What is your favourite hobby or pastime?
Running is my hobby
I think I’ve said before!
Repetitive these daily prompts
They’re making me a bore!
What is left that I can say
Bout what I love to do.
I’m less quick than I used to be
But still can so I do.
It gets me out in the fresh air
It gives me thinking time.
Helps me know I’m still alive
Still fit at seventy two.
Others of a similar age
Recount their aches and pains.
I’m much happier up and out
I’ll run while I still can.
I try to be competitive
With others of my age
First one over 70
Is usually my aim.
I get out several days a week
Run 5 or else 10k
Not my former mileage
But I run along ok.
Once a week I’m with a club
For intervals and such
Saturdays is ParkRun
Enjoy those runs a lot.
I’ve given up on marathons
They’d take me far too long.
I’m happy doing shorter runs
10k’s plenty now.
When I am not running
I think of it a lot
My wife got me a t shirt
That shows you what she thinks.
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