Well it is official I am medically sick of winter!

"While a person with winter doldrums may have difficulty waking up or getting out of bed at times, someone with seasonal affective disorder can't get to work on time," says Michael Terman, PhD, director of the Winter Depression Program at New York Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center."

I am not sure if it is just me or whether the effects of the weather are getting to me. But I am feeling completely miserable with life at the moment. I am sure a lot of it has to do with the lack of focus on an event, such as the Epic or the fact that the weather is preventing me from getting out on my bike. Now I know that a lot of it is my fault and that my motivation to train at the moment is at an all time low. But it does appear to be a spiraling affect - namely a downwards one! To compound matters, work appears to be going through a tough period which does make motivating myself and the team difficult.

To all of you who are managing to get out on your bikes in winter - I have the utmost respect. I have to do it I know I do - just got to try and get my head around the how. I am contemplating to do the sin of all sin and maybe purchase a spinning bike! That way I will be able to train in the relative warmth of my garage! Do not think the family would allow me to have it in the actual house! Or maybe I should make use of the gym membership - and heaad down the road to the gym.

I must. I must. I must.