One door closes and another opens. A phrase I’ve heard many times growing up. It seemed an apt title to this the last entry in Mr. Mayhem’s blog. There are many memories that I have experienced with the man I grew to be a friend to and love over the course of the last 4 years. Whether it was taking road trips to Scarsdale or the many classes at EQ in Woodbury. Every class was exciting, fun and a great workout. Of course I am talking about Tripp Doherty. Now that he is moving on in the next step in his evolution I bid him fond farewell but not goodbye.
It’s yesterday’s papers but most of you know he’s headed to Lifetime a competing health and fitness establishment but I don’t want to focus on any comparison between our club and the place down the street because this is about the relationship he has built with all of us over the past 7 years.
I remember the first class I took with Tripper back in March of 2010 and when he saw me he sometime later told me he was scared. Scared of me? Really? If I don’t have something nice to say I won’t say it or write it. Obviously with some 265 posts I guess I had a few good things to say. I remember that first ride so vividly it will never be erased from my hard drive. It was in my words Singular in Nature. No one is like him no one.
There are so many outstanding classes that reverberate within all of us. Three that come to mind in my memory were the class when the electricity went out and a member used her car battery to provide the melodies we have become so dependent on to accompany our sessions. It was truly magical. In another I think it was the 830 where the chorus to Sweet Caroline was the loudest I have ever heard. The energy levels broke any record I have felt in the Lavender Palace. Then there was the 4-hour Thanksgiving extravaganza that was filled to capacity. That may have been the defining moment in my mind for Tripp’s classes. He was always giving back and that particular Turkey Day was just so memorable for all that attended. I won’t forget Cindy Goldman standing outside the studio showing us her hoola hoop skills.
I can wax on here but if you’re really interested in what my friend Tripp is all about read some of the stories I have chronicled here.
Good Luck Tripper and I for one will be making a guest appearance one day soon.
