Cold and rainy won’t keep us out
Crossing the finish line is what it’s about
Twelve thousand of our closest friends
Keep us company going around the bend

Walking just over two hours is a good pace
While we chat during the Capitol 10K race
We ran a marathon a long time ago
Now it’s just for fun, personal records we’ve let go

Musicians play for us on our way
And volunteers give us water keeping thirst at bay
It was cold, rainy and it was fun
Even though we were so far back we never heard the starting gun

(My placement was 11,610 of 11,992 finishers. Smokin’!!)

NaPoWriMo Day 6 (No one said it had to be good poetry.)

Race Starts Here

Took us almost 13 minutes to get to the start line after the race started

Almost 12,000 of our closest friends

Downhill, but uphill followed

Musicians played for us

Drummers with a beat

Now I want a pink cowboy hat

Even the race fans trained!

Ta-da! We made it!