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
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It’s top fun int it. Who knew 😁👍😃
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Oldfloss Administrator Graduate 5 years ago I love this... like a wonderful poem... beautiful!
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Thank you 😊 it was how I was trying to distract myself on my last run!
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Oldfloss Administrator Graduate 5 years ago 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... ?
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Two weeks of running has been worth it for this!! Thank you, I genuinely love it and it's made me smile no end!!
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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!
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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 😁
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Brilliant!!
Plus you scare pedestrians with your head torch!! 🤣👍
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Ooooh haven't tried that!
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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’....
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😂 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 😊
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I am embracing hills this year! And I love running in the dark. People don't see how red I am!!
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😂. Superb and 100% correct!
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That made me chuckle. I didn't have headphones for C25K, so can confirm that Michael Johnson's voice makes people jump too!!
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Love the bit about Jo Whiley!
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