Gym Dilemma

After my trip to NJ, I decided that I really needed to hit the gym more regularly. And, by “more regularly” I really mean I need to go. Period.

I went on Monday and had the top floor treadmill area to myself. I like it that way. I put the TV on the Food Network because that’s the only channel that I can watch without sound or the necessity of reading the transcripts at the bottom. It doesn’t make sense to look at food while you are working out, I know, but I do.

Anyway! I like to walk pretty fast, or at least as fast as I can go without hyperventilating and falling to my knees. I also like to use the random incline option so I have some sporadic climbing to do. It’s not easy, but I try not to kill myself. About 10 minutes in, I get company.

The first woman was about 10 years older, and about 20-30 lbs heavier than me. She jumped on one of the treadmills in front of me, and within 5 minutes she was running like she was chasing an ice cream truck. FULL ON SPEED! And she kept that pace for the remainder of my workout. Bitch!

Then, the second person came in. I want to call her a woman, but she had the backside body of a 13 year old, so I won’t. She MAY have been in her early 20’s, I didn’t know. Didn’t care. She climbed on the other treadmill in front of me, and walked a leisurely walk so I could have ample opportunity to look at her. Did you know that skinny girls have little “dimples” at the lower end of their back? Yeah, me either, until then. She had on little eeny-teeny-weeny shorts that were smaller than my smallest pair of underwear, and a sports bra. That’s it. Skinny Bitch.

I must note that there were at least 10 other treadmills they could have chosen, but they had to step right in front of me! So there I was, sweating and trying to get a good workout and all I could think of was the fact that both of these women had me beat. Not good. Not good at all.

Having said that, enjoy this treadmill video: