Just look at his butt!

This was the theme of my Spin class today...
Let me explain. When I get to class - first, of course, so I can pick out the best bike for my ride - I survey the room, I watch who is coming in, find a bike and settle in.
I typically quickly make my personal adjustments, get on and spin for 10-15 minutes, use the potty and then class begins.
All was as expected today, down to my exit for the restroom...
As I re-entered the room I realized that my ride was in for a bit of a bump.
Tall hairy man had seated himself on the bike directly in front of me! Crap!
The way the bikes were positioned I couldn't see the instructor (my awesome Dad today) or most importantly, my "focal point".
I have a spot on the wall behind the instructor where I look to focus while I ride. I learned this was important for me to "get in my groove" after a class where I had to stare at a woman's lacey underwear waist band for an hour. I couldn't look away...it was there, right in front of me...why was she wearing them? How could they be comfortable? The looked like mylon and totally must be sweaty and binding...ugh, that was the worst and I have totally avoided seating myself anywhere near her since.
Anyway, it was too late to change bikes or it would mess up my organized mojo, so there I was...
Class started and I struggled looking around - the floor, the wall off to one side, the ceiling...I couldn't get into my zone.
Then I decided to just look at his butt. It wasn't a great butt (frown) and thankfully he wasn't in lycra bike shorts, but a focal point it was none the less.
I felt kind of weird using his butt as my focal point with his wife sitting right next to him. Did she see me? If she did, maybe she felt proud that I was staring at his butt. She was tiny and I could take her out if she got difficult.
So 45 minutes of cycling while focusing on another woman's husband butt later, we were done.
Should I have thanked him? How would I even begin that conversation.
It was a great class today but I think in the future I need to be better prepared.
Run safe, run happy!
-d