Went to the gym this morning to jump on the treadmill. Seems like all the other gym members had the same idea. Someone was on my favorite treadmill, but the one next to it was open. Several treadmills were out of order, so almost all working treadmills were being used. I ran an uneventful 5 miles while I watched various shows. Then I started running into problems ...
I paused my treadmill at 5 miles so I could fill my water. I walked swiftly to the bathroom, filled my water, and got back to my treadmill just as it cut off. No worries, I thought. I'll just restart ... wrong. The treadmill rose to the full incline position and stuck. It displayed an error, and said the incline wasn't working, but I could still use the treadmill (in a full incline ... no way!). I looked around after trying to restart the treadmill 3-4 times. All the other treadmills were being used. Bummer! I jumped on the elliptical and contemplated what to do. Then I noticed someone finishing their workout and wiping down the machine, but no, someone else jumped on. A few minutes later another machine opened up and hopped on it like a rabbit on a carrot.
It was the kind of treadmill with a fan ... I forgot how wonderful that could be. I decided to do some speed intervals, and thats when I found out the 'reduce speed' button didn't work. I got the machine up to an 8:30ish pace for a quarter mile, then when I tried to decrease speed, it wouldnt. I had to jump off and press my thumbnail in as hard as I could to get it to slow down. I did 3 speed intervals adding up to 3 miles, then decided do some core work.
I went over to the only area for doing floor work, which is right outside the aerobic room. The aerobic room door was open with the music soooo loud, I couldn't hear my music with my headphones in my ears, being held down with a headband covering my ears.
I've learned to never go to the gym, on a saturday, after two days of snow. OR just wait until 11:30 because by the time I left, so was everybody else ... go figure :P
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