Sometimes I want to have a distance day on the treadmill and sometimes it’s hard to work up to spending 2 hours in the same place. I need to eschew distractions and find a way to push ancillary tasks away.

Today, I hopped on my treadmill, ran about three miles and received a call from a firm I had interviewed with requesting an interview. I fielded the call, explained why I was out of breath and got back on the treadmill. After another three miles I received another call from another firm requesting an interview and again explained why I was out of breath. So now, my initial contact with two HR departments is me having problems with my phone as it was linked to a Blutooth headset and me being out of breath. Joy.