For those that have been with me since 2015 and those that have just got to know me.. this is a Floss post...
Three years ago in 2015... I Graduated from C25K.... I ran for 30 minutes and I ran 5K...I thought I had to, in order to Graduate...
This morning... I ran 5K.... I ran part of the route that I ran for Graduation and part on my beloved fields.
Two years ago I wrote some words to a Lewis Carroll poem, for my Runniversary... I have simply tweaked it... because although my running has evolved...my reason for running has not changed at all.
I run for my health, my happiness, my family, and because I enjoy it
So......one more time.... You are Old... Mark 2 !
...With sincere apologies to Lewis Carroll
“You are old, Mother Oldfloss”, the Young Runners shriek,
“And your hair has become very grey
And yet you incessantly do three runs a week-
Do you think, at your age, that's okay”?
“At the start”, Mother Oldfloss replied to the crowd
“I feared I might drop on the spot
But a Half Marathon beckons, in just three months time
So each week I'm out there like a shot”!
“You are old”, said the runners, “we mentioned before,
You'd be faster if you ran on the flat...
And yet, you still run on the fields and on the sea shore
Pray, what is the reason for that”?
“Three years past” said OldFloss as she shook her grey hair;
“C25K took my eye,on line;
By slow and by steady, I, in nine weeks got there,
And right now, I am still doing fine”.
“You are old, said the runners, and your legs they are weak
“You run,and you surely must rue it
Yet, you can still up your speed, with a flamboyant streak,
Pray how do you manage to do it”?
“Three years past”, said Old Floss, as I said once before,
“The running just gave me such pleasure;
And running has strengthened me, made me more sure,
A part of my life that I treasure” !
“You are old”, said the runners, “we would hardly suppose,
That your pace is as steady as ever,
Whether you run on the fields, or on trails or on roads
What made you so awfully clever”?
“I have answered three questions and I think that's enough”
Said Oldfloss, “and the answer is still very clear
The reason I do it, all of this running stuff,
Is because of all you friends, right here”
So, one and all, friends old and new...Thank you.
Flossx
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