Posts Tagged ‘cycling’

Went spinning today.

A 1 ½ hour tough cycling work-out. Every minute was a joy and a pain and as I pushed on and ‘upped the effort’ again and again throughout the workout I reflected on the support that our coach Chris was giving us.  He intuitively knew when to drive us on, when to offer hope (that we were nearly at the end of an exercise), when to crack a joke and encourage us to smile and when to bring on a whoop or cheer of exhilaration when we’d completed a specially grueling minute. Every single time I began to feel like lessening the effort or to believe I couldn’t go on, he would cut through my negative thinking with a change of pace (usually harder or faster!) and just the right kind of challenge or support. The music helped to drive the pace and the atmosphere of camaraderie that Chris created stopped me from getting off the bike and leaving the room. So I completed the workout and now feel great for it. And although I did all the work myself, I know there is NO WAY I could have done it alone. Left to my own devices I know I would have stopped after the second track (6 minutes in) when my muscles began screaming to stop.

Thanks for ‘keeping me on in there’ Chris!