I went to the gym late yesterday - around 7ish. Hopped on my elliptical and started ellipping away. The cardio area of the gym is like a long hallway with one side featuring 12 treadmills and the other with ellipticals. At one end is a wall of mirrors and mats for people to do stretching.

Workouts seem to go SO much easier when there's something interesting on tv to distract me. However, the dude that ended up next to me was so much of a distraction that I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing out loud and falling off the elliptical.

The dude is his late-40's. First thing that came to mind was "Malibu Ken" with an attitude. (And he was wearing those dreadful running shorts.) He had this really odd gait on the machine that reminded me of a prancing pony. To make it worse, his arms were bent at the elbow and his wrists were dangling limply so that they were flopping with every step. I cannot tell you how ridiculous this guy looked.

I was watching Hildago (a movie I love and a real tear-jerker). And even though it was some really sad scenes, I'd catch the Prancing Pony out of the corner of my eye and laugh out loud occasionally.

I still giggle when I think of him. Mwahahaaha