when darkness greets you at 4:30 PM? And rain and/or snow?