Career

She took up cycling in 2003 and raced for the first time in 2004. In addition, she has taken 32 World Masters Championship titles, plus 22 European Masters titles and 45 National Masters titles. Janet has set a number of World Masters Records: she was part of the World Masters Team Pursuit team that set a new World Masters record in 2014 and 2015, in October 2012 she set a new world record for the 500m TT (45-49 category) with a time of 37.419.

The previous year she set a new world record for the 200m TT (45-49 category) with a time of 12.229, bettering the previous record which had stood since 2002, she also set a new record for the 500m TT (45-49 category) with a time of 37.429.

Previous to this, in September 2006, she broke the World Masters Record (40-49 category) in the 500m TT in Manchester, with a time of 37.239, she also holds a number of European Masters Records. Birkmyre broke the National Tandem Record for 5 km on the 16 May 2006 in a new time of 6:45:848.