"a verse to the London Marathon" (and yes, I am averse to it)

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As for last year's race,
I was all but gone after
about 7 miles...

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...so I switched over
to BBC 2 and caught
most of Scooby-Doo.

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(ok, make that 2 verses)











('Never mind the final killer-metres, the first few are pretty draining, too': a doubled-up 17 Syllables)