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. This photo is after my first-ever half-marathon at the Launceston Running Festival in 2018, at the age of 69.
The next two are of the finish of my first-ever full marathon at the Cadbury Marathon Festival in Jan. 2023 at the age of 74.
And a photo of my medal wall.
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.
Point to note- when referring to the event, parkrun always starts with a lower-case p, never an upper-case P, even at the begining of a sentence.
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 during the run.
Or when I pick up the occasional injury and have to revert to walking and/or using the deadly treadly...
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 | 28/01/2023 | 96 | 184 | 34:10 | 54.54% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 21/01/2023 | 96 | 197 | 35:44 | 52.15% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 14/01/2023 | 89 | 185 | 38:18 | 48.65% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 07/01/2023 | 134 | 321 | 63:02 | 29.56% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 31/12/2022 | 79 | 153 | 36:43 | 50.75% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 24/12/2022 | 104 | 201 | 37:43 | 49.40% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 17/12/2022 | 78 | 144 | 36:55 | 50.47% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 10/12/2022 | 62 | 115 | 31:38 | 58.01% |
| Bellerive parkrun | 03/12/2022 | 89 | 148 | 35:13 | 52.11% |
| Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 26/11/2022 | 30 | 39 | 30:04 | 61.03% |
| Event | Total Runs | Best Gender Position | Best Position Overall | Best Time |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellerive parkrun | 157 | 33 | 48 | 00:28:57 | All |  |
| Risdon Brook parkrun | 75 | 17 | 28 | 00:32:03 | All | |
| Montrose Foreshore parkrun | 13 | 19 | 27 | 00:28:49 | All | |
| Nuriootpa parkrun | 8 | 7 | 9 | 00:31:16 | All | |
| Nightcliff parkrun | 5 | 37 | 51 | 00:30:40 | All | |
| Queens Domain parkrun | 4 | 61 | 115 | 00:31:38 | All | |
| Our Park parkrun | 3 | 3 | 6 | 00:31:34 | 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 | |
| Clare Valley parkrun | 2 | 8 | 9 | 00:34:12 | All | |
| Launceston parkrun | 2 | 98 | 160 | 00:31:12 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Total/Best | 282 | 3 | 6 | 00:28:49 | All |
| Role | Number |
|---|---|
| Marshal | 6 |
| Pre-event Setup | 1 |
| Barcode Scanning | 5 |
| Funnel Manager | 2 |
| Tail Walker | 41 |
| Event Day Course Check | 3 |
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