Haiku Inspiration for all of us beginners - Couch to 5K

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Haiku Inspiration for all of us beginners

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O snail

Climb Mount Fuji,

But slowly, slowly!

(Kobayashi Issa)

I love this poem for lots of reasons.

I think it's very appropriate for my C25K journey at this moment in time. (W3R2 tomorrow)

Hope it inspires you too.

Julie

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rmnsukGraduate

new trainers to wear

5 kilometres to run

fast may not be best

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Bazza1234Graduate

I am old

I run and run

Soon you will be old

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runningnearbeirutGraduate in reply to Bazza1234

That is brilliant Bazza!

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Purple_faced_womanGraduate

I love the sound of poetry in the morning!

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Purple_faced_womanGraduate

My husband says:

It is 8am

Sun creeps around the lakeside

I am creeping too

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AncientMumGraduate

Creaking ankle joints

Aching quads and sore knees too

Still I love running

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runningnearbeirutGraduate

Goodbye couch.

I'm a proper runner now

Don't tell me I'm not.

(It's taken me ALL DAY to come up with this!!! I'm definitely not a poet, but I really wanted to try)

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