Two Blue Stars and a Comet

Inspiration  with me always appears in a flash of light. And when I looked up in position #41 and saw Carolyn’s eyes, she flashed a lightning like smile and it reminded me of a comet across the sky. You can tell a lot about a person from their eyes and their smile and with the Blue Sapphire you see devotion, dedication and inspiration. I won’t mention the physiology she carries because it’s sinful that someone looks that great.   

 Today in the CS the temperature control was malfunctioning and it felt like a sauna as we came through the glass doors.There must have been a shortage of towels in the locker rooms  because it seemed like  all the riders had bath towels covering the handlebars as if preparing for the impending bath by sweat.    But I soon forgot that as any excuse to ease up on my effort in fact, it was quite the opposite. When I spin with the Blue Sapphire I abandon any thought of holding back. However, I really had to concentrate on my breathing because I was soon out of it, breath I mean but soon I got back on the rhythm of the road and with my breathing as well. My air intake  is still challenging to regulate but I am working on it. 

The CS was a  packed house and it was crossover Sunday because the room  was filled with members of Kristen’s, Mike’s and Tripp’s classes. Even Don Berman made a guest appearance and of course Debbie the Olympian.  No disrespect but Hello Sunday is the best show in town, in my humble opinion. 

The hour disappeared  faster than that comet in Carolyn’s smile but with an effort like that I welcome it just the same. Two blue stars and a comet the Blue Sapphire is truly a celestial display.

Hello Sunday

Next Up: Sunday July 25th with The Blue Sapphire 

Wanted: Dead of Alive

The Blue Sapphire had a nice mix today in her musical selection. And when she started to play Bon Jovi's, Wanted Dead or Alive I thought about the 1958 version played on television by a then obscure actor named Steve McQueen. I admit to having a little bias here as my alter ego is John McQueen. I have often used it as a door opener on the phone or in person and it went like this: John McQueen, like Steve, but John. Years ago I always got a chuckle or a query; Any relation? I used to answer no or a very distant cousin. Today however not many know the King of Cool, Steve McQueen. He was a big star in the 1960's and 1970's and he died rather young of cancer at the age of 50. On the phone I instantly know if someone is under thirty or not because they have no recognition of the name and usually think I am talking about the mythical character in the Die Hard series, John McClane. It's too bad that an actor of that magnitude gets forgotten so easily. Most people think that The Breakfast Club is an old movie.

A packed house for the blue precious stone today and she was spot on with hill climbs that were challenging and she added low resistance speed work that had me approaching the anaerobic state. It's a great combination I think because it focuses on leg strength, endurance and the speed flushes out the legs to fuel recovery. Carolyn might have a different take on it but so far her regimen is working well for me. From the back row I could see my friend Debbie who is so sweet and carries the physiology of an olympian and it gives me a perspective of just how much effort we show for the Blue Sapphire. At one point Carolyn said something about going through the motions, and from my vantage point I couldn't see who was lollygagging. It's near impossible anyway TBS always galvanizes us to bring out even more effort than we think possible every time we spin with her. Hello Sunday! It was a great way to finish up a hot weekend.

Peanut Butter Without Oil

The Sunday version of The Blue Sapphire had me experiencing 'dead legs'. It might have been too many spin classes this week or what Carolyn suggested: I had too much road on in the days preceding. I am never quite satisfied that I have given enough effort when I spin but that idea as I sit here is poppycock . Every session is a mind bending one in terms of concentration, sweat and determination.

Today the Blue Sapphire termed her musical selection 'eclectic' and indeed it was but it was all good from these set of ears. We had a packed house on this very sunny Sunday and from position #2 I could see and hear TBS in very clear tones. I must say I love when she uses her arms as if she is rowing it gives me such a sense that she is so totally engaged with us all.

Peanut butter without oil. It did feel like that today, a good tasting class but there was no fat no oil in this hour because TBS never lets us forget we are here to work and sliding in oil is just not part of her repertoire. Peanut butter without oil, indeed healthy but not so easy to swallow. But if you ask everyone, we like it like that especially in Sundays With Carolyn.

Up close in #2 this heavenly body, The Blue Sapphire, has an amazing constellation dotted with two sparkling blue stars atop her diminutive athletic frame.  

The Third Rail

The Blue Sapphire on her throne looking very regal this 4th of July.  With those eyes of blue flashing it signaled  the pulse of third rail   electricity present in the CS this Sunday morning. It's been about two weeks since an entry in TBS but today it all seemed worth it.  

I was watching her movement today and it was indeed animated as some of our instructors can be but Carolyn had on her dancing shoes today because she had it all going on.  I have a new acronym that describes the Blue Sapphire: PEGS.  Power, energy, grace and speed. There seems to be a fluidity to her classes and I call that grace. The speed is in her wheels of fire as her pedal stroke is but a blur.  Her energy is of the Atomic variety, and it burns like an eternal flame. The power in her lithe form is something she shares freely with us all because it's like a contagion that fills the CS.  Good Morning Sunday! It always is with The Blue Sapphire at the helm.