Laps laps laps

So here I am in this HuMare adventure... When I log in I peek through my eyeholes and start whinnying, hoping there is someone around who can let me out of my stall so I can start running laps.

These laps.... *sigh* as you might guess it is the subject of this post. For sure it is the hardest part in this challenge! Hard for body and soul, and maybe even for my hardware!
For starters, as I just said, someone has to let you out so you can start making laps.
Then there is the huge number of laps that you have to make. 1000 a week, let's assume you have a little RL too and log in to SL 5 days a week. That's 200 a day. I haven't tried to get exact measures, but this means almost 2 hours of constant running. Plus the time you might have to wait in the beginning. Plus the time you are taken out for other tasks, since the stable Mistresses can also take you for some dressage, or to pull a cart, or...

I was taken out to pull a cart yesterday. My first thought was like "oh no, how am I gonna make enough laps now?!" But then I enjoyed and was happy with it, as those laps are boring after all, and some diversification is very welcome. I hope more stable Mistresses take me out for other chores every now and then.

After all I calculated from the beginning 4 weeks won't be enough for me to make those 4000 laps. First of all because I have a RL that most of the time won't allow me to spend 2 or more hours in SL 5 days a week. Then there is the monotony of the laps, that already followed me in my sleep the second night I had been on it. And, those watching yesterday might have noticed me sometimes deviating from the track, that was because the RL me was simply falling asleep at the computer, the up arrow pressed, but the turning no longer under control. Really. And then I woke up in the middle of the court, quite disoriented by the limited vision. That happened multiple times!

My up key is going to be totally worn out after this adventure, and as I am already at risk for RSI, I will have to be careful not to push it too far. Should I try to tape the key so I don't have to push it myself? But then you hear 2 claps of the whip, meaning stop...

After all I had some time yesterday. It was the first day I reached the 200 laps BTW, bringing my total after 3 sessions to about 480, after 5 days.

So, am I complaining? Not really. I can deal with the restrictions very well, but, to be honest, that was to be expected. 1000 laps a week on the other hand, is a lot. And it's boring, causing RSI and sleep problems, consuming time that could be usefully spent on other things (but this is true for SL in general),...
In the end, I did some estimation it might take me about 8 weeks (instead of 4) to fulfil the imposed 4000 laps. Maybe it will be only 7. I don't care too much about the time it will take me. If I am on it, I do my best to make laps as efficiently as possible (regarding my legendary clumsiness, an aching wrist, difficulties to stay awake, etc.), but I won't let it stress me, and I'll be happy if I am taken out for a cart ride or something. I enjoy cart riding, even, or especially, on the pulling side.

Will I get addicted to the pony/mare thing? I dunno, but it is conditioning me. I am thinking - while making laps - about what I will do after this challenge, and surprisingly being Mistress Dio's mare for some time more is a candidate: having all the restrictions, but no more laps to do, and being taken for rides and stuff... I think I understand my sis Dana when she also desired to keep on the huMare hood after her challenge... we could pull a cart together?

whinnies, Danii