Well, this is the thing, every winter I set a goal of how far I would like to ride that year, and every year something throws a monkey wrench into it.

2006 - crashed, April, missed 6 weeks,
2007 - blew out back at work, April missed 5 weeks
2008 - it snowed from November until it switched to rain in April, rained until November when it switched back to snow.
2009 - see 2008 - got a trainer for the winter though - now just need to start using it.
2010 - hernia operation, June, miss 4 weeks (minimum).

Today it looked perfect, 17℃ and sunny, checked the weather, 30km/h winds, for safety I usually skip it, if the wind is more then 25km/h this time of year, even if you did nothing, but ride the trainer all winter, even moderate wind is something your not ready for 3 rides into the outdoor season. especially when your on a relatively upright mountain bike. Looks like either rain or snow all next week, rain I can deal with, in summer when it's a relatively warm rain, this time of year when the rain is cold, no thanks. Snow, not with the idiots that they hand drivers licences to in this town. So, outdoor this week, back on the trainer next week, been thinking of setting it up in the garage, and riding there for some training, now that it's light out later, even on days where the weather stinks, I could get some ride in. It's too cold out there, in the winter, but I could now or in the summer on off weather days. We don't really have space for indoor riding, maybe if I win the lotto tonight...