Now I Can Read On My Treadmill!

I haven't been on my treadmill for awhile - months. First, I stopped because of leg cramps. Now that isn't as much of an issue, but I'm so busy and I need to have something to do while I'm on there. I usually watch a DVD for 30 minutes or so - we've seen the Pride and Prejudice miniseries in 30 minute installments more times than I can count, as well as episodes of All Creatures Great and Small, Christy and The Waltons. But it's hard to justify the loss of productive time every single day to watch movies. If only I could read on the treadmill . . . but the book holder I have attaches to the bar on the side of the treadmill with a screw thing, and constantly looking to one side to read is hard on the neck, plus the bouncing motion makes it hard to focus.

Finally I hit on an idea of removing the book holder from the screw-on post, and tying it onto the treadmill with a long shoestring. It rests on the dash so that it covers the digital display, but that can be seen by lifting the book. It seems to work well, the bouncing is lessened, and I can see the book straight ahead instead of to one side. Now my treadmill time isn't just wasted video time, it's productive reading time.

I think this is going to change my life.