My Running

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!


My last 5 activities on Strava

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My Overall Strava Stats

Cycling- Distance (Km), Height gain (m) Running- Distance (Km), Height gain (m)
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My parkruns

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.

Ken JOHNSON 376 parkruns- 124 to go to my Member of the parkrun 100 club

parkrun milestones completed

Member of the parkrun 50 clubMember of the parkrun 100 clubMember of the parkrun 250 club

Member of the parkrun v25 club Member of the parkrun v50 club

My 10 Most Recent parkruns

EventRun DateGender
Position
Overall
Position
TimeAge
Grade
Bellerive parkrun30/11/202410719537:1950.78%
Bellerive parkrun23/11/202410418835:4852.93%
Bellerive parkrun16/11/202410317935:1153.86%
Bells Parade parkrun09/11/2024162732:5457.60%
Bellerive parkrun02/11/202413122934:4354.58%
Port Sorell parkrun26/10/2024234033:0357.34%
Our Park parkrun19/10/2024121934:4554.53%
Bellerive parkrun12/10/202413629357:0933.16%
Bellerive parkrun05/10/202411319534:1555.33%
Bellerive parkrun28/09/202414727535:5352.81%


My parkruns summary

VenueTotal
Runs
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venues
Best
Gender
Position
Best
Position
Overall
Best
Time
Bellerive parkrun221334828:57 All
Risdon Brook parkrun81111932:03 All
Montrose Foreshore parkrun17192728:49 All
Nightcliff parkrun9375130:40 All
Nuriootpa parkrun87931:16 All
Queens Domain parkrun66111531:38 All
Our Park parkrun63631:34 All
Palmerston parkrun2264130:34 All
Torrens parkrun28612830:38 All
Launceston parkrun29816031:12 All
Darwin parkrun27011436:43 All
Clare Valley parkrun28934:12 All
George Town parkrun191233:18 All
Carisbrooke parkrun141811:03:05 All
Windsor Precinct parkrun1233030:02 All
Railton parkrun181731:58 All
Burnie parkrun1395030:10 All
Port Sorell parkrun1234033:03 All
Geeveston parkrun125491:00:31 All
Kingston Park parkrun19113631:58 All
Kate Reed parkrun1101835:07 All
Bells Parade parkrun1162732:54 All
Westbury Town Common parkrun192432:10 All
Tynwald Park parkrun1132232:48 All
O’Connors Beach parkrun13433:52 All
Zeehan Golf Club parkrun1193136:33 All
Wynyard Foreshore parkrun1132030:27 All
Devonport parkrun1437634:05 All
Gawler parkrun15311557:22 All
West Beach parkrun112926754:47 All
Totals/Best       303763428:49 All


My Volunteer Summary

Member of the parkrun v25 club Member of the parkrun v50 club

My Volunteer Total = 58

RoleNumber
Marshal 6
Pre-event Setup 1
Barcode Scanning 5
Funnel Manager 2
Tail Walker 41
Event Day Course Check 3


Due to parkrun head office refusing to credit me with a volunteer role I did, and a local parkrun twice declining my offer of volunteering, I am taking a break from volunteering. Hence my volunteer numbers will not be increasing for the forseeable future.


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