Milestone: Nasty Names

Yesterday, as I previously indicated, I was completely fried. Just, utterly overwhelmed with everything. I wasn't even sure how well I was going to be able to hold it together to teach spin. I wound up playing this playlist: 

Proud - Heather Small

Dark Horses  -  Switchfoot

If I Had You  -  Adam Lambert

Miss Murder  -  AFI

I'm Not Okay (I Promise)  -  My Chemical Romance

Thnks Fr Th Mmrs  -  Fall Out Boy

Thriller/Heads Will Roll  -  Glee Cast

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Machinehead  -  Bush

Panic Switch  -  Silversun Pickups

Ass Back Home (feat. Neon Hitch)  -  Gym Class Heroes

On My Mind  -  Kalai

Moving On  -  Timmy Curran

The profile was simple. Three rounds of the following: 

3 minutes 30 up/30 down

3 minutes 15 up/15 down

1 minute up, adding resistance and mentally preparing for sprints

30 seconds sprint

1.5 minutes full recovery

30 seconds ramping up

30 second sprint

2 minutes recovery

I'd meant to do 4 sprints on the last round, but we ran out of time. I asked if they wanted longer sprints or longer prep (30/15) and it was unanimously prep. Wimps. 

After class I was logging my hours and one of my regulars came up to me and the following exchange happened: 

her: "what the heck was that?? I thought you said you were off your game tonight!" 

me: "yeah...that's the magic of spin I guess." :-D

her: "I was looking forward to an easier ride when you said you were out of it...at one point I told Dianne, "this is when I really want to call her a bitch!!"" 

So, there it is, folks...my first expletive name calling (to my face anyway) due to a hard ride. I'm going to tuck that ride away for a while and bring it out when I'm feeling particularly nasty again. I thought it was fun. Hard, but fun. 

Suffice it to say, it was another cleansing ride.