Treadmills used to be boring

You pounded away looking at the controls

Checking your speed and incline

Watching the elapsed time go up

The distance covered moved ever so slowly

Then came the option to watch TV

Provided you plugged in a headset

Now you can connect almost anything 

Your heart rate monitor can be paired

So can your phone or your Apple Watch

Keep stepping forward with entertainment

Watch or movie or the news

Blast your favorite music into your ears

Listen to books on tape

Run hands free boldly and check your emails

Text everybody you know

FaceTime your friends

Take selfies and gloatos

Fall off and post it on TikTok

Capture all your exercise data

Upload it to the exercise cloud

Post it on Strava or Facebook

Count the likes from your friends

Remember to like theirs

Your legs will get stronger

So will your thumbs

You will never want to run outside again

Cheeky Monkey