I be running mad

A preview of the

Mad City 50k Run

In haiku format

Today the date is

Wednesday, April 17th,

2024

You know what that means?

It’s National Haiku Day!

Let’s make some haikus

I be running mad

No, I’m not actually mad

Hope not, anyway

I will be running

The Mad City 50k

In three days from now

Let me emphasize

The word “running”, Not “racing”

It won’t be full send

Just a training run,

A nice long-run to build up

Some good endurance

I’m thinking maybe

6:40 to 6:50

Minutes per mile pace

Hoping that won’t be

Too difficult to manage

Oh but we shall see

I’ve never run more

Than thirty miles so this be

New territory

The primary aim

Is still Gramma's Marathon

In a couple months

The course— It will be

A familiar one— Five loops

Around Lake Wingra

I have run around

That lake many times before

So I shouldn’t get lost

As of this writing

The weather looks promising

Thirties to forties

Partly cloudy skies

Yes, it should be quite pleasant

If the rain holds off