Things I have learnt about running

[Rarag]

If you go running at night:

You set off security lights

You see the same tesco delivery driver time and time again

You see beautiful stars

You start off freezing and end up boiling

You make dogs bark

You don't always see dog poo on the pavement

You feel dreadful going out but feel amazing coming back

You confuse dog walkers and teenagers at bus stops by running erratic loops to avoid ending up far from home and more importantly avoiding hills

You make people jump when Jo wileys voice shouts out behind them because you still haven't found any working headphones

[Time_to_run Graduate]

😂😂😂

[misswobble Graduate]

It’s top fun int it. Who knew 😁👍😃

[molly1973 Graduate]

😂😂

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

I love this... like a wonderful poem... beautiful!

[Rarag in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you 😊 it was how I was trying to distract myself on my last run!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

I could not resist.. this is your poem... for you...

Night Run

If you go running at night....

You set off a security light...

You see the same driver

as he drives his van by...

You see beautiful stars

in a velvet black sky...

You start off and you're freezing

You boil when you stop...

A dog barks as you're passing.

Your feet unseen as they drop...

The outward is hard, the return, a delight

Dog walkers, teenagers, not sure, if you're right

in the head as you run a weird mystic dance

avoiding those hills in an odd loopy prance.

You loom out of the darkness and give them a fright.

Who'd have thought of the wonders of a run in the night... ?

[Rarag in reply to Oldfloss]

Two weeks of running has been worth it for this!! Thank you, I genuinely love it and it's made me smile no end!!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Rarag]

I am glad you like it... your post just made my day and summed up so much of what I, also feel about the sights, the sounds and the smells of running... just wonderful!

[Rarag in reply to Oldfloss]

Guess what! My husband made me a special running mug with your poem on!! Plus I have now got as far as week four run one so all is good 😁

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

Brilliant!!

Plus you scare pedestrians with your head torch!! 🤣👍

[Rarag in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Ooooh haven't tried that!

[Dralimc Graduate]

Ha ha. That made me laugh! I still do erratic loops to avoid hills 8 months on. My NY resolution is ‘must do those hills’....

[Rarag in reply to Dralimc]

😂 My town is rediculously hilly so there are a lot of runners vying for space on the one flat road that stretches for about half a mile! Good luck with your hills 😊

[Ang33333 Graduate]

I am embracing hills this year! And I love running in the dark. People don't see how red I am!!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

😂. Superb and 100% correct!

[Tartancat Graduate]

That made me chuckle. I didn't have headphones for C25K, so can confirm that Michael Johnson's voice makes people jump too!!

[Sophia1712 Graduate]

Love the bit about Jo Whiley!