30 for 34 - Poem

For this blog, I’d like to tell you a tale 

Of two crazy girls who walked a 30 mile trail.

Their hope was to finish 30 miles in one go 

And what made them want to do this, we’ll never know.

Many people thought they were insane

 And their thought was, “Oh we hope it doesn’t rain.”

They got up bright and early one Saturday morn 

With the ride on the Max being slightly forlorn.

They started their hike at 7 on the dot.

Walking fairly quickly, I’d even say a brisk trot.

The hike was in Forest Park on Wildwood trail 

With hopes that the rain wouldn’t make them ail.

Now, don’t get me wrong their sprits were very high 

They even counted every person as they walked by. 

And cheered whenever there were sun and blue in the sky.

The first 10 miles went by fairly quick.

And look here, we even have a pic.

They kept up a good pace of under a 20 min mile. 

And were thinking to themselves, this is very worthwhile 

But with all the mud and sweat starting to smell rather vile                                                             

At the 15 mile mark – they had a lunch on their break

And their muscles were starting to ache.

They were excited to be half way done 

and thankful that it had not rained a ton

Mile 15-20 they had an unexpected energy boost 

And their hiking speed they would not be reduce.

They enjoyed the hiking with many stories and laughs

And came to mile marker 20, as seen in the photograph

The mile markers, oh, I forgot about those

They were marked every ¼ of a mile – and kept them on their toes

Because they were high in the trees and hard to disclose

These mile markers kept them right on track

So extra time resting is not what they lacked.

On the trail there was mud galore 

And they got a little muddy, you can assure

One of them was very keen on her map 

and as you can see by other pictures she had a pink cap                                        

They had quite an eventful day, you can be sure, 

with many questions of “how many miles more."

And by the end their legs were so sore.

But you see, these girls didn’t care

Because in the end, 30 miles they did bear.

In 10 hours and 20 minutes they came to the end

 Being glad to finish, I won’t pretend

The number of people they saw was 95

 and Beth was picking them up – and her car had arrived  

So when the day was all said and done,

Without any blisters and without very much sun.

These girls will remember that one day. 

And they’ll be able to tell and say

That they hiked 30 miles for Heather’s 34^th birthday!  

~ Chelsea