Rule #6... Smokin'

If it is 5:30 in the morning, and you are running on the treadmill at a stringent pace, and all of sudden you smell smoke, notice that your towel is missing and all of the treadmills in your row short circuit, you should walk away and pretend that you don't see your towel stuck between the machine and the moving belt smoking and flaming a bit. Just pretend as though you were finished anyway. Go get another towel and find a (much safer and more flame retardant) elliptical.