"Stay in the Saddle" is what my spin coach yelled to our group.  She continued on to say how sitting in the saddle is the hardest thing we do sometimes and how we want to get up into 3rd position (standing while riding) so badly when it starts to get hard.  "Fight the urge to go into 3rd.  Stay in the saddle.  You came here for a reason - don't take the easy way out, push, push, push." We need constant encouragement so that we don't jump up into 3rd position. For me, sitting in the saddle is very difficult - in spin class and in life.  I need to be moving around. I chose a job that allows me to get out of the office and look at houses with my clients, attend closings, prospect face-to-face, etc.  I do not do well in the "saddle" for long periods of time.  What I have found, however, is that I need to be stuck in the "saddle" at the office every now and then to be able to get more clients.  It is crucial that I am active on social m

My 22 year-old son recently ran his first marathon in St. George, Utah.  It is a difficult marathon - one of the qualifying marathons for the Boston Marathon.  He started out so excited, and the energy in the air at the starting line was exhilarating.  He started out the marathon strong, but only two miles into the 26.2 miles, his knee started hurting and continued to get worse.  He pushed, and tried to keep up the pace in spite of the pain.  He listened to motivating music and focused on forward movement.  He was really struggling at the 13 mile mark and was getting tired of people passing him.  He decided that the next person who tried to pass him would be his pace setter.  It happened to be a woman named Kristen.  He ran with Kristen for the next 6 miles.  They talked to each other to distract them from the pain and motivated each other along the way.  At around mile 19, my son realized he couldn’t keep up with her any more, so he said, “You’ve got this, Kristen”.  She replied