While on the eliptical at the gym, I was tiring and ready to quit and move on to the weight circuit.I just wasn't feeling it today; the front of my calves have been sooo achy..but this lovely older woman, about 60ish, gets on the machine near me and starts kicking some eliptical butt! I felt like I HAD to keep going then and did another 10 minutes or so....
Afterwards, I was doing upper body and core in the circuit training section and I happened to see the same woman. I told her how she had encouraged me to keep going and she was so sweet and appreciated hearing that! Then she tells me she works out to keep her figure good for polka dancing! (we have a large Polish populous in the area) And that she's not 60 at all. She is 82! I told her she looked good for ANY age! She told me exercise is a life thing and it will make everything better...and then she squeezed my chin and told me I was beautiful. I think I nearly welled up with tears. It's the closest thing I've had to a grandmother in years...
It's so good to randomly meet nice people
