The Battle by Marg Bentley
The very brief saga of my first half marathon...the only thing brief about it!
The half, the half,
Oh! My calf!
Oh my thigh, oh my toe,
oh my knee, oh no!
Bruised and swollen,
Energy is flowin',
Oh look mud!
I said before the thud...
Rollin' along,
singin' do wa ditty,
Oh brother,
This will not be pretty!
Limp, hop, step,
now I'm set!
A whole new running style?
Shit! Five more miles!
G's got me laughin',
Great! Now I'm peein',
At least the trail is
some glimpse of freedom!
Runnin' like a kid,
smilin' the whole way,
Thinkin' this is the day
that HE hath made,
Startin' to hear the cheers,
partin' from my DNF fears,
Let's cruise it on in,
look good in the end,
Mind says yes yes!
Body says hell no!
At least you got a medal she says,
and suddenly I realized it was all in my head.
Tip for running with Margaret: Make her laugh...and you can keep up with her...LOL
ReplyDeleteAwesome job, Marg! I knew you could do it!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Great job and the coolest race report ever! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteGreat job and awesome race report.
ReplyDeleteMargaret,
ReplyDeleteLove your race report! It was great to see you out there on the trail. I knew you'd do well.
Ha! What a fantastic race report! You really captured the essence of the race. It was such fun, eh!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job and good race report also. Keep it going!
ReplyDeletecongrats on your finish and cool race report!
ReplyDeleteyou are right...a lot of it is mental! you did great!
Great report Margaret, and a great race!
ReplyDeleteThank you all so much! Each of you provides the drive and encouragement I need to keep it up and improve...practice makes progress!
ReplyDeleteMargaret :O)
LOL! I just saw this post, Margaret. This is GREAT! :o)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your first half! I hope to see many more of this distance (and further?) in your future!