You ride by Virgil the town or Virgil the street? I live on Meredith Rd in the town of Virgil, pretty much roadie heaven out here, must be 10-20 organized rides go down my street a year plus at least two club rides on a weekly basis. It's flat and windy but no pressure from traffic. I sometimes do "the Barrington loop" out of Elgin. That's about 36 miles with some mildly entertaining hills. The challenge on that ride is usually tempo with guys I ride with. We're all friends so we have the roadie unspoken code of try to kill each other.
The Elgin Center has left me underwhelmed to say the least...
Like I said before, I ride a trainer too. Just try to find routines with intervals. Simulated hills and sprints etc. Just sitting on it helps, but not as much.
Name of the gym is called LGN Performance, they're in South Elgin. I have no clue if they have a website but I'm sure they have a phone #.
There you go pal, best I could offer. Hope it helps.