Ramblings of a Running-Obsessed Undergrad
Archive for February, 2010
Honored by Haiku!
Feb 23rd
Wow, what a week! Things on DailyMile are really heating up. The weekly challenges (created by RunTalkRadio’s Thomas N have been amazing so far – I look forward to them so much, and they’re always creative and fun. One of the best things about them is that they create quite the conversation in the DailyMile community!
(By the way, RunTalkRadio is amazing. What a fun, informative, and hilarious site!)
So imagine my surprise when this week the challenge had my name on it! My running friend Stephanie (who went from 0 miles to running her first 50k in less than a year ) was the challenge honoree last week, and being the sweetheart that she is she recommended that this week’s challenge be about me! Check out the awesome artwork for the challenge:
- Wow! Photoshop skillz to the max.
The challenge is called the Kate M Haiku Challenge, and participants are tasked with running 5.75 miles and then writing a Haiku poem about their run. If you’ve blocked out your high school poetry unit as I have, Haiku are poems that have a set number of syllables per line, specifically 5 – 7 – 5 (get it? That’s why you run 5.75 miles!)
I am so excited to be part of this week’s RunTalkRadio challenge – thanks Stephanie and RTR! It’s been so fun to read everyone’s poems coming in. Here are some samples!
| six miles before dawn visualizing sunrise a new day begins – Vern M. |
bare legs against air
my half split shorts I did wear running without care |
Tempo in the Mist
Double O Kate recovers We ran; She’s smiling – Craig B. |
| Up early to run
Eager to do this challenge Ran fast and was fun! |
Finished speed workout
Engaging fast-twitch muscles Man, that was so fun |
Icy morning run
to finish Haiku Challenge plus two-point-five-six |
| My purposeful strides
remind me just how alive I am. Run it out. |
Feet, don’t fail me now.
I think I can beat that cow. I’m hungry for steak. |
Early morning run/
Through sunrise streets of city/ Question: Where’s the sun? |
| Lace up the shoes. Go.
Eight nine four of hills and rain. Home. Hot shower. Sigh. – Teri S. |
Ran more than challenged
Does this mean I did it wrong? Early run, cold knees |
If today I ran
Five Seven Five would be mine But alas, I rest. – Caleb K. |
| Beautiful sun day.
I tackled the hills for Kate. Smile, have a great one! – Jackie |
Newton Trainers on.
Random hill treadmill workout. Running to stand still. |
Winter comes to play
Icy cold has come to stay Please just go away – Bruce J. |
| Complete the challenge
Read, run and write by this week Five point seven five |
The run will be light
The haiku will be harder I cannot write poems |
Kate, Double Oh Kate
Injured in the groin quite bad Reads poems to get well |
| Challenge managed, y’all
Now I write all in haiku How long will this last? |
I can’t run six miles
But I can run three two times So I will do that – Brian H. |
So I ran too far
More than five point seven five Must be a loser. – Brian V. |
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Kate, injured runner I hope you are better soon We all wish you well – Mike C. |
Cold, Snow, Social, Fun hats, gloves, lots of warm layers Tuesday night running – Mike C. |
haiku and a run It doesn’t make any sense refrigerator – Jeremy S |
| Inspirational
Kate’s my Daily Mile Hero Motivational |
Just enough daylight After work crushed the challenge Slam, bam, thank you maam – Steve H. |
Damn my right hip once Cherry blossoms on my run Thank my left hip twice – David C. |
Plus we have some DMers who went above and beyond:
Seven miles today.
After yesterday’s repeats?
I must be stupid.Promise of sunshine
Was a cruel, cruel lie
F*** you, weatherman.– Jay P.
Another 8 miles
The same shit different day
Hamster on a wheelWarmer than I thought
Shoulda worn just a tee shirt
Cooked in my own juiceMore rain on the way
But today I did beat it
Dry shoes tomorrowShin still seems better
And so does my attitude
Better days aheadA haiku challenge
But run five point seven five?
I like integers– Chaz H.
My non-runner (but possible convert? I’m working on it) friend is crazy good at haiku and wrote me this one:
don’t run too much
but kate makes awesome baked goods
so here’s a haiku
I can’t claim my poetic contribution is quite as awesome as everyone else’s, but:
There once was a challenge to do
That asked for a poem impromptu
I sat down to do it
But once I got through it
Realized it should be haiku
– Kate M
Whoops :P
Running again!
Feb 20th
Woohoo! I’m running again! One morning I woke up and the pain was … different. Not *totally* gone, but very slight and different. Hardly noticeable. So I have been doing short runs (1-2 miles) with lots of walking in between. So far things feel good – fingers crossed! Hopefully the healing will go well and I’ll be able to start doing some regular mileage again. Tomorrow I’m going to shoot for an easy 3 miler and see how that feels.
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped me stay motivated through my injury – it really helped!
Team DailyMile
Feb 1st
Wow. What an honor! I can’t believe it – I’m part of team DailyMile.
For those of you who don’t know what DailyMile is, go to www.dailymile.com RIGHT NOW and sign up! Go on! I’ll wait!
Okay now that you’re back, DailyMile is a website for runners. Let me rephrase that. DailyMile is THE website for runners. It has such an amazing community – there are runners of all abilities, from all over the globe. The two things that all DMers have in common is a love of running and an upbeat, kind, humble, encouraging personality.
Team DailyMile is a group made up of the most enthusiastic DailyMilers. I am so excited to be part of this group. My teammates are some of the runners I admire most – not necessarily for their speed (though some of them are FAST!) – but for their dedication, willingness to help others, and love of the sport. I can’t wait to start working with them to spread our love of running.
Thank you, DailyMile! I’m excited to be able to give back to a site that has been such a great part of my running life.
