SHARING the LOVE❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

[Oldfloss]

Today is Valentine's Day

And for a few folks, this...

Is an opportunity,

That's just too good to miss!

❤️

So on this most auspicious day

I need to yell and shout,

How much I just LOVE RUNNNING

And now my secret's out!

❤️

I found this very special love

Near on 8 years ago.

From the very day I found it

My passion began to grow.

❤️

Our love's just slow and steady

For us, the way to go.

We know we could go faster,

But we just move with the flow.

❤️

Our relationship 's not easy

We've had our tricky times

But somehow we've got back on track

To find new starting lines.

❤️

Each day, brings some new pleasure

And something new to see,

Just running along , then rambling

It feels so good to me.

❤️

I'd like to share my LOVE with you

But I know YOU'LL find your own,

And one day you may be here, like me

And find YOUR passion's grown.

❤️

It's time that I stopped rambling now,

So I just want to say,

I hope that all you RUNNERS

Have a simply, LOVELY day !

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Love it 😁❤️ x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

I do love my running and I love being part of this amazing community x

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

And we love the fact that you are 😁 x

[GTFC Graduate]

Superb ❤😊

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to GTFC]

A very special Valentines Day to you GTFC and Tasha99 ❤️❤️👍👍✅✅

[GTFC Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you Sir AlMorr we're so in love ♾💞

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to GTFC]

And that's perfect...any day of the year x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to GTFC]

Thanks you..have a happy day x

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

we ❤️ you & your beautiful poems & posts

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Annieapple]

Thsnk you my friend, have a lovely day xxx

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate]

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️❤️❤️

Wondering if a suitable way to declare my undying love for running is by buying some new trainers…

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

HAHAHA 😁

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

No greater way to declare it 🤣👟

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Absolutely!!!! Xxx

[LottieMW Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

indeed! 💕👟

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Hoping you have a lovely day too Floss, Happy Valentines

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you. Next year, no work, so lots of Valentine's days for you two Xxx

[Dexy5 Graduate]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

What else can I say?

I could have sworn I bought a card for UTS, but couldn’t find it, so reused, recycled a previous year’s card. Is this what happens at 65?

Sorry, not a running question. ❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

I've done that for at least the last 10 years...not that I always forget..just got to be a tradition with ones I make x

This is around 8 years old! Before I started hand painting !

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Beautiful. And an extra bonus today…

Garmin Badge

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

That is super xxx

[Week7 Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

Mr Garmin is so fickle. He sent one to me too!!!! -so do you think we are the only 2 or does he just send them to anyone who runs on Valentines day?

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to Week7]

I discovered that he sends one to everyone who does an activity, and I got mine for Pilates. There’s no doubt, he is a bit of a flirt ❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

Unlike Coach Bennett of course who is mine and mine alone!🤣🏃‍♀️

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Ahem.

[LiisaM Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Don’t you wish! 😁

[PeggySusi Graduate]

Thank you O Floss.. beautiful photo and poem.. wishing you a lovely day too 😘

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to PeggySusi]

Thanks you...you have a good one xxx

[linda9389 Graduate]

❤️❤️❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to linda9389]

❤️❤️❤️ back to you for a happy day xxx

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

What a great poem Oldfloss for today, Valentine's Day, I think we all love running here on this forum, superb, happy Valentine's Day to you and Mr OF.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Sending a Valentine's Day hug to you, my friend.Thank you x

[Mormor1]

I share your Love of runningWithout it I'm just blue

What makes it even better

Is running rhymes from you!😍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Mormor1]

I love it, you're a poet and we know it! Thank you x

[Running_at50 Graduate]

❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Running_at50]

❤️❤️..returned to you x

[CBDB Graduate]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

😍😍😍😍😍

We’ve got clear, sunny skies here on Valentine’s Day, and I am just heading out for an urban (commuter) walk!

Happy poems, running and walking days!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to CBDB]

Just perfect.. hope you had a lovely walk x

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Happy Valentines Day Floss and Mr OF.❤

Counting our blessings!

xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

And to you my dear friend...always and every day xxx

[Agelesslass]

Happy Valentine’s Day to you Old Floss, I love running too, but my wobbly legs yesterday let me down. Have a great day ❤️❤️❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Agelesslass]

Oh gosh..wobbly legs are not funny. Hope they unwobble soon, so you are able to get out again. Have a happy, gentle day xxx

[Agelesslass in reply to Oldfloss]

❤️❤️

[Bluemerlegirl Graduate]

Love the poem 🧡 Love the photo 🧡. Happy Valentines Day! 🧡

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Bluemerlegirl]

Thank you....you. too. The photo is halfway through a favourite run in Wales x

[LottieMW Graduate]

Love the poem…and is that one of your routes? It looks so inviting! 💖

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to LottieMW]

Thank you.. yes a half way point... I run to the next village and then on the way back I go through the gate and into the fields towards the sea... Our site opens again on March 1st, so the week after, we will, hopefully. be there and that will be one of my first runs! Its is a beautiful place and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to run there x

[LottieMW Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Gorgeous! 😍

[Doris8 Graduate]

