A lesson in talent risk for Peloton from Ted Lasso

Do I really think Peloton has a Nate in its ranks? Of course not. The point is: Peloton won so many of our hearts and minds through the amazing dedication of it’s talented instructors. As the community grows, can their attentiveness to the audience scale?

Yesterday I found myself in the midst of a busy Saturday morning — I had a course final project to complete, a house to clean and dinner to prep AND I still needed to work out. As I stepped onto my Peloton bike, it told me I should get ready for MY 400th RIDE! I thought to myself, “How could I forget it was today?” and “I need to do a live ride so I can get lots of high fives and an instructor SHOUTOUT!” Oh how I’ve always wanted the elusive shoutout, and with 400 rides, I was most definitely going to get one.

Over the next 60 minutes, I got a killer workout and a ton of high fives, but no shoutout. Am I disappointed? A little, but what happened during the ride made me quite a bit more understanding. People hitting 2000 ride goals. 1000 ride goals. 800 ride goals. 500 ride goals. And just like me 400 ride goals. Out of 3000 people on that live ride, there were probably 50 people who received shoutouts. That’s about 1.5% of the riders.

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