Psycho treadmill

I had a psycho treadmill run last night. I was using the treadmill because there was a lot of nasty thunderstorms outside. I had to be indoors. When I went on the treadmill, however, it kept shutting off. I would turn it on for about 30 seconds, then a huge "E6" sign would flash across the display menu. After this sign flashed, the treadmill would shut down.

I tried unplugging and restarting my treadmill about 3 times. Finally, I went to ask my dad for help- he is a construction worker and good at all things mechanical.

He found the owner's manual for the treadmill and told me to turn to the "troubleshooting" section of the manual. After looking through the manual, I found out that the treadmill needed to be lubricated. Apparently there is some wax coating on the bottom of the treadmill that wears off every few months.

My dad said he had no idea how to wax the bottom of the treadmill; however, he found the wax stick, stuck it under the belt and tried anyway. My dad never uses the treadmill, so fixing the treadmill would be a shot of pure luck for him.

I went upstairs to ask my mom if she knew how to fix the treadmill. She should be able to, I figured, since she actually uses the treadmill sometimes.
After I asked her to fix the treadmill, I found out she apparantly did know how to apply wax to the bottom of the treadmill. She was sick, however, and didn't feel like going down to the basement to fix the treadmil.

My dad continued to play the guessing game of how to rub the wax under the belt. after a few minutes, he stopped and I was able to get back on and start my workout. The treadmill was actually running smoothly for about 3 minutes from the time I climed on. I actually thought Dad had the treadmill fixed!

Suddenly, however, the treadmill came to an abrupt stop. The famillar "E6" flashed across the screen. After a total of 7 minutes of running on the broken treadmill the whole frustrating night, I finally gave up and decided to lift weights instead.

Treadmill runs can solve anything

I love exercising because it always puts you in such a good mood afterwards. Everytime I have a long workout (i.e. 2 hour swim, or a triathlon) the way I feel afterwards is on top of the world. Even short workouts can help a lot.

Yesterday I was in a really bad mood thinking about something depressing that has gone on in my life for quite a bit of time. I normally try to forget about this particular thing but yesterday I couldn't stop thinking about it. I was in a bad mood all day and was really looking forward to my workout.

It was amazing because after about 40 minutes on the treadmill, the problem didn't matter as much anymore. I felt relaxed, calm, and ready to go to sleep and start a new day. I was still upset, but a little less so.

I am loving all my workouts. I love the way you feel afterwords-relaxed, calm, and ready to take on the world. I don't feel that way so much in my regular life. Some things I just feel powerless to change.

Ending on a happy note, I am really looking forward to going to Colombus this weekend for the triathlon I am doing at Ohio State University . I am spending the weekend in Colombus. On Saturday, my parents and I are driving up to Colombus to get a tour of Ohio State University.

OSU is one of my college choices, though not a top one. I would rather go to college somewhere warm, such as Florida. Since we are going to be in Colombus for the triathlon, however, I decided to tour the campus. I will tour the campus to get a feel for what the college is like even if I don't decide to go to college there.

I may decide to go to college there, however, since it is only 2 hours from where I live. Like I said though, I am more intrested in going to college somewhere in Florida. I have toured the University of Miami campus while vacationing in Florida and really love it. University of Miami is definatly my first college choice. I used to live in Florida a few years ago, and really miss living there.

After the tour is finished, my parents and I will explore Colombus. We will later go back to a hotel and stay the night. In this hotel I get MY OWN ROOM, like I said on a previous blog post. I will spend the night in Colombus, do the triathlon Sunday morning, and then drive back home. It will be an intresting weekend!