FUN RUN 

And they’re off:  Yummy Mummies on the kids’ school fun run,

Affluent pocket of south east London,

Ten who are fast, and another ten faster,

And one dressed up as a giant banana.

Go banana! Go banana!

Twenty shoot off and she waddles after,

Can’t see the point of going any faster,

It is a fun run after all.

Yummies in position and off they shoot,

Distinctly unamused by the oversized fruit,

It’s single-minded focus on the 5k route,

With a comedy banana in hot pursuit.

Go banana! Go banana!

Twenty on a mission and she waddles after,

What’s the point of going any faster?

It is a fun run after all.

That’s Ik down, 4 more to go,

Yummies high-stepping, tight abs on show,

Run like a winner and race like a pro!

Just banana takes it easy, she runs real slow.

Go banana! Go banana!

Twenty race away and one waddles after,

Can’t see the point of going any faster,

It is a fun run after all.

2k done and 3 more left,

Pump those arms!  Heave those chests!

Seamless shorts and tight fit vests,

And one fun mummy in fancy dress.

Go banana! Go banana!

Twenty shoot off and she waddles after,

Can’t see the point of going any faster,

It is a fun run after all.

3k over, and 2 to do,

It’s over already for the fastest few,

The rest are almost done – home straight in view,

Banana takes it calm, she’s gonna see it through.

Go banana! Go banana!

Twenty shoot off and she waddles after,

Can’t see the point of going any faster,

It is a fun run after all.

4k finished, just 1 to the end,

Yummies clench jaws, fight it out round the bend,

Banana stops, then waddles, then stops again,

Has a chat with the crowd, high-fives some friends.

Go banana! Go banana!

Twenty running hard as she waddles after,

Can’t see the point of going any faster,

It is a fun run after all. 

And it’s done:  Yummy Mummies on the kids’ school fun run,

Affluent corner of south-east London,

Ten who were fast and another ten faster,

Dead set on beating the humble banana,

And of course they did, with banana plodding after,

Encouraged by the crowd and gales of laughter.

Banana was the slowest, no doubt about that,

For the whole of the race she was lagging at the back,

And she cut the corner on the very last lap,

But of all the mummy runners, ‘nana got the most claps.

At the end of the race an extra surprise,

The most impressive runner will win a special prize!

Twenty Yummy Mummies, forty eager eyes,

And one tired banana – oversized.

And the special prize goes to the one and only fruit!

Banana takes a bow in her giant yellow suit,

Yummies turn tail and away they shoot,

With the daddies and the kids in hot pursuit.

So banana won a trophy even though she was last,

Waving to the crowd as she waddled round the park,

And nothing for the Yummies who all worked so hard,

It was a fun run, after all.

© Sarah Ogilvie 2025