The Donut Dash, Episode 2: The Muscle wars, and Episode 3: Revenge of the Sore Legs.

Well, I guess you can guess how that first day went, huh?
Here we are on Day 3 of the “5k in 7 days” plan.

But first, Day 2.
Day 2 was very eventful.

New batteries were bought for the sumo suit, and now it’s really inflating!
Awesome homemade pizza was made and consumed!
As was some salsome, yes, salsa that is so awesome we combined the words.
And, yes, I had cake as well.

So when it came time to run, I didn’t think I could.
Until one of my very smart friends said, “Well, it will be good training for when you have to run after eating a donut!”
True. True.

Also, my legs were killing me.
And my hip, randomly. Anyway, back to the legs:

If they could talk, they would probably say things like:

“Hey. Let’s not move today!”
“Whose bright idea was it to run after not running for FIVE YEARS!”
“Are you crazy? We’re doing this AGAIN!?”

But, against the advice of my legs, I did run again.
This time a bit later at night, so it was cooler. My legs didn’t care. They still hurt.

Despite my legs whining, I got some good time in. I

ran for 8 minutes, 48 seconds
then walked for 9 minutes
then ran a mile in 8 minutes 33 seconds
then walked for a good 16 minutes
and ended with a nice 3 minute 30 second run.

All together, I
ran for 21 minutes
And walked for 25 minutes.

After eating food all day.
Needless to say, I was really proud of myself.

Until I woke up on Day 3 and this was the reality:

EVeryday leg use — Yeah, it was really that bad. Only sitting helped.

Something had to be done.
I kind of had to rest, but not really rest.
So I decided to go for a 40 minute walk….
in the pool.

There’s a pool at my Mom’s house, with a shallow end.
So, I did two twenty minute sessions of
WALKING IN THE POOL.

walking in water — Ok, this may look more like walking in the ocean, but it was a pool, with trees in the background too. I was just too lazy to draw them!

Does it sound boring?
It totally was.
But it was also some great quiet time, in which I:

plotted out the video for my kickstarter project
did a characterization of a few characters from a chapter book I’ve been working on
realized it was SUNDAY
and had fun dragging my hands through the water.

I may try to run again tomorrow.
We’ll see.
Until then, I’ll just rest.
And try to keep my “my legs hurt!” groans to a minimum!