Some "reminders" are a little harder to shake off than others.
Yesterday I got up at the crack of dawn to go to Spin Class. I arrived a few minutes early and started in on all the warm-up rituals. I then slipped on my new biking shoes, mounted the stationary bike and clicked my shoes into the pedals.
An hour later I have turned into a sweet smelling, almost middle-aged man, gushing sweat from every pour. But I'm feeling good. I kept up with the instructor and I thought I looked pretty good in the mirror. New shoes, cool biking shirt and the latest hip shorts.
One-by-one class members begin to get off their bikes and head out.
After one last admiring glance of myself, I stop pedaling and twist my foot to unlock my shoe from the pedal.
It doesn't unlock.
I twist my foot the other way and try again. Nothing. I try the other foot. I try again, again, again...
Nothing. I start to panic.
(This was my tormentor)By now the room is clearing out.
I keep at it, violently twisting and shaking my feet to try and dislodge them without anyone noticing.
Why aren't these shoes working? They worked the last time. What am I doing wrong?
I feel like such an idiot. I'm stuck, trapped on a stationary bike in the middle of the room.
I'm just about ready to reach down and unlace my shoes and just leave them permanently attached to the pedals when I finally get a little movement and work one shoe loose. Now with the extra leverage I get my other foot free. And without looking to see what was wrong I scamper out of there and head home.
Turns out I didn't tighten the clips on the bottom of the shoes. They had come loose and gotten tangled in the pedal mechanism.
You know when I was admiring myself in the mirror? I was pretty far away and the lights were turned down low. That's how you keep the fantasy alive!
4 comments:
You make me laugh!
You are so silly.
Eldon, face it mechanical is not your forte
If I can spin on a bike right next to you, you may have just given me the courage to try spinning. You are hilarious.
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