After many years of faithful service, my treadmill self-destructed a few days ago.  This was not entirely unexpected on my part, as it was so old, I can’t even remember when or where I got it.  It had been chugging along at 4.5 miles per hour for 35 to 40 minutes a day, five days a week for a long time.

The treadmill was in the basement and weighed about 200 pounds or so.  No way I was going to lug it up the stairs and get it into my pickup truck for a trip to the local waste disposal facility (aka “The Dump”).  So, I had to disassemble it piece by piece and cart the individual pieces up the staris and into the back of my pickup.  I am now an expert at treadmill destruction. 😉

Now I was faced with a decision.  Should I buy another classic treadmill or should I listen to the hype and buy an elliptical instead?