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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Total # of Rides
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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 (323 parkruns)

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

My 10 Most Recent parkruns

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EventRun DateGender
Position
Overall
Position
TimeAge
Grade
Bellerive parkrun09/12/20239414833:2755.71%
Bellerive parkrun02/12/202310019334:2854.06%
Bellerive parkrun25/11/20237814337:3149.67%
Bellerive parkrun18/11/20238221359:0731.52%
Kate Reed parkrun11/11/2023101835:0753.06%
Bellerive parkrun04/11/20239717432:2157.60%
Bellerive parkrun28/10/202312526254:1134.39%
Our Park parkrun21/10/20235731:5958.26%
Risdon Brook parkrun14/10/2023183233:5454.97%
Montrose Foreshore parkrun07/10/2023418735:5151.98%


My parkruns summary

VenueTotal
Runs
at
venue
Best
Gender
Position
Best
Position
Overall
Best
Time
Bellerive parkrun185334800:28:57 All Graph It!
Risdon Brook parkrun79111900:32:03 All Graph It!
Montrose Foreshore parkrun17192700:28:49 All Graph It!
Nuriootpa parkrun87900:31:16 All Graph It!
Nightcliff parkrun7375100:30:40 All Graph It!
Queens Domain parkrun56111500:31:38 All Graph It!
Our Park parkrun43600:31:34 All Graph It!
Clare Valley parkrun28900:34:12 All Graph It!
Launceston parkrun29816000:31:12 All Graph It!
Torrens parkrun28612800:30:38 All Graph It!
Palmerston parkrun2264100:30:34 All Graph It!
Darwin parkrun27011400:36:43 All Graph It!
Geeveston parkrun1254901:00:31 All  
Windsor Precinct parkrun1233000:30:02 All  
Tynwald Park parkrun1132200:32:48 All  
Kingston Park parkrun19113600:31:58 All  
Burnie parkrun1395000:30:10 All  
Wynyard Foreshore parkrun1132000:30:27 All  
Kate Reed parkrun1101800:35:07 All  
Railton parkrun181700:31:58 All  
Totals/Best       203233600:28:49 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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