A treadmill no less. THIS IS NO JOKE. I REALLY WENT THRU THIS YESTERDAY.
I went running on the treadmill for lunch and towards the end of my runs I like to do fartleks. Stupid treadmill got stuck at it's max 10
(6:00min per mile
). Thats not too bad but not good when you expect the darn thing to do as instructed
(slow down or stop
), that's a different story. I desperately kept pressing the "slow down" button but the belt's speed would not budge from max.
The screen read "Cannot maintain desired speed". I hit the "cool down" button
(which quickly brings you down to about half the speed you are presently doing
), but the same stupid "Cannot..." message came back up
(I swear, it felt like it had just gained even more speed
).
By this time, I'm doing that "I'm gonna smash my face" run that tells everyone else "OH, HE'S ABOUT TO SMASH HIS FACE". I slammed on the "STOP" button
(looks more like a PANIC button
). It slowed down then shot right back up again with the same "cannot..." message. I quickly but gently got off the treadmill
(with the help of the handles
), and pulled the plug, went upstairs and told the front desk "THAT STUPID MACHINE ALMOST KILLED ME". The girl stared for a split second and REALLLLY wanted no to laugh. I couldn't help it either and we both burst out in laughter, we couldn't help it.
They've had trouble with treadmills recently but "not at this speed" she said.
In the end, I survived in one piece but honestly felt like that bear on a treadmill
(I've lost that link - hope someone can post it again
).
Edited by cobannero 2005-04-21 9:13 AM