The Energy Vortex

There’s only one way to combat a dark sleet driven Monday morning, and that’s KSC. It just shook off the chill that this early November day had sprung on us

The  opening choreography, was so unique it had me defrosted in short order.  And when a selection I had asked Kristen to play was up next, The Killers and their hit “Human, I was so fired up.  Her last selection, clearly a new favorite of the QoS was Katy Perry’s new smash: “Firework”, and it had me ending the ride breaking the pedal stroke.  What is amazing to me is just how quickly the hour seems to disappear like a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of coffee. I kept looking at the clock thinking I could slow down the passage of time. A watched pot never comes to boil but that old cliche doesn’t work for spin, mainly because I have grown to love it so much.  

Kristen talked about a subject near and dear to my heart, and that was the energy we feel when we are all together in the CS. She can feel it when it’s there and when it’s not.  Some might think we are spinning alone but it’s simply not true. I have spoken about this idea to many of you, and there is definitely an unseen magnetic force when energy is in the room. A young rider next to me named Deb was full of this unseen magic as I could definitely feel her pull of her explosivity. She must have been new to spin, because she was having trouble clipping in and she was asking: How do I get these on? I said it’s just like falling in love, you just have to let it happen. She heard that and she was clipped in. Funny that. 

 I was incredulity yesterday, because I couldn’t believe that I got in online and it was an IT friend whose initials are PC oddly enough that revealed the secret. I have leaked the unadvertised info to just two people and their lips are sealed. Of course those that seem to get in every time may know this little nuance already. I could never figure out why the same people are waiting in line for the last 10 bikes and the same ones that get a bike online with the other 30, are never there in line with us. Oh well maybe we have cracked the code.

Kristen said she never gets out of bed unless she can burn 800 calories. I thought to myself but, I will stay in bed if I can burn 187 calories reaching the peak sensation. Still the ratios are out of balance and those ‘other’ opportunities don’t always present themselves when you want them to. And today she was again at the top of her game, and as I walked out of the studio, I thought I was in Great Neck because I might as well have jumped in a pool I was soaked right through to my shorts. 

Now to Part II of my Monday morning story, included a second class at 945 with Michelle Corso, with the physiology of a sculpted Rodin. I look at this woman and marvel every time I see her. And to think she had four children! Where did they come from? The immaculate conception? She is so self-effacing too. The athlete’s athlete. I have decided to change her class name to The Corso Vortex. A vortex is something that has an angular velocity and not only does Michelle have angles and velocity but she is instinctively gifted as a spin instructor and her mere presence in #41 compel me each time to perform at my level best and beyond. I made it through both classes but tonight my thigh cramped up like a bear trap and I knew instantly I had either not stretched enough or I had lost my mind.