[Gemme]

My workout started fine today but then I became a grumpy Judgey McJudgerson. There's this guy and he does the EXACT same thing every time I've seen him (2 or 3 times thus far) and it hits every single nasty nerve I have.

He starts normal enough but then he starts running and when he runs he clears his throat, every 60 to 90 seconds. I'm not talking a regular throat clearing. I'm talking about a noisy, obnoxious phlegmy half cough half throat clearing. Every 60 to 90 seconds. For 30 minutes.

Now, honestly that's not what it takes to drive me up a wall. For that, I can turn up my music and that usually covers that sound. For the most part. Enough for me to get over myself.

However, it's the combination of that sound plus his sneaker skidding that just makes me wince inside and there's no volume level high enough to cover those shrieky sounds.

I just want to turn to him and scream, "Pick up your feet!!!!" but he seems oblivious to it. He has his iPod and he just runs along, like nothing's wrong.

And he set up with only one treadmill between us. There was nowhere to escape. I was too far into the workout to restart elsewhere without being equally grumpy about feeling forced to move in the middle of my workout. One grump is as good as another, right?

I just can't believe he can't hear it. I wish he would change shoes or pick his damn feet up or something! It really, really, really, really bugs me.



I did, however, finish my hour plus cool down.

Random program, levels 3-9. 343 calories, 3.19 miles.