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 | Bellerive parkrun | 09/12/2023 | 94 | 148 | 33:27 | 55.71% |
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Bellerive parkrun | 02/12/2023 | 100 | 193 | 34:28 | 54.06% |
Bellerive parkrun | 25/11/2023 | 78 | 143 | 37:31 | 49.67% |
Bellerive parkrun | 18/11/2023 | 82 | 213 | 59:07 | 31.52% |
Kate Reed parkrun | 11/11/2023 | 10 | 18 | 35:07 | 53.06% |
Bellerive parkrun | 04/11/2023 | 97 | 174 | 32:21 | 57.60% |
Bellerive parkrun | 28/10/2023 | 125 | 262 | 54:11 | 34.39% |
Our Park parkrun | 21/10/2023 | 5 | 7 | 31:59 | 58.26% |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 14/10/2023 | 18 | 32 | 33:54 | 54.97% |
Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 07/10/2023 | 41 | 87 | 35:51 | 51.98% |
Venue | Total Runs at venue | Best Gender Position | Best Position Overall | Best Time |
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Bellerive parkrun | 185 | 33 | 48 | 00:28:57 | All | ![]() |
Risdon Brook parkrun | 79 | 11 | 19 | 00:32:03 | All | ![]() |
Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 17 | 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 | 4 | 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 | |
Tynwald Park parkrun | 1 | 13 | 22 | 00:32:48 | 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 | |
Kate Reed parkrun | 1 | 10 | 18 | 00:35:07 | All | |
Railton parkrun | 1 | 8 | 17 | 00:31:58 | All | |
Totals/Best       20 | 323 | 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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