Wishing and wanting to be
An
Olympic Triathlon Gold Medal Winner
Knowing full well in order to succeed
This specific individual feat requires
3 different apposing skillets
So I went in search of 3 of the very best
coaches in each individual particular
event and discipline
So I got Memo to teach me how to run
Forrest Gump how to swim
And Lance Armstrong to teach me how
to ride a bike
And most of all how to cheat at all 3
The story of every woman,
They are not all the same,
They vary as their faces are,
No one author can have all written down,
Given his length of days,
Hidden in their chambers are untold stories,
Stories to be told may be in the afterlife,
Womanhood is a journey none has foreknown,
A triathlon of vicissitudes,
Womanhood is a walk
saddled with daring responsibilities,
The mind of a woman is as tough as nails,
A shape in the words they
utter is a bulldozer pulling down obstructions,
Platitude for the day is the
saying, “Women are weaker vessels”,
They are weaker vessels that sculpt stronger vessels.
August 13, 2022.
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 12 Poetry Contest,
Mark Toney.
i knew we
were doing
some sort
of exercise
my chest
heavily
heaving
gasping
as if needing
more air for
hang time
while my
bleeding but
beating heart
was all i could
hear until
i heard her say
let's go another
lap so i sat back
up and began
again by
licking
her
chin
O what heavy price for independence
Valiant men dying in fierce triathlon
Battling to their last breath for its defense
As they protect the walls of Babylon
Laying down their lives with no shade of guilt
While powerless the great sun god watches
Its ravaged empire pillaged and rebuilt
Over layered bodies, bones and swatches
My tears taste bitter as you sail away
Cross daunting distant shores of Babylon
Wishing there were a way you could delay
And somehow all our troubles would be gone
My heavy heart on the wing of a swan
Amid hanging gardens of Babylon
AP: 1st place 2021
Submitted on June 18, 2018 for contest DISTANT SHORES sponsored by ROBERT HAIGH - RANKED 6TH
Playing tic tac toe with a triangular time bomb can be said to be a great idea for a triathlon of terrifically trained turnips whose expertise in the feats show a huge display of dedication, dietary dresses, and downright deserved dutiful distinguished drag. But a stage is not a stallion nor a stagnant shaped ship. But wait now and look over there and carefully study what is around. It is the fast fishes. Fast fishes fleeing flying fermented frogs. And the arrival of a little deck of cards is quite astounding really. For cards clap ecstatically exciting excellent extrasensory extraterrestrials eating evening electric eels. Oh great. Here is the glass beads chatting again. Clutter jingle. In a clatter. Of course in a clatter for clatter chatter is a seasoned dish of cubic carved corn smiling in weapon proof sunhats. Dare to dance the dance of delight with a dishcloth then. Good. Fantastic. Hahah the sea wheels are treading over an otter hut. Hahaha mangos balancing on top of a fifty acre sky scraper. Xxxxx psychologically z z z z 1 2 3 4 pea leap. Z
Alison completed the triathlon in Rio,
With Hazel Smith, her guide athlete,
‘Cos she’s visually impaired, not solo,
And so needs Hazel to see the beat.
She comes from Dunfermline, Scotland,
Hazel comes from Edinburgh, capital,
She loves to sing whilst a cooking hand,
And worked as a physiotherapist vital.
She wanted to be a runner, but injuries,
Prevented this, so she took up triathlon,
With her friends’ persuasion, frivolities,
In 2014 it quickly became her profession.
Alison collected the bronze in Kitzbühel,
Austria, at the ETU European Champs,
And still in that year, 2014, a gold bushel,
In Edmonton at the ITU World Champs.
2015, and Alison struck pure gold again,
At the ETU European Champs, Geneva,
And then at the Chicago ITU World den,
She took for the two of ‘em another silver.
2016 and the ITU Worlds in Rotterdam,
The Netherlands, and Alison won gold;
She trains in Loughborough’s stadium,
And was born in 1987 as eighties bold.
Faye was working as a gym instructor,
When a colleague asked her to set up,
A triathlon event, and she was a runner,
In the contest, so desired to join up.
She competed in her first triathlon 2009,
And is now a four time World Champion;
She came 4th in Rio, just missed top line,
And trains at the Loughborough pavilion.
In 2013 at the ITU Para-triathlon Worlds,
She won the gold: that was in London,
And in 2014 at the Edmonton ITU Worlds,
She took the silver slot with conviction.
Then in 2015 Faye won another silver,
In the ETU European Geneva Champs,
And in 2016, Lisbon, Faye gave tether,
To another stellar silver for her lamps.
