Treadputing, is it in your future too?
Pretty much everybody who knows me has heard I’m walking 40 miles in July in the Avon Foundation’s walk for breast cancer research and treatment. (Have I asked you to donate yet?)
Anyway, the biggest challenge has been wedging training time into my schedule. We bought a treadmill so we didn’t have to go to the gym, but still, not enough time in a day.
A friend sent me a link to this site and it was an easy jump to see how we could be using our multi-tasking skills. After a lot of insanely complex design concepts, in the long run we ended up with a shelf across the arms of the treadmill with some 2 inch pvc piping to secure the shelf in place, a $50 wall mount for a monitor, and it was all set. We can switch out laptops when we want to work on specific projects, or just leave the “spare” plugged in for whoever wants to walk-n-surf.
Beyond the obvious gains in weight loss and fitness, this has turned out to be a block of time that I use to catch up on social networks, read rss feeds, do research for clients or upcoming personal projects and catch up on the latest in coding. I’ve added a couple of new tools to my browser to make life a little easier. Diigo is a bookmarking service that allows me to bookmark, highlight or share content online, and I can access and search these items from any computer or on my iphone.
Twhirl lets me keep up on what my friends and colleagues are up to while I’m working, but doesn’t take up too much space on the monitor. Stumble is for just surfing for inspiration, art or tools.
Intrigued? Do it yourself, and take your inspiration from some more examples. or spend the 4K for a Steelcase Treadmill Workstation…