Keeping up my new tradition of giving myself running advice through poetry, I have some new advice, expressed in two variations on the Cinquain and the Triolet.
Cinquain
Variation One
5 lines
rhyme scheme: abaab
Up until now, I’ve mostly been building up a base
of miles, strengthening my legs and working on my aerobic fitness.
My focus was on maintaining a very slow pace.
But now marathon training must start. Such a long race
requires building up the time spent running, more than the distance.
Variation Two
5 lines
created by Adelaide Crapsey (what a name!), usually about nature
no rhyme
22 syllables in total: 2/4/6/8/2
It’s May
and time to start
training for duration
more than pace or number of miles.
Do it!
Triolet
8 lines
Line 1 repeats on lines 4 and 7.
Line 2 repeats on line 8.
Only two rhymes used throughout.
I need to train
to move longer
be mentally stronger.
I need to train
to run when drained
when legs are strained.
I need to train
to move longer.