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-run 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 by fitness in the park. My main distances are 5 and 10k, with the occasional half-marathon to stop me getting complacent.
Three years ago my step-daughter introduced me to parkrun, https://www.parkrun.com.au/, a worldwide, free, timed, non-competitive, weekly 5k run/walk/jog.
Some of the times are around an hour- these are when I volunteer as Tailwalker, whose job is to be the last person on the course, to carry a first aid kit, and act as first responder to take care of any problems that may occur on the run.
Note that parkrun relies completely on volunteers- without volunteers every week there can be NO parkrun. If every parkrunner volunteered just 3 times a year, we would always have enough. Sadly, this doesn't always happen, putting a much bigger load on the people who do volunteer, so please consider giving up just three runs a year to volunteer. The jobs are easy, fun and rewarding, and training for the various roles is given.
Ken JOHNSON (146 parkruns)
| Event | Run Date | Gender Position | Overall Position | Time | Age Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive parkrun | 14/09/2019 | 79 | 129 | 31:36 | 55.80% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 07/09/2019 | 68 | 125 | 55:10 | 31.96% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 31/08/2019 | 71 | 134 | 32:23 | 54.45% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 24/08/2019 | 71 | 126 | 33:42 | 52.32% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 17/08/2019 | 42 | 83 | 31:26 | 56.10% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 10/08/2019 | 36 | 58 | 32:16 | 54.65% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 03/08/2019 | 82 | 178 | 59:32 | 29.62% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 27/07/2019 | 71 | 170 | 59:30 | 29.64% |
| Nuriootpa parkrun | 20/07/2019 | 7 | 12 | 31:43 | 55.60% |
| Nuriootpa parkrun | 13/07/2019 | 7 | 10 | 31:16 | 56.40% |
| Event | Total Runs | Best Gender Position | Best Position Overall | Best Time |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart parkrun | 73 | 17 | 28 | 00:32:08 | All |  |
| Bellerive parkrun | 49 | 33 | 48 | 00:29:06 | All | |
| Nuriootpa parkrun | 8 | 7 | 9 | 00:31:16 | All | |
| Nightcliff parkrun | 3 | 38 | 51 | 00:32:50 | All | |
| Darwin parkrun | 2 | 70 | 114 | 00:36:43 | All | |
| Clare Valley parkrun | 2 | 8 | 9 | 00:34:12 | All | |
| Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 2 | 42 | 63 | 00:31:24 | All | |
| Geeveston parkrun | 1 | 25 | 49 | 01:00:31 | All | |
| Railton parkrun | 1 | 8 | 17 | 00:31:58 | All | |
| Palmerston parkrun | 1 | 35 | 49 | 00:33:06 | All | |
| Windsor Precinct parkrun | 1 | 23 | 30 | 00:30:02 | All | |
| Launceston parkrun | 1 | 98 | 160 | 00:31:12 | All | |
| Wynyard Foreshore parkrun | 1 | 13 | 20 | 00:30:27 | All | |
| Torrens parkrun | 1 | 153 | 221 | 00:34:02 | All | |
| Totals | 146 | 7 | 9 | 00:29:06 | All |
| Year | Role | Number of Times |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Funnel Manager | 1 |
| 2019 | Pre-event Setup | 1 |
| 2019 | Tail Walker | 9 |
| 2018 | Barcode Scanning | 1 |
| 2018 | Funnel Manager | 1 |
| 2018 | Marshal | 1 |
| 2018 | Tail Walker | 6 |
| 2017 | Barcode Scanning | 1 |
| 2017 | Marshal | 2 |
| 2016 | Marshal | 2 |
| 2016 | Tail Walker | 1 |
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