grooming the trails...

my beloved treadmill died. well, it's almost dead. it has been acting sluggish and doing off the wall things like slowing down and speeding up when it's not supposed to. so, i called the treadmill dr. in to take a look at it... it was the motor. he estimated that it would be @$300 to fix it, but he would look around and call me with the results. yesterday i got the call. it seems as though to replace the motor would be double his projected price, and for an excess of $600, i can buy a new treadmill.

now what?

well, i have begun my treadmill search, but i also discovered something in the meantime. sometimes my cardio would be "jogging" with joey b., and most recently, i have discovered the trails. jogging in the woods is amazing... when i'm not getting lost. chicken, c and i have been visiting the trails for the past week or so, and i'm in love. c has always been there, so i would jog ahead of her and chicken, jog back and hike a bit with them, then do it all over. until today. today chicken and i went solo.

this morning, i packed the chicken up, grabbed the kelty, and off we went. as soon as we hit the trails, chicken was out! i admit, i spent most of the time hiking (trying to jog with a chicken on my back was a bit, uh, different). but it was a beautiful summer morning- crisp and cool and sunny. and the time flies when we are in the woods.

so, until i find my new treadmill, my cardio will be done on the trails... and, even after i get my new treadmill, much of my cardio will still be done on the trails :-)