spinnerpom
03-28-2004, 03:18 PM
I've been in kind of a weird place emotionally lately...stress at work, stress at home...I love my job but I'm just not very happy with the rest of my life...you know, the part that really matters, the relationships, how I feel about myself...kinda complicated to go into...but I've been trying not to think about it or think about myself too much and focus my energies elsewhere. Once in a while it catches up to me.
Anyway, I don't know why I felt compelled to mention that part of it, just needing to vent, I guess?
But today, for some reason...maybe I just needed to ride? Maybe I just needed the great energy I get from my riders...
But today was one of those days that makes it all worth it. The time, the cost of the music, the continuing education, the washing 3 loads of black spandex every week.
Every once in a while you get on that bike and you have your riders all on the same road, all climbing the same mountain and pushing the same flat. And you look around and they're all peaceful and focused and smiling and they're with you every step of the way?
And that husband and wife couple, in their very late sixties, who just discovered spinning and LOVE IT, they're looking great in the saddle and you go over and tell them they have beautiful form, and they look like they're about to kiss you...and after class, people come up and say, "I didn't want to come today, but I'm glad I did"...or "the first ten minutes, I wasn't sure I was going to stay but now I feel great" or "that was so motivating" and "the music was so moving..."
Someone came up to me in the locker room after class and commented on how much fun it was, and I said, "yeah, it was fun for me, too" and said, "you know, it never feels like work when I'm in that room, but today...I guess I really picked up on all the energy in the room, I really had fun riding with you guys."
I know this is about our riders, not about us, but MAN did I need it today. And now I'm in my office on a Sunday afternoon and the blues are kickin' back in, and every time I start feeling crappy I think about Al & Sandy, the almost sevent-year-olds and how strong they rode and how appreciative they were afterward....just feels good, you know?
Sara
Anyway, I don't know why I felt compelled to mention that part of it, just needing to vent, I guess?
But today, for some reason...maybe I just needed to ride? Maybe I just needed the great energy I get from my riders...
But today was one of those days that makes it all worth it. The time, the cost of the music, the continuing education, the washing 3 loads of black spandex every week.
Every once in a while you get on that bike and you have your riders all on the same road, all climbing the same mountain and pushing the same flat. And you look around and they're all peaceful and focused and smiling and they're with you every step of the way?
And that husband and wife couple, in their very late sixties, who just discovered spinning and LOVE IT, they're looking great in the saddle and you go over and tell them they have beautiful form, and they look like they're about to kiss you...and after class, people come up and say, "I didn't want to come today, but I'm glad I did"...or "the first ten minutes, I wasn't sure I was going to stay but now I feel great" or "that was so motivating" and "the music was so moving..."
Someone came up to me in the locker room after class and commented on how much fun it was, and I said, "yeah, it was fun for me, too" and said, "you know, it never feels like work when I'm in that room, but today...I guess I really picked up on all the energy in the room, I really had fun riding with you guys."
I know this is about our riders, not about us, but MAN did I need it today. And now I'm in my office on a Sunday afternoon and the blues are kickin' back in, and every time I start feeling crappy I think about Al & Sandy, the almost sevent-year-olds and how strong they rode and how appreciative they were afterward....just feels good, you know?
Sara