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 | 03/06/2023 | 90 | 164 | 34:25 | 54.14% |
Bellerive parkrun | 27/05/2023 | 79 | 145 | 33:57 | 54.88% |
Bellerive parkrun | 20/05/2023 | 78 | 199 | 54:46 | 34.02% |
Bellerive parkrun | 13/05/2023 | 125 | 281 | 37:08 | 50.18% |
Bellerive parkrun | 06/05/2023 | 107 | 230 | 56:10 | 33.18% |
Bellerive parkrun | 29/04/2023 | 94 | 181 | 33:46 | 55.18% |
Bellerive parkrun | 22/04/2023 | 147 | 318 | 57:05 | 32.64% |
Bellerive parkrun | 15/04/2023 | 144 | 320 | 57:28 | 32.42% |
Bellerive parkrun | 08/04/2023 | 97 | 185 | 36:22 | 51.24% |
Bellerive parkrun | 01/04/2023 | 113 | 246 | 54:24 | 34.25% |
Venue | Total Runs at venue | Best Gender Position | Best Position Overall | Best Time |
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Bellerive parkrun | 173 | 33 | 48 | 00:28:57 | All | ![]() |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 75 | 17 | 28 | 00:32:03 | All | ![]() |
Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 13 | 19 | 27 | 00:28:49 | All | ![]() |
Nuriootpa parkrun | 8 | 7 | 9 | 00:31:16 | All | ![]() |
Nightcliff parkrun | 5 | 37 | 51 | 00:30:40 | All | ![]() |
Queens Domain parkrun | 5 | 61 | 115 | 00:31:38 | All | ![]() |
Our Park parkrun | 3 | 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 | |
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 | |
Tynwald Park parkrun | 1 | 13 | 22 | 00:32:48 | All | |
Railton parkrun | 1 | 8 | 17 | 00:31:58 | All | |
Total/Best | 299 | 3 | 6 | 00:28:49 | All |
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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