When I left the Foundation at the beginning of the year I had over 50 vacation days accumulated. With that very welcome payout, I built up our bank account and purchased a few things that we've been wanting.
I have always enjoyed using elliptical trainers for aerobic workout, but we simply had no place to put one until John completed remodeling the Annex as our exercise space. On a lark at the beginning of February we headed over to one of our best suppliers of high-end gym equipment. We both fell in love with this Octane Fitness elliptical machine, and we brought one home that weekend. We've both been using it regularly for the past six weeks. If anything, I enjoy it more now than when we first got it. Using our faithful treadmill (which you see in the background) starts to bother my knees if I use it more than about three times a week. The elliptical, on the other hand, is so easy on my body that I can use it almost daily. I take advantage of the heart rate control feature: the machine monitors my pulse and adjusts the intensity of the workout to match my condition. John has loved it because it is easy on his ankle; he broke his ankle more than twenty years ago and it occasionally still acts up a bit.
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