Here's an update to theme I originally started about "Running vs Bicycle riding"...
About two weekends ago, my wife and I were discussing exercising and getting back into shape, since we're both in our mid/late 50's, etc.. She walks, I run, and I ride my classic '85 Fuji. That's about it. One thing led to another, and I decided to check out the local Craigslist here in town, and stumbled on such a steal, I couldn't believe it...
"Lightly used Horizon T500 treadmill --- Still in excellent condition. Wife wants it gone and out of the den. $100 takes it."
I also saw that the ad was just posted earlier that morning, so I quickly jumped on it and contacted the guy. I asked right away, "What's wrong with it?" The guy was straight up and honest, and said that they bought it a number of years ago (2008 model), and then it just sat around and (as he joked) it was turning into a coat rack... Anyway, I got his name, cell phone, and address, and told my wife about it. She agreed with my gut feeling and basically said, "Let's grab this before someone else does!". But very quickly, we double checked eBay, other Craigslist ads, and googled the Horizon model of that treadmill. $100 was an absolute steal from what we saw! So we quickly cleaned out the back of the SUV, popped down the rear seats, etc... and drove down to the guy and his wife's house. They both showed us some of the features, let us each try it out, etc... and long story short - we bought it right then and there. Man, treadmills are HEAVY, not to mention bulky! It took me, the guy, and my wife, to carry out the (now folded up) treadmill, and miraculously, wedge it into the back of our SUV.
I had to get my nextdoor neighbor to come over and help me carry the thing into my house, and we set it up into the spare bedroom for now. We downloaded the .pdf file owners manual, registered the treadmill with Horizon (as 2nd owners), etc... and got it all cleaned up, wiped off, and all setup for ourselves. My wife walks on it, and I do a combination of a walk/run/incline type of preset program that's featured on it. Very cool...
All we need to do is buy one of those heavy duty rubber floor mats to go underneath it. On a bare wooden floor, if you crank up the treadmill and go balls to the wall, running on it, it will start to shimmy backwards on you. Oops...
These things are handy in the wintertime and/or if it's nasty and raining outside! Anyone else have a treadmill?
(Edit: Sorry for the photo quality - my phone took a grainy picture for some reason...)
