Quote Originally Posted by Zeek View Post
Yep you are right. I was out of line. Apologies, Funhog. My comment was a bit harsh. Please forgive.
Absolutely, Zeek, no worries. I know how passionate some people are about Johnny, and don't get me wrong, I dig the guy and knew him and trained with him for many years. I thank him weekly for bringing Spinning to the world, because he was the brainchild behind this whole program that we all love. It's brought health and fitness and joy and high performance to millions. But the program wasn't only Johnny, and that's what I mean is it can survive and thrive without him. It has to, and that's the goal of the Master Instructors. None of us can be like Johnny - no one can ever be quite like Johnny!! But we can share our love for what we do and inspire others to share that with their students.

He was a pretty sick puppy when he left with some pretty serious heart issues. Thank God he's doing much much better (ANd he's got another great program on the horizon...).

I am working on my workshops for the Spinning conference in Miami in 2 months, and putting together my playlists (I even have a playlist on my iPod called "Potential WSSC 2008 songs" and was playing it tonight at dinner). Even this far ahead, in fact beginning months ago, I've been planning my music and cueing. It's kicka$$ at that conference, and so much fun and a whole lotta learning going on. If anyone here is an instructor, there is simply no better way to put your teaching into hyperdrive than going to WSSC!