Wednesday, December 23, 2009

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
It takes a long time to grow young.

Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of 'you' to the world.

Woo Hoo tomorrow is my 45th B-day I have been living on this earth for 45 years. It hasn't always been easy but I can say i love life. I am looking forward to an exciting year filled with fun adventures and epics.
Remember.
LIVE LIFE LOVE LIFE...................

23 comments:

K said...

happy birthday!

Running Diva Mom said...

You are such an inspiration. Happy birthday. You don't look a day over 19!! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to following you in 2010.

Ewa said...

Happy Birthday Catra. You are quite an inspiration.
Have a wonderful 46th year.
Ewa

Anonymous said...

happy birthday and have a blessed christmas mike

slowrunner said...

'long may you run'

Sam Saint said...

happy birthday! and im just gonna put this out there. YOUR 45????????????????????????????? i havent been reading long and thought you were like 30 at the most. your an absolute inspriration and you remind me of a quote in Born to Run (which is actually how i found your name) "you dont stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running"
keep it up beautiful girl.

franske said...

Happy Birthday

Run baby Run!!!!!

Lucinda said...

Happy Birthday!!!

Anonymous said...

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag from Germany, Catra!
Life is preciuous. Hold on to it. Katrin

Anonymous said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I love your blog and read every new post. What amazes me is the quotes and proverbs that you post. Everyone is meaningful and true and most ofthe time exactly what I am feeling but unable to express. So thank you.

You are a shining example of todays headline!

Thanks for sharing and thanks always for the inspiration. Have a great birthday, and very Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2010!

Anonymous said...

My kids thought you were 20! They didn't believe me when I told them your real age. You made quite an impression! Have a great time down south and for sure let's get together when you get back.

Sara

gene said...

Happy Birthday! Thank you for the gift of you!

RunSueRun said...

Happy birthday Catra! Who'da thunk you were 364 days older than me? :)

The 4 Bushel Farmgal said...

I hope you have a great birthday and a wonderful year!

Unknown said...

Happy Birthday.
Keep growing younger

Neil Scott said...

Happy birthday Catra.
I liked the saying in the Born to Run book "You don't stop running because you get to old, you get old because you stop running" keep it up.
Just reading the online book by 50's 60's english runner Gordon Pirie in his career he ran, from his estimation about 240,000 miles wow.

Neil

Anonymous said...

Dear Catra, (HAPPY BIRTHDAY)
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"The memory is the only Paradies, from which we cannot be driven out."
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I wish you... a lot of nice races
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and I hope... that I will look like you
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on my 45th bithday...
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from germany -Markus-

Angela and Jen said...

Happy Birthday! I cannot wait to see what 2010 holds for you. You inspire me to keep up with you! Jen

Marsha said...

Best wishes for a wonderful birthday and the best new year evah!

Hone said...

Happy late birthday!! Mine is tomorrow. You have to love the Christmas birthdays.

Anyways I hope you have a great 2010! Have fun at the HURT and run a loop for me.

Unknown said...

Happy belated birthday, Catra! My 45th birthday is one week after yours, on December 31st.

Hope to run on the Backbone Trail for at least half of the day, tehn spend some time with my family. I hope you had a nice birthday.

trailturtle said...

Dear Catra,
Thank you for showing us all that we can be so resilient after what we perceive to be hardship....and that, if we "live life love life" enough, we can often persist and not even notice the "hardship" while it is happening and grow stronger in the process.
Sorry I wasn't able to meet you during my last visit to CA...I did, as promised, dedicate my PCTR run to you and your sister. That energy gave me a 30K trail PR and also a CR, even taking the course change into consideration.
Happy New Year and best wishes for many happy runs in 2010! Ann

admin said...

truly wisely spoken words. Stumbled upon your blog whilst surfing E-speed's blog. Love your pics and your adventures. A triathlet from germany, now a regular reader.