Spinning is wonderful.

One time in my youth, I had a job carrying stuff around a large aerospace factory. I was fast.

In the building next door, there was a fellow with a similar job. We were both the fastest walkers in our respective buildings. One time we met at the start of the main long hallway of my building. The race was on to the other end of the building. He was six inches taller than me and used his stride to pull away.

That's when I pulled out my secret weapon. I used my spinning skills from bicycling and told myself that at one moment, I would double my pace, dropping a gear as it were, and I did. Suddenly, I went zipping out ahead of him. He was astonished, and the question of who was fastest was settled.