PhilBixby wrote:"...doing 3 x 2hr sessions on the turbo..."
I am humbled... ...but...
"...can't say I felt it did me any good..."
...strongly suggest a glance at my "T*rb*!" posting! Shorter, sharper sessions will probably do more good than grinding away for hours, assuming that the current cold snap is reasonably finite and you can get back to the long steady distance stuff within a week or so.
Phil here is my training regime that I did for the 1st session on Saturday and on Sunday - but I did both sessions twice, making it 20 minutes on each activity
10 min warm up low res med gear
10 mins alt between each leg. 1 min each leg, low res low gear 2 mins rest
10 hill at 1 min in 1 min out high res low gear 2 min rest
10 min sprint @ 30 sec sprint 1.5 min rest med res med gear 2 min rest
10 min tt med res high gear
10 min warm down low res low gear
2nd session Saturday was a big gear on low resistance which I cut short at 1hr 40
I am no expert on the use of Turbo trainers but I got this from a cycling buddy who swears by it - any thoughts!