Ah that lovely Oldfloss. Happy valentine day ❤️🌹

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Doris8]

And you my friend...have you had a Valentine's Day walk today ? x

[Doris8 Graduate]

Yes was out early at 6.30. And got my Garmin valentines badge. Did 12 min later on in afternoon. Mr D out 8.44 km and came back with a single red rose. The old Romantic 🥰

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Doris8]

That is so lovely.... Mr OF may forget many things, but not Valentine's Day ... x

Lovely to get a walk in and even better to receive a beautiful rose...well done you xxx

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate]

Happy Valentines Day to you Floss, and to all you lovely running peeps 💗

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

To you too, my friend... hope you are having a happy day xxx

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Having a lovely day thanks although we don't really "do" valentine's Day, I might follow a friend's example and buy myself some flowers😂

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Go on... you are worth it, and if MissUnderstanding is considering gifting herself some new shoes????? xxxx

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

I gifted myself a new sports bra instead! ❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Well...that is equally good....and Easter is on its way too,???I bought myself a second pair of thermal running socks from Lidl...my feet love them ! Xxx

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

I think I need a visit to the middle aisle of Lidl! You can never have too many pairs of warm socks!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

They are excellent..I am a tad precious about my running socks, but these are soft, warm and not too tight, and at £3.99...a bargain! X.

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

My sports bra arrived this morning! Very impressed.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

You are so worth it!

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Right back at you!!

[Frenc Graduate]

❤️❤️❤️ it!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Frenc]

I was just thinking of you a few minutes ago and thinking I had not seen a post for a few weeks!

But, here you are... a Valentine's day surprise!

Thank you... I hope you have had, or are having a lovely day, and that all is well! x

[Frenc Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Aw that is so nice to hear OF! And a lovely surprise this end too that you were thinking of me 😊. I’m fine and repeating C25K at the mo, currently on week 7. I managed to get proximal hamstring tendinitis towards the end of last year, so had to bring it back down to basics. I didn’t know I could be so patient! So I will write a probably very rambling post when I graduate again - it feels very different 2nd time round. Hope you have some nice chocolate or some such to munch on this Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️❤️.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Frenc]

Just such good news! Not the tendonitis, of course.

Yes.. repeating Couch is so, so different! It will be very good to read the re-graduation post! So many of us have repeated... so many times! Me included!

Yes, some lovely nibbles and a glass of a rather good red wine... xxx I am glad you are here ! x

[Frenc Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Enjoy! X

[nowster Graduate]

Roses are red

Violets aren't

Here are some bits

I chopped off a plant.

[Dendev75 Graduate in reply to nowster]

😆🙈

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to nowster]

You smooth talker you!

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate in reply to nowster]

😂😂😂

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to nowster]

🤣

[Dendev75 Graduate]

Brilliant 👏🏻❤️ thanks for sharing this amazing poem! Happy Valentine’s Day 🥰 xx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dendev75]

You are so welcome... I was just filled with a lovely happy feeling this morning... and wanted to share xxx I hope you had a good day!

[Dendev75 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

That’s lovely to hear. My day started with a little run in the cold mist so that made me happy 😊 xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dendev75]

That sounds good.. it was so foggy here...I was glad that my run day is tomorrow,,! X

[Dendev75 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Enjoy your run 😉 x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dendev75]

Ice, ice baby.. so a YOUGA workout today!

[Dendev75 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

very wise, I’m itching to do a workout but no room in my tiny house and it’s now dark out.

[Dendev75 Graduate]

P.S. beautiful photo too 😍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dendev75]

Thank you... North Wales !

[Mygirl20]

brilliant thank you for this 💝

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Mygirl20]

Hope you had a lovely day and maybe got a run in too ! x

[Mygirl20 in reply to Oldfloss]

I had a massage yesterday and my glutes in left buttock and thigh hurt today. So not going to run until Friday. Don’t want to set my self up to fail. I’m annoyed but what can you do. These things happen ☹️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Mygirl20]

Ouch... but, the runs wait and when they and we do, we enjoy them all the more... !

[Karen59er Graduate]

❤️❤️❤️🌷🌷🌷what a wonderful poem!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Karen59er]

Just feeling the love and hoping so many of us are feeling, or will feel it too ... Thank you

[Karen59er Graduate]

this whole forum is a love letter to running and our fellow runners- cheers me up and keeps me going. Keep spreading the love 💕

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Karen59er]

I am so, so glad... just reading this has made me smile. Thank you

[FriendofRondo Graduate]

Thanks for a lovely poem, and just generally keeping us on track! Only a short run for me yesterday, as I bumped into a friend at the end of my road and we ended up chatting...

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to FriendofRondo]

But on a lovely day full of good feelings that was just perfect? A short run is better tham no one.... Thanks you.... have a lovely day today too!

[Week7 Graduate]

This is lovely! But you find me a little broken hearted-I just found out that Mr Garmin sent Valentine badges to everyone who ran yesterday not just me !

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Week7]

How very fickle! But, you are still very important and special to us x

[Week7 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

❤️