A late success.

I've spent the past two weeks on four-time weekly bouts with the elliptical trainer, hill intervals, level three, thirty minutes plus five-minute cooldown.

At first, it sucked hard.

Now, it sucks a lot less hard, so I moved it up to level four. Cardio sucks at a manageable level again.

Perhaps even a level that can be maintained while I stretch it out to 45 minutes plus 5 minute cooldown, my end-of-October goal.