My love affair

She makes me feel wonderful. My life feels re-energized thanks to her. Every morning I get up at 5:30 and head to our meeting place. I get a little nervous on the way. I never know what she has in store for me each morning. Sometimes it's rough, other times it smooth as silk. Either way she makes me sweat. The good kind of sweat. The kind that takes time to build up to. I get to our meeting place and open the door. A cold air hits and makes me shiver, then I see her. All sleek and shiny, looking the same as I left her the previous day. I walk up to her and give a slight touch. I have to stretch before the action. If I go home limping the wife will question me. I can't have my mornings stop. I'm all stretched now and ready. I take a deep breath and mount her. Time to start pedaling. Gotta work up enough speed to turn her on. And we're off....

I've always heard people say that they fall in love with exercise but I never believed it. They say it's like a drug. I can now concur. I started working out last week and have not been able to pull myself away. I look forward to it. If I miss a day I long for it. As I said above, it's a love-hate kinda thing. For the first 10 minutes or so I hate it. I'm hot and burning all over. But then something great happens. Around the 15 minute mark I take off. My body jumps into another level and I feel unstoppable. Endorphins are a powerful drug. I may need rehab at the end of this journey.