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50 today! Thank you

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Well I had a plan to be running 5k by the time I turned 50 and I am doing it 3 times a week now! πŸ‘πŸΌπŸƒπŸ»πŸƒπŸ»πŸƒπŸ»Today is my 50th and I am so grateful to your encouraging voices. This is such a supportive group. I've never seen anything like it before. I really would have probably given up otherwise. Onwards and upwards now! πŸ˜ƒ

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Sandraj39Graduate

Brilliant brilliant! Happy birthday! I took up running as I approached my fiftieth...no regrets at all (despite spell on IC recentlyπŸ™) Loved it so much I did my first half marathon before my 52nd birthday.... so you never know what lies ahead! Good luck and enjoy!!

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toSandraj39

Wow that is really inspirational Sandra! I'd be happy with doing 10K by 52! Something to strive for!

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Sandraj39Graduateβ€’ in reply toDecker

Gotta have a goal!!πŸ™‚

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quirkybeeGraduateβ€’ in reply toSandraj39

That's so true Sandra and well done to you.

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IannodaTruffeMentor

Wishing you a very happy birthday. What a gift you have given yourself. Long may you enjoy it.

Keep running, keep smiling.

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toIannodaTruffe

Thank you kindly sir. And may I say that your posts have been truly inspirational to myself and many others. I wish you all good things in the years to come

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LupinsmumGraduate

A very Happy Birthday Decker and many congratulations on reaching your goal and sharing it with us. πŸŽ‚may you enjoy many more happy running years. πŸ˜€

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toLupinsmum

Thank you kindly πŸ˜€ It's because of all of you and your shared stories that the goal was reached!

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Lauracorin

Happy Birthday! Well done! My approaching 50th spurred me to work on health - I worked on yoga and walking first, but at 54 I'm now running 30 minutes very comfortably and working up to 5K.

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toLauracorin

Thank you and well done to you! Yes I need to work on the rest of my body next! 😜

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OldmoGraduate

Happy birthday, you certainly have something to celebrate, well done πŸŽ‚

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toOldmo

Thank you kindly!

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damienairGraduate

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and congratulations on your achievement. Wishing you a long happy and healthy running career into the distant future.

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Deckerβ€’ in reply todamienair

Thank you very much Damien. The larger goal was to be around and active for when our kids are older (they are 10 and 13 now), so I'm trying to make it stick πŸ˜€

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Irish-JohnGraduate

Happy birthday Runner! :)

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toIrish-John

Thank you John! πŸ˜€

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Maztink

#sings# Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Bet you are glad you can't hear me!!

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toMaztink

Haha - Thank you Maz! Much appreciated! 😜

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SlinkymalinkiGraduate

Congratulations on your 50th! What a great achievement & present to have given yourself. Your growing children will appreciate all the active things you do with them & so will your grandchildren - eventually!! Keep running😊

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toSlinkymalinki

Thank you Slinky! Yes, our kids are still relatively young (10 and 13) so part of this is definitely to try and be around for them later in life 😊

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Sarahwee

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! And congrats on the running too. An inspiration! xx πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ˜

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toSarahwee

Thank you Sarah. There is no shortage of really inspiring people on this forum. I only jumped on the band wagon to enjoy the ride! πŸ˜€

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MrsShrek

Happy birthday πŸŽ‰ and welcome to the half century club πŸ˜€

Well done on your running achievement too πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ I absolutely love this forum!

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toMrsShrek

Thank you FionaπŸ˜€ !!

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ladyharvillsGraduate

Happy Birthday and welcome to the 50's club! Many of us seem to have taken this up in the run up to our 50th, me included. I'm now half way through B2 10K. Never thought I'd get this far! The family are all amazed I've stuck at it. My advise is keep it slow and steady, take the highs and lows as par for the course and try to find a local Parkrun.

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Deckerβ€’ in reply toladyharvills

Thank you ladyharvills. Yes I am amazed I am still at it too! Your path is an inspiration and my eventual goal is a weekly 10K but for now I am very happy with tweaking my 5ks πŸ˜€ slow and steady as you say. I am in Canada and the nearest Park runs here are around an hours drive away, so I'm local for the moment. Going to do a charity fun run in August though, with other people πŸ˜€

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ValcartGraduate

Happy birthday. Well done you!

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Decker

Thank you kindly Valcart!

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quirkybeeGraduate

Dash it, missed this one, so hope you had a grand 50th Decker x

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Decker

No worries! Thank you kindly quirkybee! It was a great day and I think I ran that day too so it was all good! :)

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