phox50's Journal

my favorite gym teacher
Nov 04 2009 15:36

Today I really didn’t want to go to the gym. I have a busy day and couldn’t go to my regular class and was going to a class I didn’t love instead. Turns out that one of my favorite teachers, who left the gym 7 months ago for a Turkey to Tajikistan trek, was substituting. She finished (survived) the trek and has been back for a month. The gym hasn’t been able to give her back her old time slot. It was wonderful seeing her and I enjoyed the class. So I got an extra reward for dragging myself to the gym. Amazing enterprise, amazing courage, to plan and carry out a trip like that. She set off with her new husband, planned and mapped the whole thing themselves. She studied Russian for a year to prepare for the trip. Besides teaching aerobics, her hobby, she has a PhD in oceanography. What a woman!! So I left the gym inspired and pumped.