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 Overall Strava Stats

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 (323 parkruns)

My 10 Most Recent parkruns

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Event	Run Date	Gender Position	Overall Position	Time	Age Grade
Bellerive parkrun	09/12/2023	94	148	33:27	55.71%
Bellerive parkrun	02/12/2023	100	193	34:28	54.06%
Bellerive parkrun	25/11/2023	78	143	37:31	49.67%
Bellerive parkrun	18/11/2023	82	213	59:07	31.52%
Kate Reed parkrun	11/11/2023	10	18	35:07	53.06%
Bellerive parkrun	04/11/2023	97	174	32:21	57.60%
Bellerive parkrun	28/10/2023	125	262	54:11	34.39%
Our Park parkrun	21/10/2023	5	7	31:59	58.26%
Risdon Brook parkrun	14/10/2023	18	32	33:54	54.97%
Montrose Foreshore parkrun	07/10/2023	41	87	35:51	51.98%

My parkruns summary

Venue	Total Runs at venue	Best Gender Position	Best Position Overall	Best Time
Bellerive parkrun	185	33	48	00:28:57	All
Risdon Brook parkrun	79	11	19	00:32:03	All
Montrose Foreshore parkrun	17	19	27	00:28:49	All
Nuriootpa parkrun	8	7	9	00:31:16	All
Nightcliff parkrun	7	37	51	00:30:40	All
Queens Domain parkrun	5	61	115	00:31:38	All
Our Park parkrun	4	3	6	00:31:34	All
Clare Valley parkrun	2	8	9	00:34:12	All
Launceston parkrun	2	98	160	00:31:12	All
Torrens parkrun	2	86	128	00:30:38	All
Palmerston parkrun	2	26	41	00:30:34	All
Darwin parkrun	2	70	114	00:36:43	All
Geeveston parkrun	1	25	49	01:00:31	All
Windsor Precinct parkrun	1	23	30	00:30:02	All
Tynwald Park parkrun	1	13	22	00:32:48	All
Kingston Park parkrun	1	91	136	00:31:58	All
Burnie parkrun	1	39	50	00:30:10	All
Wynyard Foreshore parkrun	1	13	20	00:30:27	All
Kate Reed parkrun	1	10	18	00:35:07	All
Railton parkrun	1	8	17	00:31:58	All
Totals/Best 20	323	3	6	00:28:49	All

My Volunteer Summary

Member of the parkrun v50 club

My Volunteer Total = 58

Role	Number
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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