Poetry in Motion ...

Monday - Black Isle Spin -30 miles

For those of you who know me relatively well, you will know that on the odd occasion i like to put pen to paper and write down a few lines, then try and call it a poem

So tonight when i was out on my bike a few words came into my head so i thought i would share them, this is all about the journey so far .....

Its about eleven days to cycle eleven hundred miles,
Its about six months of training and six months of smiles,
Its about thighs of steel and getting fitter and fitter,
Its about getting to the end and not being a quitter.

Its about feeling strong and tough not weak and needy,
Its about finding a training partner and naming him 'SPEEDY'
Its about clocking up the miles and training galore
Its about Applecross, Durness, Ullapool and Aviemore

Its about team colours, black white and red
Its about sometimes thinking i might be off my head ?!?!
Its about the Kids of Kolkata the suffering and the strain
Its about putting your hand in your pocket to help ease the pain

Its not about being a dreamer, a bit flaky or hazy,
Its about getting on my bike and not being lazy
Its about The Bealach, Loch Ness and a bridge to 'Farr'
Its about jelly babies and soup in the back of the support car.

Its about exhaustion and coldness, feeling lower than low
Its about torrential rain in Skye and the A9 in the snow
Its about cadence and calories and making my heart rate pop
Its about gritting my teeth and getting to the top

Its about climbing at 5miles an hour and descending at 45
Its about thinking one minute your going to die then in instant your alive
Its about the physical challenge,being pushed beyond the limit
Its about not regretting a single ride, not one hour or one minute

Its about a journey of discovery its been packed with highs and lows
Its about believing and achieving saying yes and never no
Its about the eleven hundred miles from end to end, across the nation
Its all about the journey and not the destination .....

lou x