I started serious exercise some years ago after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and diverticulitus in the same week- control for both is diet and exercise, so I lost some 35 kilos and started going to a free, local council program called "Fitness in the Park." After a few years I started running to supplement fitness in the park- now I mainly do middle-distance running, supplemented occasionally by fitness in the park. My main distances are 5 and 10k, with the odd half-marathon to stop me getting complacent. This photo is after my first-ever half-marathon at the Launceston Running Festival in 2018, at the age of 69.
The finish of my first-ever full marathon at the Cadbury Marathon Festival in Jan. 2023 at the age of 74.
And of course, as it was my first-ever marathon, it was also a PB (personal best time) so I get to ring the PB bell!
In January 2016 my step-daughter introduced me to parkrun, https://www.parkrun.com.au/, a worldwide, free, timed, non-competitive, weekly 5k walk/jog/run.
Event | Run Date | Gender Position | Overall Position | Time | Age Grade |
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Bellerive parkrun | 20/07/2024 | 105 | 188 | 42:53 | 44.19% |
Bellerive parkrun | 13/07/2024 | 92 | 148 | 32:34 | 58.19% |
Bellerive parkrun | 06/07/2024 | 79 | 143 | 40:26 | 46.87% |
Bellerive parkrun | 29/06/2024 | 93 | 184 | 43:18 | 43.76% |
Bellerive parkrun | 22/06/2024 | 95 | 150 | 33:30 | 56.57% |
Westbury Town Common parkrun | 15/06/2024 | 9 | 24 | 32:10 | 58.91% |
Bellerive parkrun | 08/06/2024 | 106 | 219 | 36:04 | 52.54% |
O’Connors Beach parkrun | 01/06/2024 | 3 | 4 | 33:52 | 55.95% |
Bellerive parkrun | 25/05/2024 | 80 | 135 | 34:50 | 54.40% |
Queens Domain parkrun | 18/05/2024 | 99 | 173 | 34:54 | 54.30% |
Role | Number |
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Marshal | 6 |
Pre-event Setup | 1 |
Barcode Scanning | 5 |
Funnel Manager | 2 |
Tail Walker | 41 |
Event Day Course Check | 3 |
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