Episode 9 - Jakub Fedorowicz
2016-03-01
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, 31 January 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterGary Clarke
GuestsChristine Timms Jakub Fedorowicz
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers chat about a special launch, and we cross the Bass Strait for a natter with Launceston Event Director Christine Timms. Poland Country Manager Jakub Fedorowicz entices us overseas with a particularly unique parkrun, and roving adventurer Gary Clarke gets the super wrap up on Tuggeranong (opens in a new tab)’s 3rd anniversary.
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Christine Timms
Tasmania's three events and three unnamed prospects (Railton, Burnie, George Town), why Tasmanian parkruns start at 9am (minus-five setups in winter, and it suits tourists), the June powwow tied to the 10th Launceston 10, her 11 different courses including Noosa, Altona Beach and Paradise Point, and what counts as a hot day in Tasmania (23-25 degrees).
Jakub Fedorowicz
Five years of parkrun in Poland, five people (two runners, three volunteers) at the first event in October 2011, now ~30 events and 35,000+ registrations growing by 1,000 a month; buggies and dogs as the local point of difference; Poznań as the biggest event (1,000 at Christmas); the Cieszyn event that crosses the border into the Czech Republic mid-course; barcodes working worldwide; and milestone shirts.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:05
Melissa Erbacher hosting without her regular co-host, joined in the studio by the Studley Event Director, before the first segment begins.
One minute of questions starts at 0:28Sale of the Century style
A rapid-fire quiz put to Scott Trickett about the Studley parkrun launch on 27 February 2016, course record holder Amy Holmes, the beard grown for the launch, the forgotten pen, engineers checking the suspension bridge, the single (female) photographer, and "Picturesque" as the one-word course description. It overruns the minute and turns into an ordinary launch debrief.
Social Adventurers starts at 32:56
Instagram roundup read by Scott: Dave D'Alessio at Sandon Point parkrun, "Finding My Balance" at "Sierra May" parkrun with a photo of an implausibly large wallaby, and two posts from the Studley launch, "Ruinedish" on the fun of a launch and Scott's facial growth, and "HeyTJ" with her park dog Pip on the wobbly bridge.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 34:02
Mel crosses to roving adventurer Gary Clarke at Tuggeranong parkrun's superhero-themed third anniversary. Scott praises the piece afterwards: "Now that is how you contribute a roving adventurer's report."
Launches and anniversaries starts at 41:07"Where is the cake?"
The weekly launches-and-anniversaries slot comes up empty: "Amazingly, we have no anniversaries or launches this weekend in parkrun Australia." The weekend's launch (Studley) and anniversary (Tuggeranong's third) were both covered earlier in the episode.
Sign-off starts at 41:22
Scott noted there were no anniversaries or launches in parkrun Australia that weekend and asked listeners to send in questions for Tim Oberg for next week's podcast; Mel urged them to make the questions good ones, since nowhere else does the general manager of parkrun Australia answer everybody's questions. She thanked Scott for another parkrun adventure, congratulated him again on launching Studley and said she was off to price flights to Poland and work out how to navigate the Polish parkrun website; Scott said he would stick around Studley a few more weeks before booking his flights, and closed until next week.