The Treadmill of Death

So, let me tell you a story. It's a fun story for those of us that enjoy working out, but not so much on a treadmill, because there's not much variety, right?

We have a VERY OLD treadmill at our house, and I repeat, VERY OLD! We are lucky it even runs anymore, that's how old it is! A few months ago, I wanted to walk on the treadmill, so I went downstairs, and it was my first time using this treadmill since I was like 12. In 5 minutes I was totally wiped out, mainly because it was on an incline. YES, DAD, AN INCLINE! (Dad liked to claim it wasn't on an incline. Notice he never used the treadmill to figure it out.) But, thankfully, Dad fixed it a few weeks ago so that we could use it again. Sweet!

That was just the set-up for my actual story.

Tonight, I got to see a friend that I won't get to see much for a while, since she is marching drum corps this summer. So I went to visit her (she was getting her hair done at mom's salon), and we wound up talking for like an hour and a half before I finally left. So I STILL hadn't gotten in my workout. I picked up Subway for dad and I, and the whole way home I was trying to think of how to get my workout in. It's Survivor night, so the Wii wouldn't happen until LATE tonight.

Yep, you guessed it. I thought hey, you know what? Let's do the treadmill! It's fixed!

First of all, it takes a little while since it's so old to get it started up. After 5 minutes of adjusting the speed, I finally got it at my normal speed. I was psyched to get started. I started, and the treadmill slowed down. My normal speed is about 3.5... again, background. So it slowed down to like 2.8.... ok, no biggie. Then it slows down further to 2.2... then it suddenly picked up, kept picking up, and I look down and HOLY CRAP! I was jogging at 4.5! What?! Did I not set the speed at 3.5? Yep, it kept going up and down. I lasted 20 minutes! LOL

So that's my story.

"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level." - Peter Drucker