Good morning wonderful running folk...! Here I am... again.. and I hope. some of you!
The cushions are plumped up and the snacks are here too. Some healthy, some not so healthy... well, it is Saturday!
There may be some folk on the forum who have not yet visited the Corner... I have no idea why because it is SO welcoming.
Time to kick off the running shoes and sit, share and chat a while. This is a place where we can share our joys and our woes... I have had my fair share of both and thankfully more JOY than not.
I have had a few runs this last week or so.. short and very sweet and I am finding that the joy of it all is creeping back slowly and steadily... what else?
I am reading posts, checking out what everyone is up to...some of you moving on apace, some a tad too quickly maybe...hmm... and some, having to take a few days out on the IC! Heal soon.
Running for me, as for many of us, at all levels, is about much more than just running...I run and I ramble...in my head whilst running and then again, when I post my runs. I look around and I see so, so much of the changing world around us. Each run brings a different joy, each run has its own excitement
I have been lucky enough to have a few days out in the glorious Shropshire countryside... and although the weather may have been less than glorious... the runs have been special. Sky, fields, trees, daisies and poppies... endless green stretching to seamless blue and white.
Yesterday morning I ran and I just wanted to share the feelings I had, to let all you Newbies out there, see what In was seeing and feel what I was feeling. The sights, the sounds, the smells and the sensations!
Returning to the cottage I sought out one of my old, infamous, weird poetry rambles... and you may have to be of a certain age, to even remember the original song here! I do know that some of my old friends here will recognise this !
The Circles of Your Run
Round like a circle, in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Like you're running on a pavement or you're running on a track
Like you're running in a circle, or you're running there and back
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like a spider, whirling silently in space
Like the paces that are done, in each pattern of your run
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Like a pathway that you follow to a pathway of its own
Down an incline to a woodland, where the sun has never shone
Like your legs that keep on moving in a half forgotten dream
Or the sounds of even breathing, like the murmurs of a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like a spider whirling silently in space
Like the paces that are done, in each pattern of your run.
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Voices that whisper in your earphones, , words that jangle in your head
Why did that run go so slowly, was it something that you'd dread?
Running through the final sections, there is still another part
Is the sound of distant drumming just the beating of your heart?
All these intervals and sections, and your very favourite song
Half-remembered runs and walking, but to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over, were you suddenly aware
That the podium was waiting and we all, were cheering there?
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Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind, like the paces that you've done
In each pattern of your run.
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NEWBIES... YOU will get there... so , please, please, come on in and share. How is it going , how are you feeling? Really feeling?
Please, do let us know... we are all waiting to chat
Oldfloss x
P.S
Apologies for planting this tune in your heads, Noel Harrison... The Circles of Your mind.
PPS
Maybe David_G , Maddee_6333 Roxy71 Dexy5 Irish-John Katnap Tbae lexi6 Bluebirdrunner Flaraflarkin SueAppleRun limberlou skysue16
...will remember the original post... I was at the coast! Four years ago.... blimey.
Some of these folk mentioned I have not seen for ages...maybe you might pop in and say hello!
