RANT - Treadmill close call - only in NY...or a gym near you

Way to go!  I would have body slammed her, but that's just me. 

I can see your point about her not grabbing her paper before it hit her leg, but she has just as much right to WALK as anyone else does to run.  At least she is there doing something. 

I've smelled far worse things than flavored coffee in a gym..

I kinda feel bad for her.

I wonder if she was new and just didn't know. I've been "that girl" and it feels horrible.

I'm just curious as to where you would rank this "bad experience" with the coffee lady on a scale of 1 - 10 with 10 being the worst?

I think she should be allowed to walk as long as she kept to the 30 minute max workout for peak hours. 

But anyway, thats where my feeling bad for her goes away. 

GO YOU!  You're my hero!  You had the balls to do what I, and many others couldn't do. 

Great.... now I'm going to want Krispy Creams and coffee on my run tomorrow morning... thanks...

I'd say the biggest thing she was at fault for was not paying attention to her surroundings and being considerate of others.  Walking - fine, reading the paper - fine, coffee - fine (but perhaps not allowed at all gyms?).  But like the rest of us she has to keep others safe and her stuff in order.

As for the paper, I was just reading the paper on a stationary bike today.  I'm in HR training, had a 30 minute ride scheduled for today in Zone 1-2, my bike is in the shop for a tune up, and I don't think a 30 minute easy ride is appropriate in a spinning class where the rest of them are sweating their butts off.  So I just hopped on a cushy lifefitness bike (which would have been soooo much better with a donut and coffee).  I got going and brought my HR up to upper zone 1 and cadence to 85-90 and read my paper.  I kept it neat and orderly in front of me the whole time and didn't open it wide to bug the folks around me.  No different than all the books and magazines I see everyday.

Anyway, I feel your frustration and have my share of it in the pool with lane hogs, etc. 

Didn't I see this on Seinfeld?

I agree!  I think yours and everyone else's reaction was out of line.  newbie or regular, reactions like you describe is why people think athletes can have an elitist attitude.

Nah... none of us were there, so we don't know all the circumstances, etc.  From your latest post it sounds like this person should have known better.  I can completely understand the frustration.  Again, we weren't there to see the whole thing so hard to judge.