Tour De Pumpkin

Tour De Pumpkin By Franklin Price 10/06/2019 I rode the Tour de Pumpkin It was only yesterday Was in the hills of Rutherford My choice, the 50 K For the more experienced A 100K was twice as far If I had chosen that one Would have traveled it by car As it was, was on my bike An off road fifteen speed Wasn't long before I knew Was not as many as I'd need The climbing steep and daunting The downhills short and sweet By the time I'd reached the halfway My legs were burger meat The fifty and the hundred Shared a start and finish route Some distance riders passing me When I was still miles out I was wondering what happened When they passed fast on a hill I was in the lowest gear And had almost had my fill Was creeping up Mount Everest Would be faster just to walk They yelled that “you can make it” And not just talk the talk My energy was not renewed But my brain was now in gear If the best of them believed I could The finish line was clear It only got much harder But I rode and did not walk In four hours crossed the finish line Now these rhymes have talked the talk