After a year of running I was getting more and more fed up with my user name so as an early birthday present to myself I've decided to ditch the negativity and show my old bad knees some love.
So from here forward I am no longer OLDBADKNEES I'm YESLETSGO because I think that's much more cheerful 
What a brilliant way to celebrate your running journey! 👏👏🙌🙌🎉🎉
Great new name!
Yay, I love your new username 😃👍 oh and happy birthday! 🥳🎉🥂
Excellent!!!! xxx
Wonderful idea. I love the positivity!
I’m so glad I caught this as I would have wondered where OBK had got to! And then thought that YLG sounded very similar and I’d have got very confused which as ever, doesn’t take much 🤣. What a great birthday present to yourself, love it. I’ve considered changing my name to sorecalves or unhappyhamstrings many a time, if I’m honest, but never got round to it and generally various body parts start behaving again after a while 😃. Have a great day Yesletsgo , and adios bad knees.
Fabulous! Go Yesletsgo !
I like this a lot!! Your new alter ego will be at least 1m/k quicker from day one, being unburdened by echoes of the past 🏎🏎🏎🙂
Woo hoo, can I quote you on that Beachcomber66
Feel free 🙂
Yesletsgo is a much better username for you, goodbye to Oldbadknees.
Yesletsgo is a great username 😀a change is good
I was jealous that everyone else had a much better name than me 😂😂😂
Ha don’t be! we are now jealous that we didn’t think of using yours, I thought your Oldbadknees one was very clever and this one even more so
Thank you
Brilliant 🤩! What a way to celebrate. I’m all for a bit of positivity just now 👍🏼😊
Me too. I feel more positive already 😂
Yay!
Oh crikey, another name to remember - my poor brain! It’s been nice knowing you OBK! And it’s very nice to meet you YLG!!
When I first saw your name I thought it was much better one than OBK and that was what started me thinking I could have been a bit more upbeat!
Great new name Yesletsgo , and thank you so much for saving us the trouble of having to work out who you were before!
Good idea YLG, and have you found that through running the knees are better anyway? My lower back arthritis is fine as a result of running and strengthening the muscles.May you enjoy pain free knees when you run and indeed keep 'going' as your new found name suggests. Best wishes ☺️
Glad to hear your arthritis has improved, it's all so counter intuitive when you first start. Lots of conflicting information.
Over the last year things have got much better. Starting C25K was worrying as I'd been mollycoddling the knees for the previous 40 years. Once I started to enjoy it I decided that it was better to wear out than to rust, to paraphrase Neil Young, and like you it's all been very positive. The only injury I had was nothing to do with my knees so 🤞 for the future.What I do find strange is I can run 5-8km with no pain at all, but going downstairs first thing in the morning can sometimes be an ordeal 😂 (usually if I haven't run for a few days so work that one out!)
Great new name!
Super! Love the new name.
Glad to see someone who has changed their name since starting. Your new nom de plume is so POSITIVE yay!
I've been thinking about it, not really being a Newbie after 2 years, but I haven't come up with a good one yet. I will get my thinking cap back on 🤔
Think of something that makes you smile when you say it 😀Years ago I went on a very expensive training course and the only thing I remember is this: the trainer said that whenever someone says 'how are you' you should reply 'fantastic!' People don't expect that and your positivity rubs off on them. The conversation is immediately energised.
Contrast when you answer 'I'm so tired'. They'll immediately tell you they're tired too and before you know where you are you're discussing rheumatics, lumbago and bunions.
Words are powerful 😀
Yes! Yes! Yes! (As Sally said to Harry)😉
Wk1 yes
Knees misbehaving
30 minutes done yes yes yes