Folsom, CaliforniaMan Iron distance race

I was reminded of this race whilst looking through an old box of photos. Since this year we have our 35th wedding anniversary coming up next month, and have big plans in hand for the rest of the summer to celebrate that and my 75th birthday in August, and to round the celebrations off this will also be my 25th season in the sport of triathlon. This poem is about a race we did to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. It was very different and a brilliant challenge and my husband went home with the biggest most water filled blisters you have ever seen!

Folsom…. Blues and Trainer Shoes

 

It was an event to burn into the mind

Organised in savvy and exemplary style

Strange location was an interesting find

Somewhere to celebrate a trip down the aisle 

Years since we married and we didn’t mind

A plane and car with our bikes in to pile

A long distance race of our usual kind

Racing in Folsom made us both smile 

California Man the race to which we signed

The event swim in a lake that was in close file

To the famous place where prisoners pined

And Johnny Cash did a new song compile 

Our long bike ride was a desolate grind

Buzzards circled overhead my gaze to beguile

A wild turkey madly my downfall designed

Rushing out in my path and gobbling a while 

I fiercely wiggled my bike not to get entwined

Then the park run was a double circle of 13 mile

With signs about bobcats and snakes were lined

An adventurous race in an area quite hostile 

We were slow and in the dark left far behind

Our anniversary celebration in brand new style

Back together running where gold was once mined

In the end the whole race took us quite a while 

The old town Folsom finish was well designed

The scenery changes surprisingly versatile

We enjoyed the challenge on a holiday unwind

Like early prisoners we suffered quite a trial 

Thankfully we have never been in prison detained

And as our memories of that day fondly compile

With our finish run on Sutter Street, Folsom remained

Exhausted and blistered with crimson sunburnt smile 

California Man, Folsom, California USA

Swim 3800 metres- Bike 115 miles- Run 26.2 miles