In the French Besançon World Para Event,
Claire captured the gold. A physiotherapist,
Who was born without any left hand rent,
Born in Eastbourne as a Nov. 1979 guest.
Joe’s triathlon consisted of a 750m swim,
A hand bike race which covered 20km,
And then a wheelchair race for 5km grim:
Joe collapsed on the Rio finish line fen.
But he came sixth, a good Royal Marine,
Stepped on an IED in Helmand in 2008,
Both legs amputated, a chair did him fine,
He’s the only w/c user with UKSCA gait.
He first competed in Ironman UK triathlon,
In 2011, and In the London Paralympics,
He carried the Paralympic Flame icon,
In the opening show, up in the air - antics.
2013 at the ETU Para-triathlon Euros,
In Antalya, Turkey, and Joe won bronze,
2014 and the next ETU, Kitzbühel pose,
And Joe took deserved Austrian bronze.
In Rio back in 2015 at the ITU Worlds,
Joe stole 4th place, and in Penrith 2016,
At more ITU Worlds, Joe’s silver cords,
Were awarded from a 2nd place steam.
In Lisbon at the 2016 ETU Euro Champs,
Joe came home 3rd taking bronze position,
And in French Besançon his bright lamps,
Were bronze lamps again, composition.
“Cerebral Palsy has not held me back,
I've not let it hold me back.” A footballer,
In past years on the England CP squad,
Ryan is a para-triathlon PT2 competitor.
In 2015 Ryan won the bronze medal,
ITU World Championships in Chicago,
And in 2016 in Buffalo City, the Worlds,
Ryan won the gold in 01:13:33, the title.
Then in Aguilas, Spain, at more Worlds,
He came second in a time of 01:13:31,
And at the Rotterdam World Champs,
Ryan came fifth in 01:12:57, much fun.
At Rio de Janeiro he finished sixth place,
His cerebral palsy affects his right side,
He uses with dexterity an adapted bike,
With left hand gears and brakes to glide.
George suffered a traumatic left ankle injury,
When he was only two and a half years old,
But many a complex reconstructive surgery,
Meant that he could achieve his ambitions.
His parents are both competitive Ironmen,
And his brother represented Great Britain,
In both the triathlon and duathlon, no swim,
Also mum has run ten London marathons.
One of his aims in competing in Rio grand,
Was to inspire the crowd and mass public,
To “go out and do anything they want to do,”
Because drive is inbuilt thru his childhood.
He did his first triathlon in 2009, and at 17,
Won a bronze in 2013 at the London Worlds,
And in Rio, he finished seventh in his event,
PT4, proving a true sportsman for team GB.
David was told by his parents when a child,
That he “could do anything [he] wanted to,
no matter [his] ability.” They lived near sea,
So they taught him to swim as a small kid.
He loved it, and his first Para discipline,
Was swimming, so in the backstroke 100m,
He reached the final in Athens 2004, in S9,
And won many medals at the Worlds, Euros.
He then joined the GB para-triathlon squad,
In 2013 and became known in this event,
‘Cos he raced in almost every international,
And his clocked up fast speeds and times.
In 2016, the Lisbon ETU Triathlon Euros,
David finished in 01:03:47 in class PT4;
In the Strathclyde ITU World Paratriathlon,
David raced a time of 01:03:14, hot stuff.
In the Besançon ITU World Paratriathlon,
He made 59.35, and in the GBR Nationals,
He raced in 01:02:43. In Rio he was tenth,
With a time of 01:08:38, 1 hour, 8 minutes.
Born without a lower left arm, he works,
As a joiner, and his most favourite movie,
Is Finding Nemo ‘cos of the swimming.
His favourite film actor is Robin Williams.
Andy wanted to be in the Parachute Regiment,
But only three days before he started training,
He was involved in a bad motorcycle accident,
Which eventually lost his leg, problems taking.
Determined to keep fit, he took up many sports,
And turned his hand to flying by a scholarship,
Joined Lydney Boxing club, had good reports,
‘Cos he’s from there, and he felt brinkmanship.
The London 2012 Paralympics inspired him on,
To take up the skill of triathlon, three long events,
In 2015 he came 3rd twice, Worlds, Paratriathlon,
Then in 2016 he came 1st thrice, Rio’s his cents.
Soda
Cumulus clouds
Biking, running, hiking
Triathlon, walk, mountain, top
Drinking, bathing, fishing
Sunny, torridly
Pop
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Penned on November 11, 2014!