Cajabamba recently acquired a "gym," a.k.a. the bottom floor of this lady's house that now has a couple bikes, a couple treadmills, and some weights. For about a dollar per visit, I now have a place where I can run without any lecherous stares - hooray!
Today however, the gym lady caught a glimpse of my time on the machine - 32 minutes - and informed me that I was violating her "25-minute limit" on the treadmills. I was a bit perplexed, as there wasn't (and rarely ever is) anybody else working out, not to mention waiting for my machine, so I asked why there was such a rule. She replied, "because the machines get very hot, and I need to take care of them." Ohhhhh Peru.
I obligingly quit the treadmill, and went to stretch and contemplate my options. Plan A: attempt to explain to this woman that treadmills were built for running, no one wants to run for only 25 minutes, and that using a machine for longer than 25 minutes will not cause it to explode. I didn't foresee myself having much success with this option, so I went for Plan B: apologize for over-tiring the workout machine, but then explain that there's no way I'm going to keep coming in to pay for a 25-minute-limited treadmill. Thankfully, we reached a compromise: I am now the gym's official "exception to the rule," and am allowed to use the machine for however long it takes me to run 5km. Not ideal, but it'll get me through the next three months.
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