Man against machine.

Mission Achilles tendon: Achilles Achim-Jens fan ventures after an injury break on the treadmill. From the stress test is a battle between the technology and its creator - the Homo Sapiens.

 

After three weeks of injury break, it should finally come: the first real test of the Achilles tendon. The ideal test was soon found: Only a bit of strength in the Sport Center of my trust, then one kilometers Traben on the treadmill.

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In many hotels I have already programmed treadmills, often with limited success. But this time I am of good cheer. I press down on the display, only the duration, then the distance, then the speed of ten kilometers per hour. I start. Nothing touches it. "Error" appears on the display. Thank God it does not alarm at Irene. I try it again with the "Start" button to return "Error". Adrenalin increases. Third attempt, same result. A guy grinning at me from across ergometer. Violent fantasies to germinate.

But there are more important than abzureagieren my tendon has to be tested. I try running the other model, which is in the studio. Again everything is programmed, this time, the machine even know my weight, very indiscreet. There are four programs available, I decide to "manually", is itself the ambitious runner. I press start, the band starts.

ACHILLES-NEW BOOK

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All sensors in the body are addressed gen Achilles tendon, ready to note every little thing and to decipher. But what is it? The tape is only 6.5 kilometers per hour. I had but ten kilometers per hour entered. All the buttons on Herumdrücken nothing helps, I must stop. Embarrassing. I feel the gaze of all present. Two more attempts, but the band clatters always only up to the maximum speed of 6.5 kilometers per hour. Also, a program change to "random" does not help. No coaches far and wide, which could help. But my pride would not be allowed anyway, that I wonder.

I look around me, in search of a glass partition, which I Mistgerät in 1000 that parts can be milled. But Mission Achilles tendon forces me to rest. Now I use the dirty trick thing out! I put the maximum speed of 15 kilometers per hour, let's see what happens.

The machine obeys blöderweise and reaches a speed of 15 kilometers per hour. I almost dropped. Panic. Now do not press the emergency stop, which would be too embarrassing. I fight myself back into the range of buttons and regulate with "This-is-all-so-wanted" mine the speed down to 9.5 kilometers per hour. Phew!

While I finally test kilometers run, I think of all the movies with nasty
Treadmill accident, the Internet so you can find.

But what counts at the end: The tendon is held.

More adventures of Achilles' race-readers, there is
Achim-Achilles.de.