Abba: Put on Your White Sombrero

Put on your white sombrero saddle your horse my dear
And ride off into the sunset
You better go for there is no
Place for you here

Like an old-fashioned hero you stand before me
Ohh, you think our life is a movie
My world is real I live and feel
And I can do without you

Put on your white sombrero your red bandana too
Think of this day as a showdown
Goodbye my friend this is the end
For me and you

Now be a bold Vaquero don't show your feelings
I, I'll cry while you're disappearing
Into the night all dressed in white unchained
And free without me

Put on your white sombrero like all the cowboys do
Go find a sweet senorita
Somebody meek who'll never speak
Harshly to you

You're such a caballero, proud never bending
I, I want someone who will take me
Just as I am I need a man
Who is in rhyme with his time

Ohh, you'll never take me
Just as I am I need a man who is in rhyme
With his time


Another great Abba song. But as far as running a marathon is concerned I'm thinking it best to follow the associating route and concentrate more on running form during those last 10km rather than disassociating and trying to block out pain by audibly yelling out a song. Yet the rhythm of melodies can still be present in the background. After all, a rhythmical breathing pattern is critical to success in the distance run.

Nearly five months after a foot procedure removing a benign foot tumour I feel I'm just starting again to get into the groove of things with marathon training, so bring on the Melbourne Marathon in October.