longest trainer ride (Page 2)

I'm working out fixing things up so I can play my online poker games while riding the trainer, If I can do these 4hr plus poker tournies online and bike at the same time I'll be quite the happy guy.. at the least get my xbox going while I'm riding.

right now I've got 2 games going, posting on BT and watching the IMFL finishers' .. I love this internet .. thank you al gore 

Haha...you sure have a lot of stuff going on during your rides. Sounds good .

I'd always ride outside in the cold and rain than do long trainer rides. I did buy the IMLP spinnervals which is just shy of 3 hours I plan to do a time or two this winter.

I tend to do intense intervals on the trainer and those tend to be 90 minutes or less but are tough. I'm a strange cyclist in that I get higher power numbers on the trainer than outside...see if that holds up this winter.

Heh... whatever it takes to get it done. I probably spend 80% of my time looking at a bar graph on the spinscan to get my pedal stroke lined out. The TV/music are more for the occasional break than for passing time overall...

I get a much better workout on the Computrainer than I would just riding the same flat stretch of road. And honestly, the day to day flights out to wrecks on the highways where I ride have me a little creeped out. I can be standing on the highway as we're cuting someone out of a car and I know the piece of road from riding my bike through there. Creepy.

Shelly123, vbtrigirl, jdalley and I did several rides in the 2.5-3.0 hr range last winter.  I would NOT have been able to do it without them there.  We watched Spinervals and talked a lot. 

Since we were in a public area in the gym in vbtrigirl's apartment complex, we answered a lot of interesting questions from the locals. 

It's funny to see how people react when they see you spinning when they come in for their workout... and when they leave... and again on their way to their car once they've cleaned up and are on their way out for lunch.... "holy crap, they're STILL IN THERE."

My manager at my old LBS did a ride somewhere in the 12-hour range one snowy day.  Sheesh.

1 1/2 hours...and I can't imagine going longer than that...but I'm sure I will this winter...

I've pretty much stuck to doing Spinervals or I'll watch TV to pass the time.

I made it through 2.5 hours last winter, but thought I was going to die when it was all done.  Made it through MOST of Braveheart.

Slight hi-jack:  It drives my dog crazy when she watches me on the trainer.  She will sit in front of me and bark non-stop.  Yeah, she's not the brightest crayon in the box, but I love her anyway.

I've done 6 hours on my Computrainer a couple times. It's really not that bad if you have a few good movies. In fact, it's one of the few times I find the time to watch movies (aside from the occasional international flight to Asia).

Back in my cycling days I did around 4 hours or so.  Most recent history I made it to 3 two winters ago.

DVD's and video games ......... best way to make it through long trainer days.

I love riding my bike. Just not on the trainer.

I hate the trainer so much that even when I am trying to make it an hour, I usually only make it 50 minutes and then quit.

I don't do well with someone on TV telling me what to do (okay, to be honest I don't do well with having people tell me what to do period ...... .......) so all my workouts are my own.  But I also would ride for the first 3 months of the season indoors averaging close to 1500 miles on the trainer back in my road racing days.  Not anymore .....

There are a lot of differernt trainer workouts out there.  I've made a few up over the years that work specific things and work well for me.

I have specific workouts that I do. So I usually go through the workout which I have written down and then I play a music DVD on the TV or laptop.

I'm lucky that it rarely snows here and there aren't a lot of days that I have to ride inside, so I don't do many workouts on the trainer.

Last year, I went to a spin class where we brought our trainers once a week, so that helped keep me motivated too. It's easier to do it with other people around.

A couple 5 hour and a 6 hour session as my long ride before IMAZ.  The Local YMCA let me use a room to bring my bike and trainer and other's from the club hopped in and out joining me while we watch Ironman DVD's.

In hindsight I don't think it was a very good use of my time.  I was still crushed by the wind in AZ.  This winter every trainer ride has a purpose and a goal for the session.  This makes the time go faster but also more grueling in some cases.