My Running

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!


My last 5 activities on Strava

Run 5 Run 4 Run 3 Run 2 Run 1
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My Overall Strava Stats

Cycling- Distance (Km), Height gain (m) Running- Distance (Km), Height gain (m)
Last 4 Weeks
Last 4 Weeks
Year to Date
Year to Date
Total
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Total # of Rides
Total # of Runs


My parkruns

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.

Ken JOHNSON 340 parkruns- 160 to go to my Member of the parkrun 100 club

parkrun milestones completed

Member of the parkrun 50 clubMember of the parkrun 100 clubMember of the parkrun 250 club

Member of the parkrun v25 club Member of the parkrun v50 club

My 10 Most Recent parkruns

EventRun DateGender
Position
Overall
Position
TimeAge
Grade
Bellerive parkrun23/03/202411122435:5552.76%
Bellerive parkrun16/03/202410220634:5454.30%
Bellerive parkrun09/03/202410419937:1050.99%
Bellerive parkrun02/03/202411723642:1144.92%
Bellerive parkrun24/02/202413727848:3339.03%
Bellerive parkrun17/02/202410319840:4446.52%
Zeehan Golf Club parkrun10/02/2024193136:3351.85%
Bellerive parkrun03/02/202414727637:5150.07%
Bellerive parkrun27/01/202412120335:4553.01%
Bellerive parkrun20/01/202412524642:2944.61%


My parkruns summary

VenueTotal
Runs
at
venue
Best
Gender
Position
Best
Position
Overall
Best
Time
Bellerive parkrun198334800:28:57 All Graph It!
Risdon Brook parkrun79111900:32:03 All Graph It!
Montrose Foreshore parkrun17192700:28:49 All Graph It!
Nuriootpa parkrun87900:31:16 All Graph It!
Nightcliff parkrun7375100:30:40 All Graph It!
Queens Domain parkrun56111500:31:38 All Graph It!
Our Park parkrun43600:31:34 All Graph It!
Palmerston parkrun2264100:30:34 All Graph It!
Launceston parkrun29816000:31:12 All Graph It!
Torrens parkrun28612800:30:38 All Graph It!
Clare Valley parkrun28900:34:12 All Graph It!
Darwin parkrun27011400:36:43 All Graph It!
Geeveston parkrun1254901:00:31 All  
Windsor Precinct parkrun1233000:30:02 All  
Gawler parkrun15311500:57:22 All  
Tynwald Park parkrun1132200:32:48 All  
Kingston Park parkrun19113600:31:58 All  
Burnie parkrun1395000:30:10 All  
Carisbrooke parkrun1418101:03:05 All  
West Beach parkrun112926700:54:47 All  
Wynyard Foreshore parkrun1132000:30:27 All  
Kate Reed parkrun1101800:35:07 All  
Railton parkrun181700:31:58 All  
Zeehan Golf Club parkrun1193100:36:33 All  
Totals/Best       243403600:28:49 All


My Volunteer Summary

My Volunteer Total = 58

RoleNumber
Marshal 6
Pre-event Setup 1
Barcode Scanning 5
Funnel Manager 2
Tail Walker 41
Event Day Course Check 3


Due to parkrun head office refusing to credit me with a volunteer role I did, and a local parkrun twice declining my offer of volunteering, I am taking a break from volunteering. Hence my volunteer numbers will not be increasing for the forseeable future.


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