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A birthday run...and what a run!

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It’s my birthday today. If you’d told me 6 weeks ago that I’d be out running in the pouring rain...and loving it...on my birthday...I’d have told you where to get off.

W6R1. It all went wrong. Drenched by passing cars, stared at by bemused passers by with umbrellas, headphones running out of battery, having to keep glancing at my phone timer...

But I did it and I hit 5k (over the 34 minutes and I think running a bit more than I was supposed to due to the headphone issue). I might hurt tomorrow!

What a journey this is. What a mad woman I have become!

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Buddy34Graduate

Happy birthday and great run 😊

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backintimeGraduate

Wonderful, a run to remember for your birthday, it should be eventful !

Happy birthday, have a great day !

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Toastedteacake1

Happy birthday 🎂 congratulations on the birthday run, what a great pressie to yourself 😀

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Happy birthday and what a run to mark it! Enjoy your evening... keep the legs loose tomorrow and charge those headphone for the next one!

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smcl2212Graduate

Happy birthday - and well done!

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GranspeedGraduate

Well, you’ll definitely remember this one! 👏🏼 And Happy Birthday 🎉 And by the way, beware of Running Addiction. 😳 Very easy for some people to catch! 😄👍

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FormerAthleteNowMum in reply toGranspeed

I think I’m already infected! I’m not sure I have another explanation for even attempting this evening’s run.

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GranspeedGraduate in reply toFormerAthleteNowMum

👍😄

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