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I have been known to race against the person on the treadmill not to me. I will not stop until that person stops. (I don't tell them we are racing )

- Submitted by WORKNPROGRESS27 4/27/2010 in Exercise | 5 Comments

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TAREN584 4/29/2010 1:03:00 AM

I totally do this! I'm glad i'm not the only one. I often wonder if they see me looking over at there machine to see how long they've been going and how far they have gone. I mostly do this with the elliptical.

MOM2PACO 4/27/2010 9:47:00 PM

LOL - I love this! I do the same thing while walking!

LEBRAWL 4/27/2010 5:05:00 PM

I do this too...LOL. Good thing we don't go to the same gym. I also make sure I'm going faster than them too.

JOYPHOTOG 4/27/2010 2:55:00 PM

lol! This is awesome, but what happens when the person next to you is secretly using the same strategy?

BECKA525 4/27/2010 2:50:00 PM

I exercise at home so I race against myself to get one more mile or 5 more minutes or to the next hundred for calories. Sometimes it is the only way to get in the extra time on days that I'm tired.

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