Spinning is coming to an end

I’m not a cold weather cyclist, once the first snow hits that it for me I pack up the bikes and hibernate till spring. Which means that I suffer like crazy every spring trying to get my legs and lungs back into shape, the first month on the road is always hell.
Last year I put in just over 5,000 km in preparation for this years Tour and I didn’t want to loose to much of that conditioning so I took up spin classes two three times a week together with Evelyn ( she has actually got hooked on it and goes more often then I do !!! ). I must say it has helped immensely because the first rides this year were actually quite pleasurable instead of the usual hell on wheels.
I was going to supplement the spinning by putting my bike on the trainer at home and pedal while watching the Toronto Maple Leafs , but I find it so boring that I hardly pedaled at all , instead the bike spent the winter in the living room looking pretty !!!, oh well it’s the thought that count , right ?. Then maybe the problem was that I should have picked different hockey team to watch !!!

Here is the brake down of the winter training so far:

3 Jan … home trainer … 1 hour
6 Jan … Spin class …… 45 min
8 Jan … Spin class …… 45 min
11 Jan … Spin class …… 1 hour
13 Jan … Spin class …… 45 min
17 Jan … home trainer … 30 min
18 Jan … Spin class …… 1 hour
25 Jan … Spin class …… 1 hour
27 Jan … Spin class …… 45 min
30 Jan … home trainer … 1 hour
1 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
3 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
8 Feb … Spin class …… 1 hour
10 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
11 Feb … home trainer … 45 min
12 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
17 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
19 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
21 Feb … home trainer … 45 min
22 Feb … Spin class …… 1 hour
24 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
26 Feb … Spin class …… 45 min
1 Mar … Spin class …… 45 min
3 Mar … Spin class …… 45 min
5 Mar … Spin class …… 45 min
6 Mar … Rode outdoors
7 Mar … Rode outdoors
8 Mar … Spin class …… 1 hour
9 Mar … Rode outdoors
10 Mar … Spin class …… 45 min
11 Mar … Rode outdoors
10 Mar … Spin class …… 45 min
12 Mar … Spin class …… 45 min
15 Mar … Spin class …… 1 hour

This will probably be my last week of spin classes, with the time change I’ll be able to get out more and do some real riding !!!!. Got to get going, after all there is just over 3 month to go and 1,864 km of training to do before the great adventure starts !!!.