The hellish woes of summer training soon to pay off
Enough for you to look at previous times and scoff
Worried your body was getting slower
Only to find it needed to build power
The temps, like the leaves and soon to be paces if they haven’t already, are falling.
If you’ve been hesitant to find out if running is for you, I hope you take this as your calling.
You apprehensively join a group, unsure if you’ll mesh.
Only to soon find out you’ve met your match in this sesh
The morning is cool, a slight breeze picks up to slightly make you question your wardrobe choices
Only for them to be quieted at the sound of your group’s voices.
“Let’s do this” and for several reasons your skin starts to prickle.
You aim to ease your nerve wracking thoughts, stop being so fickle
Those thoughts are soon forgotten, as you put one foot in front of the other.
What lies ahead of you is a view unlike another.
The leaves are changing up above your head.
Yellow, orange, brown and red
They let go and make their way to the ground
The scenery is a beauty unfound.
That’s not the only thing your surroundings feature
There’s also all the wonderful woodland creatures
Your previous tribulations are long forgotten
As your thoughts are absorbed into conversation as you trodden
As you keep going you start to smile
Without even realizing it, you’re chasing down mile after mile
Another breeze picks up across your skin
But you’re completely comfortable from your blood flowin’
Before you know it, the run comes to an end
But the gathering only just begins
Now to enjoy treats to celebrate a fantastic run
Wondering how on earth you had so much fun