What a difference a year makes ....

[ClarkeyCat]

It's my 38th birthday today. After a lovely afternoon with Hidden having lunch, visiting Up & Running in Headington and generally geeking out about running stuff, I took myself out for a birthday run. It was one of those runs where everything just feels right, I felt strong and although I went faster I wasn't tired or out of breath, I enjoyed every minute and achieved a PB for 6k.

The thing I love best about this is that on my 37th birthday I doubt I could have managed 6 meters - so in this respect at least, I can say I've improved with age. 😊

[Hidden]

It was a lovely day! And it’s all your fault I landed up on here. I wanted to run for many years but was told my prior injuries made it impossible. Thanks to your example, I checked with my GP and was overjoyed to find opinions have changed.

So I am in awe of my amazing daughter. Look at your pace and time and distance. You’ve not been running long, so I think you should be proud of what you can do.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Happy Birthday ClarkeyCat...😊 Sounds like you have had a lovely day.

Hope you have a nice evening planned too to celebrate the new running you...

🎂🎁🎈🎉

Kudos for running on your birthday and the 6k pb😊xxx

[Pm3eak Graduate]

Happy Birthday to you! Congratulations are due on your running performance, both today and even more so over the year: impressive.

[RainbowC Graduate]

Happy birthday - and a good choice of shop to spend it in! Up & Running there are great 😊

[Sadie-runs Graduate]

Brilliant! And happy birthday to you! 🥂🎂🏃‍♀️

[pinkaardvark Graduate]

Happy birthday!! How fantastic to be celebrating a year of running, and such a great pace. Must be those funky blue shoes

[ClarkeyCat Graduate in reply to pinkaardvark]

Thank you. Not a year of running though - only 3 months of that. I was just contemplating how different I am to last Birthday and how that's because of the running.

[pinkaardvark Graduate in reply to ClarkeyCat]

Only 3 months you say.. now i'm even more jealous of your speediness!!!

[ClarkeyCat Graduate in reply to pinkaardvark]

Thank you! I do tend to go too fast for my level of fitness and wear myself out though so I’m still working on that.

[Elfe5 Graduate]

Happy birthday ClarkyCat, sounds like a super day! 😀