A Thank You Note to a Fitness Instructor

I wrote a thank you note and I wanted to know if it was too personal or weird. Thoughts?

Ignorant: Lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular.

Sorry to say it Michelle, but you’re pretty ignorant. You have no idea how much you have helped me this summer. Sure you may think you’re just doing your job right? But, to me, you have done so much more than teach classes. Everyone has a story, so I’ll just give you a little snipet of mine.
I used to be a runner. I was MVP of my cross-country team, and my relay team went to nationals for track my junior year. I was set to run for college at Emory University. My senior year I was diagnosed with chronic exertional compartment syndrome (an exercise-induced muscle and nerve condition that causes pain, swelling and sometimes even disability in affected muscles of your legs [it’s like shin splints. On crack. That never go away. And get increasingly more painful]). Bottom line: I can’t run until I get surgery.
I joined Lifetime because Hannah basically forced me to so we could work out for prom/ senior week. I was on a pretty good health kick eating right and losing some of the weight I had gained from my lack of running. Then my life got complicated. My mom was admitted in the hospital for emergency surgery. A few weeks after she came home my dad left. A few weeks after that my brother fell ill. I was beside myself. Normally I would run off my frustrations, but I couldn’t. I used food as a coping mechanism. From my junior year to this June I shot up 23 lbs. I was upset and disappointed, and I needed help. Then I found my outlet. I started taking Lifetime classes.
Hannah and I used to call you “the hard one” when we first started taking your classes. Looking back retrospectively we should have called you the most effective one. I like a lot of the classes, but when I take yours I feel so accomplished. I never would have seen myself being able to do 200 squat kicks, but now I look forward to the days when I get to really challenge my body. When I fight through the pain from the never ending knee repeaters, 100 burpees, the minute power move, the 3rd round of the chest progression ect. it makes me feel invincible.
I think a good class starts with the intensity and overall knowledge of the instructor. What separates the good class from the great class though, is the instructor’s ability to turn a seemingly daunting feat into a fun, positive and energetic experience. But I would say that your classes go beyond great because you add in personality and amiability, making them phenomenal classes.
With the help of some great classes taught by the other instructors, and the phenomenal classes taught by you, I was able to better channel my negative energy in a positive way. The classes gave me something to look forward to everyday and confidence to face whatever obstacles I had to deal with at home.
I’m going to miss your classes a lot. They didn’t just assist me in achieving physical goals; they helped me navigate through the mental hurdles that seemed so overpowering. People ask me what I’ll miss when I go to college. When I mention the gym some people give me a weird look or tell me I work out too much. They don’t get it though. They’re ignorant.
I hope you have a great year, and even though my membership ends August 31, I’ll try to find someone to take me as a guest during my breaks back home.