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Charity Marathon Row

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We entered for a sponsored run -

Macmillan Cancer Trust;

All four of us determined,

“We'll do it – shit or bust!”.

 

We scheduled for last Sunday

And planned it quite a while;

A 10k run round Sheffield

(That's near enough 6 miles).

 

The team was Richard, Paul and Glen-

The four of us good mates,

But they are nobbut out of school

While I am 58.

 

We all agreed that I instead

Would do mine down the gym

And row, not run, on their machines

(I looked like Fatboy Slim!).

 

Great Success! I can relate;

They ran like lunatics;

It took them 60 minutes to

Complete “The Sheffield Six”.

 

My marathon was not so quick

(I suspect a fix!)

'Cos 4 hours later I had done

A gruelling twenty six.

 

They didn't give much credit

For the work I'd done

All I got by way of thanks,

“You did it on yer bum!”.

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 13th Feb 2012 21:57

Are you Pam Ayres lovechild?? Cracking stuff (no pun intended)

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 13th Feb 2012 15:33

Always a good read, John.

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John Coopey

Sun 12th Feb 2012 18:23

I cheated a bit with this. It's actually not new. I did the row in Sept 2010 when I was just a lad of 58. If we don't go away I might do another on my 60th birthday this year. No charity this time, just for me.

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Anthony Emmerson

Sat 11th Feb 2012 16:05

Well done John, for a more than worthy cause.

I hope you have a nice nurse to see to those blisters!

Regards,
A.E.

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Lynn Dye

Fri 10th Feb 2012 23:07

Hee hee, enjoyed this, John. :o)

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Shirley Smothers

Fri 10th Feb 2012 19:33

Cute poem. I myself am a veteran from the 80's.
Couldn't do this now.
Good writing, and cute poem.

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Fri 10th Feb 2012 18:01


heh heh..oh dear fat boy slim..oh ha ha ha..

great rhythm you have going there John!

;)

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Dave Bradley

Fri 10th Feb 2012 13:49

Did you have a row with them then?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 10th Feb 2012 13:45

JC - know what you mean about fit young sprogs.
When I was sixteen I was in a race WALK around
Hendon Aerodrome (North London) and did 6 miles
in around an hour! Your commitment was really commendable...
remember -
They also serve who sit and sweat!

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