mp3 playerShort on time in the gym yesterday with supper in the stove, I had to get a full day’s workout in just 30 minutes. Normally I step onto the elliptical at a mild resistance and go for around 45 minutes with my MP3 player. Being in a time crunch, I increased the intensity and set a goal to go just one mile. Man, it was tough. Every single slide step resonated in my thighs. After no more then five minutes I was sweating like a pig in a Lou-Ow.

Coming past the .6-mile mark, I wanted to call it a night. The only thing that kept me going was a new album on my MP3 player. My mind went in and out of thinking about the task at hand while trying to hear every nuance of this jam band. Not many bands play 8 to 11 minute songs anymore on their album but this one did. It was cool because after it seemed like the song was over it’d keep going in a new direction, almost a new song before returning to the original chorus. The MP3 player really helped in a gym crunch.