That's written on this shirt a bunch of guys I work with made to do this 2 day 24/7 run up in Maine. Hardcore, not for me. But I've managed to skirt around the whole 5k, fun-runs thing everybody around here does,
Until now. Today after work is the biggest 5k in the state. I got in for free so I got my shirt and number and yata yata yata. The only reason I'm doing it is because there's a guy I work with whose going to run with me, i wouldn't otherwise.
Also to see if I can run 3.1 miles out of the gate and live without having run in months, and even then on a treadmill here and there. I don't run PERIOD. Like at all for any reason. I also haven't been playing drums these past few months, so my stamina is at an all-time low. I mean that literally because I sit all day now. Last year, I was working outside all day in the heat, AND was in the most strenuous band practice/playing regiment I'd ever been in. We were nuts and had to be physically ready for it. After we split, we did a one-off 2 months later and I was NOT in shape, so now it's been 6 or 7 since THAT night, and I haven't played much since June in general. So here I am.
I'm secretly wondering though how much I can push it. My body that is. I donated blood on a less-than-100% day, well much less that that in fact and I donated TWICE I normally do with a recent history of a previous donation going poorly and I turned out fine this go-around. So I'm secretly hoping I've got a bit of that invincibility left in me I didn't realize I might still have. My legs will be toast, for sure. Bowling 8 strings in an hour, while insane, leaves me limping for a few days and feeling it for a good week. So running 3 miles after not using my legs much at all, will be a painful experience. But if my leg muscles being quite sore is the only suffering I incur after this, I'll consider it a win.
On the other hand, it could be the last straw. My body might finally decide I've treated it poorly enough (or not treated it enough that it decides today's the day it says "Fuck you Pat. Here's this issue that's been under the surface that you just ripped the band-aid off and will never be the same again, HERE YOU GO!" But who knows.