I’d rather be at home sipping some tea,

Except I’m on this treadmill at 5 % in lane B,

I’ve just done the bike, row, sit ups and bench jumps,

And all I’ve got to look forward to is the cross training slump.

That’s when I finish this race and fall to the floor,

When my heart rate is shot and can’t take no more,

But before I can do that and earn my rest,

A couple more metres - I’m doing my best.

The lactic is here and I’m in incredible pain,

My muscles so ache, as I feel the strain,

Please God, give me strength, just a bit more,

Don’t ask me why, I don’t really care,

I’m lying here flat out, fighting for air,

I fell to the ground with an almighty bump,

to witness lane A ……

….. Do the cross training slump.