Haven’t read the thread so apologies if similar said already, but one morning a week a do half an hour on the rollers, straight out of bed (ish). Alarm at 7, yawn/pee/kit on/quick coffee/fanny about sorting music/bike/rollers out I’m actually on them for about 7:30.

I then do warm up of

1 minute just spinning
10 secs fast spinning/10 sec easy spinning
20 secs fast spinning/20 sec easy spinning
30 secs fast spinning/30 sec easy spinning
40 secs fast spinning/40 sec easy spinning
50 secs fast spinning/50 sec easy spinning
1 min fast spinning/1 min easy spinning

then into ‘main’ exercise of eight reps of

40 secs hard as I can, in highest gear, 20 secs easy spinning in lower gear.

Finish with five minute easy-spinning cool down

I think that’s 21 minutes total, but it’s knackering.

Ten minutes stretching/cooling down/having another coffee then hit the shower, get dressed, go to work.

No breakfast (but the I don’t eat breakfast anyway, I find it’s the best way for me to maintain a reasonable weight)

I commute by bike but in Glasgow over the winter its dark, wet, cold and windy and generally not all that pleasant. Its not the weather that really gets to me but the darkness.

The dark never really bothered me. I actually feel pretty safe with 2 lights at both ends and plenty of reflectives. I think you stand out a lot more on a dark night than on a dreich day in the daylight hours.

Icy roads were what really put me off

The dark never really bothered me. I actually feel pretty safe with 2 lights at both ends and plenty of reflectives. I think you stand out a lot more on a dark night than on a dreich day in the daylight hours.

I’m the same. I feel less visible in daylight, in the rain than I do in the dark nights. I like riding in the dark.