Going to the Gym

I'm leaving for the gym at 4:30 today.  I LOVE the using the eliptical machine!  It's my reading time.  Most take their MP3 player, but I find this to be prime reading time.  Sometimes I work out next to a talker.  I find that it does make the time go faster, but I am sad at the loss of my reading time.  It's not that I'm unsocial.  It's the same way when I'm flying.  I just want to read.  Is that too much to ask?!