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 occasionally by fitness in the park. My main distances are 5 and 10k, with the odd half-marathon to stop me getting complacent. The photo is after my first-ever half-marathon at the Launceston Running Festival in 2018, at the age of 70.
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.
You may notice some of my 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.
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.
| Event | Run Date | Gender Position | Overall Position | Time | Age Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive parkrun | 24/07/2021 | 49 | 103 | 31:06 | 58.15% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 17/07/2021 | 63 | 122 | 33:13 | 54.44% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 10/07/2021 | 58 | 109 | 31:00 | 58.33% |
| Torrens parkrun | 03/07/2021 | 86 | 128 | 30:38 | 59.03% |
| Nightcliff parkrun | 26/06/2021 | 37 | 63 | 30:40 | 58.97% |
| Palmerston parkrun | 19/06/2021 | 26 | 41 | 30:34 | 59.16% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 12/06/2021 | 60 | 119 | 66:02 | 27.39% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 05/06/2021 | 86 | 201 | 69:17 | 26.10% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 29/05/2021 | 48 | 99 | 31:45 | 56.96% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 22/05/2021 | 53 | 106 | 30:53 | 58.55% |
| Event | Total Runs | Best Gender Position | Best Position Overall | Best Time |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive parkrun | 98 | 33 | 48 | 00:28:57 | All |  |
| Risdon Brook parkrun | 75 | 17 | 28 | 00:32:03 | All | |
| Nuriootpa parkrun | 8 | 7 | 9 | 00:31:16 | All | |
| Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 5 | 24 | 35 | 00:28:49 | All | |
| Nightcliff parkrun | 4 | 37 | 51 | 00:30:40 | All | |
| Clare Valley parkrun | 2 | 8 | 9 | 00:34:12 | All | |
| Launceston parkrun | 2 | 98 | 160 | 00:31:12 | All | |
| Queens Domain parkrun | 2 | 61 | 115 | 00:31:38 | 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 | |
| Railton parkrun | 1 | 8 | 17 | 00:31:58 | All | |
| Total/Best | 208 | 7 | 9 | 00:28:49 | All |
| Year | Role | Number of Times |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Marshal | 1 |
| 2021 | Tail Walker | 3 |
| 2020 | Barcode Scanning | 1 |
| 2020 | Tail Walker | 3 |
| 2019 | Funnel Manager | 1 |
| 2019 | Pre-event Setup | 1 |
| 2019 | Tail Walker | 13 |
| 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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