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2 years ago on my birthday I was unable to walk up stairs without getting out of breath... last year I was busy but managed to get a mile in... this year most of us have too much time on our hands so I figured I’d do more.

Saturday is parkrun day and I’m really missing it. I’ve been donating my parkrun time to help others, and when I got home this morning at 10ish, I figured I’d go and get a run in. 5k just before lunchtime was cool, 0.9 mile laps and I set off at the same time as a woman, who I hadn’t met before, and we ran opposite directions, which was interesting, and while I was slightly faster, she had the longer incline, I went uphill on the straighter side, so we figured we pretty much had the same pace today. Back home, walk the dogs. Little bit of strength and flex work, late lunch feet up. Then this evening I had to go pick the wife up... got there an hour early, laced those shoes and hit another 5k up, walked back to car, stretched, changed my shoes and just sat back in the car as she got in the other side. Now I think it’s wine time, while I think just how much has changed in the last two years.

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GranspeedGraduate10

Brilliant markers of your fitness journey, UNM. 👏🏼🎉👍 Award yourself a well deserved gold star, as well as wine - and I hope there was cake somewhere in there! 🎶🎵🎶🍷🎂

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toGranspeed

I don’t eat cake... but Halo Top do birthday cake ice cream at less calories per run than a 5k run, so I did indulge!

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GranspeedGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

So clever. Perfect for a birthday. 😄

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Wow fantastic runs, what a story. Happy running 🤗

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toGrannyhugs

No clue what I’ll do next year... I’m thinking it’s gotta be more than this year!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10

Fantastic. You are putting me to shame, you're doing brilliantly. How is Little Miss UNM?

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toBaddieThePirate

She’s ok... bit of cabin fever, but who hasn’t? Not doing much running... but there’s a boy on the scene so FaceTime is the main focus. In a break with tradition, I actually like the lad 🤣 and he’s wanting to try a parkrun when it restarts, so that could get little miss back into it!

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ShadowDee

What an awesome achievement.

I think it's been a few years for me as well. I hate jogging and c25k was always lingering in my mind.

I had a few pitfalls not everything went as planned. Cold and flu season would knock me down but gradually went back.

And you've been a great help UnfitNoMore and the other admins helped get me back on tack. Thank you 😊

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toShadowDee

I’d be still sat on the couch and struggling with life if it wasn’t for the admins here.

We’re all doing great things... every journey I read about is an inspiration to me.

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

Happy Birthday UNM... definately showing how fit you are today!🎈

Strange birthdays this year, I hope you had a lovely evening to celebrate...with your feet up! 🍷🌻xxx

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toBluebirdrunner

Very strange year all round... my wife was working on Mother’s Day so chose to do it the next weekend (we often have to timeshift some events) and then some of her team had to self isolate so she worked the next two Sundays and by the time we could give her a day, lockdown was in full effect. Then little Miss UNM’s birthday got acknowledged but shifted (she’s really excited about having the half birthday celebration this year) now mine is the same... we are planning to celebrate everything still, one weekend after another, but we won’t be doing it for a while, even if the restaurants are open in July, we’re thinking it’ll be autumn for us.

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lexi6Graduate10

Happy Birthday UNM and two 5ks in one day, what a gift. 👍

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply tolexi6

I’m ready for New Year’s Day and a parkrun double 🤣

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lexi6Graduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

😂😂

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Irish-JohnGraduate10

Great post and very Happy Birthday UNM :)

Wishing you many more and many happy runs :)

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toIrish-John

Was hoping to run an event this year as it’s a Saturday, but life had other ideas... I’d best keep it up for a few years now I guess!

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KatnapGraduate10

🎉🍰🍷 Fantastic!

Did you hear that Strava were listening to you?

They've removed the segment comparison stuff that was annoying you and only gives you your own result.

Happy belated birthday!

🐱 Katnap 🐱

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toKatnap

Yeah... I saw, and I do have a ticket open with them over it... all I need now is a switch to turn segments off altogether as it still compares me to myself 🤪

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KatnapGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

🤣 a step in the right direction!

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Buddy34Graduate10

Brilliant post UNM and Happy Birthday.

2 runs in 1 day wow🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🎂🎂🎂

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toBuddy34

I’ve split my long runs before... but as I haven’t run over 5k in one go for a while this was a little different... noticeably slower on the second run. Now, all I need to do is reduce the rest between these intervals by about 7 hours and I’m back at 10k 🤣

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Fabulous450Graduate10

Fantastic UNM!!🤩 I’m glad you had such a wonderful and happy birthday!! I can just imagine you sitting nice, calm & content in the car saying hi!! After a 5k run!! You’ve done brilliantly!! Very inspiring!

Happy birthday!! 🎉🎊🎂❤️

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toFabulous450

Thanks... very contented yesterday... but now I got “rest day” to deal with 🤣

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Fabulous450Graduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

Ooh....hide the trainers 😂😂 & enjoy the memories!!!! ❤️

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RunningMigster

Belated happy birthday to you!

What a story and great inspiration.

Hope you enjoyed that wine!

Cheers

🍾🥂🍷🏃‍♂️

Mig

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toRunningMigster

I certainly did... but just a couple as I had to drive this morning.

Wowzers! Hope you enjoyed that wine. I love posts like this. This is one reason why I'm in it for. What progress and what focus and determination!! You can now literally 'lace up and go.'

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply to

Oops... replied here with my reply for the above reply!

Yeah... I enjoyed some wine, but the ability to just go run whenever I feel the need is amazing. Took a while to safely remove a rest day a couple of times over the last 12 months of course.

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FionamagsGraduate10

That is simply amazing!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10 in reply toFionamags

It did feel good... exactly 3 minutes slower on the second one, which was surprising as it felt really slow. Must have been in the zone

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