Originally Posted by prj71

Despite all that...To me it still sounds better than the trainer. Especially since you got to see the sun rise, you missed two work meetings (awww shucks) and you were immersed in the real world!!!

Now if that was me...

5:30am: alarm goes off. Wake up, put on all my cold weather biking gear and get my fat bike out of my garage and loaded into my truck.
6:00am: I'm heading out - 15 minutes to the trail. Park, get the bike out of the car and get the rest of my gear on.
6:20am: Ready to rock - Hit the trail on the snow and start riding a ~20ish mile loop. It's still dark out and 24 degrees and yeah!!!! - beats staring at a "virtual screen"!!!
6:4am: Sun is coming up. So nice to see.
~9:30am: Completed the loop and back at the car. Load up bike, take off wet gear and head back home.
9:40am: Head back home. There is no traffic so it's 15 minutes to get back home.
9:55am: Hit the shower and grab some breakfast and a coffee and think about the wonderful morning I had riding.

Benefits of living in a rural area and no city traffic.