Episode 13 - Junior Adventurers
2016-03-30
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, 31 January 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterPaul Kitching
GuestMiriam Tan
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The parkrun adventurers tip our hats to the half-pints as junior adventurers get in on the interview fun, and Dubbo (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Director Miriam Tan drops in for a natter about NSW. Ian Hay joins us for ‘Facts in a Haystack’ and brings with him a ‘Battle of the Ages’, and Roving Reporter Paul Kitching (aka PK) gets all the gleeful goss on the green at Mt Barker parkrun’s 2nd Anniversary.
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Miriam Tan
Founding and running Dubbo parkrun, its remoteness (nearest event three and a half hours away at Lawson, Singleton or Tamworth), her parkrun origin story at Newy parkrun in Carrington and co-founding Tamworth with Heather Hunter, ~300 runners a week from 2,000 registrations, the Macquarie River course, the event's chalk drawings, Olympic steeplechaser Youcef Abdi setting the course record, and her own tourism to about 15 different parkruns including Singapore.
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In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:03
Melissa Erbacher and Scott Trickett after the Easter long weekend. Scott went up to Ballarat, where daughter Kasia ran her 20th different event and made the most-events table on a cold, flat, fast course with no PBs; Mel credits Scott and Ivana for the transport and supervision, and Kasia fired some interview questions at a Ballarat volunteer, which follows.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 3:50
The episode's centrepiece: a run of short field reports recorded by junior parkrunners around the country, introduced by Scott "she wasn't the only parkrun adventurer who was out getting some roving reports for us this weekend. We've got a whole sample dotted all around the country, so let's take a listen." Contains Amoy at Launceston (interviewing Run Director Michael and Celeste), Lani interviewing her brother Rowan, Emily at Diamond Creek interviewing three adult parkrunners, and Levi at Central Lakes interviewing Zach. Preceded by Scott's daughter Kasia interviewing a volunteer at Ballarat.
Meet the ED starts at 14:35
Scott hands over "It's time to catch up with another Event Director, who is also a new Territory Director, probably the youngest we've got in parkrun Australia. Welcome to the podcast, Miriam Tan from Dubbo." Miriam covers Dubbo parkrun's isolation (nearest event three and a half hours away), founding it in July 2015 after helping start Tamworth, ~300 runners a week from 2,000 registrations, the out-and-back Macquarie River course, the event's chalk drawings, Olympic steeplechaser Youcef Abdi smashing the course record, and her own parkrun tourism (about 15 different events including Singapore).
Facts in a Haystack starts at 28:54
Ian Hay's stats segment, opened by Scott "It's time to talk stats again with our stats man, Ian Hay" and closed "Thanks for coming on for our Facts in a Haystack. Still our favourite segment." This week's theme is juniors: 16% of the weekend's runners were juniors (3,800 of 23,000) against a usual 12-13%; Tamborine Mountain had the highest junior proportion at 30%, Shellharbour the highest number at 77; 18 juniors in the 100 club and 328 in the 50 club. Mel asks him to look at how many juniors appear on the Australian most-events list in a future episode.
Battle of the Ages starts at 33:38
A sub-bit inside Facts in a Haystack, coined on air by Ian Hay "the next segment I've got here is what I've called Battle of the Ages." Adults versus juniors across three categories for the weekend, with the hosts guessing first: volunteers (adults 38% to juniors 20%), first-timers (juniors 28% to adults 17%) and PBs (juniors 25% to adults 19%), juniors take it two-one. Named in the episode's own show notes.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 39:59
PK's field report from Mount Barker parkrun's second anniversary in South Australia, handed over by Mel. He interviews Mount Barker mayor Anne Ferguson, a fellow "Derek Zoolander running group" member called Scott, South Australian Territory Director John Lorry (who trails Clare's first trial and a 23 April launch), and volunteer photographer Gary, before signing off "Peace and out from Mount Barker parkrun."
Social Adventurers starts at 44:10
Round-up of listener posts on Facebook and Instagram, opened by Scott "Also on Instagram this week, we went international again with Dr Nick." Covers Dr Nick at Lydiard parkrun in Swindon, Run Joe Run's road trip to Bairnsdale with Oscar the Hound and their chicken-versus-egg Easter costume contest, Recreating Mel's PB at Lillydale Lake, Finding My Balance's 69th at Nambour, Dr Scott Watkins at Shellharbour, Trails and Ales guest-run-directing at Jells, Matty Trent playing the podcast off his car dashboard after Manjimup's second anniversary, and Liv Coop introducing her nephews to parkrun at Varsity Lakes.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 48:36"Where is the cake?"
Scott runs the week ahead: Lismore and Kedron launching (Scott repeatedly fumbles the pronunciation of Kedron, to Mel's amusement, and asks for a roving report from the launch), then "And where's the cake on Saturday? We've got two anniversaries to enjoy", Traralgon's first and Main Beach's fifth, with Mel noting Main Beach is "the birthplace of parkrun in Australia."
Sign-off starts at 50:05
Mel called it a fun episode, said she had loved having the junior adventurers on and wanted more of them in future, and Scott said he had also enjoyed catching up with Miriam and Ian. Scott then trailed Tim's return next week and asked for questions through the usual channels, Facebook messaging or parkrunadventurers@gmail.com, Mel asked listeners having an adventure that week to tell a fellow adventurer about the podcast, and Scott closed with "come back next week, see you everyone".