Bloody hell it's been a long time, but I finally managed to get back on my training bike last weekend.  1 hour with no wind and then 2.5 hours back directly in a nasty headwind.  There were a few take aways from this training ride:

(i) need to fix my back brake; very sticky, obviously neglected in my garage in the summer and needs severe re-lubrication.
(ii) I need to get used to my new gears : i changed from a triple to a compact and felt my legs on the small climbs I did
(ii) last one: I am so lucky to live where I do - my ride took me on the following route (I'll try to upload from my Garmin): Cessy, Chevry, Flies, Crozet, Sergy, St Jean, Challex, Dardagny, Russin, Verbois, Meyrin, Mategnin, Prevessin, Segny and back home: wonderful...I love this place!!

Back outside on the bike after a lot of painful (read  boring) evenings and mornings on the turbo...c'est parti!!

Only 81 days to go!