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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Risdon Brook parkrun | 13/04/2024 | 21 | 26 | 36:48 | 51.49% |
Bellerive parkrun | 06/04/2024 | 146 | 326 | 59:58 | 31.60% |
Bellerive parkrun | 30/03/2024 | 142 | 244 | 37:27 | 50.60% |
Bellerive parkrun | 23/03/2024 | 111 | 224 | 35:55 | 52.76% |
Bellerive parkrun | 16/03/2024 | 103 | 206 | 34:54 | 54.30% |
Bellerive parkrun | 09/03/2024 | 104 | 199 | 37:10 | 50.99% |
Bellerive parkrun | 02/03/2024 | 117 | 236 | 42:11 | 44.92% |
Bellerive parkrun | 24/02/2024 | 137 | 278 | 48:33 | 39.03% |
Bellerive parkrun | 17/02/2024 | 103 | 198 | 40:44 | 46.52% |
Zeehan Golf Club parkrun | 10/02/2024 | 19 | 31 | 36:33 | 51.85% |
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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