May 2013: Day 1

This month's challenge is to walk for 30 minutes every day. Timed walking to and from the car doesn't count; it has to be half an hour of on purpose walking. Minutes do not rollover to the next day.

The weather in Wisconsin can't decide what it wants to be right now, but I have access to our apartment complex's fitness center, which has two treadmills. The semester is almost over (halleluiah!), but last night Josh and I went together and each did a treadmill session. I read school stuff while doing mine.

One day in observances:

• Having a bigger surface on which to set papers on a treadmill's screen area would be great. My 8 1/2 x 11 pages were able to stay put but they bent. I needed to underline some things, so this was tricky.
• Half an hour goes by fast when reading articles!
• Easier to read articles on the treadmill than it is to read on the elliptical. The latter is bouncy.
• Good time to drink more water.
• The "weight loss" program on the treadmills is 33 minutes, including cool down.