Episode 15 - Melissa Flentjar
2016-04-13
HostsMelissa Erbacher Melissa Flentjar
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers catch up on an adventuresome weekend with stories from Western Australia and Victoria, and Event Director Melissa Flentjar shares her excitement ahead of Lalor parkrun’s launch.
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Event Director interview — Melissa Flentjar (Lalor parkrun launch)
The episode's main block: both hosts interview Melissa Flentjar, ED of the about-to-launch Lalor parkrun in Melbourne's outer north. Covers the launch plans (full Welcome to Country, Aunty Pam, a warm-up and demonstration by Indigenous Hip Hop Projects, a weekly Acknowledgement of Country ongoing), the partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, the course description (old golf course, bike path, the high-five bridge over the Hume Freeway, the new Melbourne markets), and her personal journey from morbid obesity via Couch to 5K and Diamond Creek parkrun to losing just under 40 kilos and founding an event. Scott discloses he is her Territory Director.
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
Weekly rundown of upcoming launches (Lalor, Mackay) and anniversaries (Augustine Heights third, Cottesloe and Sale first), prompted by SPEAKER_02's set-piece question "Where's the cake this week, Scotty?" (00:23:12). The phrasing implies it is already a running gag/format, though the segment is otherwise unnamed. Digresses into beach-based parkrun courses and a mutual wishlist.
Listener "homework"
Scott sets the listeners a task for the week: think about what bit of parkrun merchandise or accessory is missing and let the show know. Explicitly framed as a replacement for the earlier listener-challenge format: "Episode one, we started giving you challenges, adventures. That never really took off. So now we're going to give you homework."
Listener challenges / "adventures"
Referenced only to be declared dead. Scott: "Episode one, we started giving you challenges, adventures. That never really took off." Useful marker that the ep1 listener-challenge bit had been dropped by ep15 and was rebranded as "homework".