{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-running","title":"Ten Poems about Running","description":"\u003cp\u003eNowadays, running is a serious business and we’re all busy recording our PBs on complicated watches. These poems remind us that there’s still plenty of fun to be had – whether navigating a forest trail before breakfast or lying in bed coming up with reasons not to go out at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s the familiar sight of a runner skirting shoppers in a busy street, leaving behind a trail of bemusement:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Was that Paul? Was that Sue? unsure\u003cbr\u003ewhether the flickering figures half seen\u003cbr\u003efrom behind might have been\u003cbr\u003ethe friends they knew, or thought they knew.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘Runners in Town’ by Jenny King\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe abiding spirit of the selection is that running remains the most democratic of sports – and that the main thing really is the taking part, be it in a 5K or a marathon or simply a trot around a local forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Helen Allison, Carole Bromley, Wanda Coleman, Mark Granier, Stephen Keeler, Jenny King, Glyn Maxwell, Eugene Ethelbert Miller, Mandy Sutter and David Wagoner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Hannah Forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall books\/pamphlets that are part of the popular Candlestick Press range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636328931708,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TPAR-01-P3.jpg?v=1791722639","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-running","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}