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 | 23/09/2023 | 128 | 255 | 39:47 | 46.84% |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 16/09/2023 | 11 | 19 | 38:05 | 48.93% |
Bellerive parkrun | 09/09/2023 | 137 | 278 | 51:31 | 36.17% |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 02/09/2023 | 19 | 26 | 33:08 | 56.24% |
Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 26/08/2023 | 43 | 63 | 32:44 | 56.92% |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 19/08/2023 | 13 | 20 | 34:29 | 54.04% |
Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 12/08/2023 | 41 | 66 | 36:13 | 51.45% |
Bellerive parkrun | 05/08/2023 | 94 | 185 | 36:16 | 51.38% |
Bellerive parkrun | 29/07/2023 | 73 | 157 | 37:04 | 50.27% |
Bellerive parkrun | 22/07/2023 | 108 | 216 | 41:46 | 44.61% |
Venue | Total Runs at venue | Best Gender Position | Best Position Overall | Best Time |
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Bellerive parkrun | 179 | 33 | 48 | 00:28:57 | All | ![]() |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 78 | 11 | 19 | 00:32:03 | All | ![]() |
Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 15 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 00:31:34 | All | ![]() |
Palmerston parkrun | 2 | 26 | 41 | 00:30:34 | All | ![]() |
Darwin parkrun | 2 | 70 | 114 | 00:36:43 | 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 | ![]() |
Railton parkrun | 1 | 8 | 17 | 00:31:58 | 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 | |
Total/Best | 312 | 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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