Episode 17 - South Australia
2016-04-27
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, April 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestJohn Lawrie
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The parkrun adventurers get the inside word on the Clare Valley (opens in a new tab) parkrun launch and enjoy a trip around South Australia with Territory Director John Lawrie plus we issue a new challenge for all adventurers!
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John Lawrie
The Clare Valley parkrun launch (25 runners, out-and-back on the Riesling Trail from the showgrounds, turnaround at a cellar door gate) and how Natalie picked it up from a stalled 'Bring parkrun to the Clare Valley' Facebook page; the growth of parkrun in SA from Torrens (Dec 2012, now 280-380 a week) through Mount Gambier and Lochiel to the announced West Beach launch; SA's Torrens-dominated culture; and his own love of post-run coffee.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:10
Scott Trickett, under the weather, and Melissa Erbacher, with new intro music this week. Mel ran Hobart parkrun incognito in long pants while holidaying in Tasmania, enjoying the trail course around a reservoir and the 9am start, with Launceston next Saturday. Scott was at Studley for daughter Kasia's 50th parkrun, the first time the three of them had run together; RD Rob interviewed her and she named Westerfolds as her favourite, and the homemade cape that stood in for a 50 shirt kept choking her.
parkrun adventure challenge starts at 22:01listener challenge
The Red Shirt Challenge: Melissa asks listeners to wear a red shirt to parkrun this coming Saturday as a 'secret parkrun adventure code', approach a stranger also in red, get a photo together and post it with #parkrunadventurers on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Framed as being in the spirit of Kasia's 50th-parkrun milestone.
Social Adventurers starts at 23:24
Listener social-media round-up. Follow-up on Stuart Marshall Training, who replied about his wedding photo: he and his bride both have 50 runs, their two kids have 10 each, and their wedding vows included running a parkrun in every Australian state and territory by their 10th anniversary (two down). Also David D'Alessio travelling 3,957km from St Peters, Sydney to Cottesloe WA; Positivism1 and family in a Four Seasons group costume at Ginninderra's fourth anniversary; TJ touring Phillip Island; _PK beaten by his oldest kid; and Chris Fraser's wet, five-hour-drive camping arrival at Taree.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 28:33"Where is the cake?"
Scott flags that he is at another launch this week - Parkville parkrun in Melbourne, around Princes Park - and jokes about Melissa's 'spies' being there. Asked 'Where's the cake this week?' Melissa answers 'There's no cake. Nobody's having an anniversary', noting the launch means there will be cake this time next year.
Sign-off starts at 29:07
Scott said all the limelight was on the Parkville launch this week, hoped Mel was enjoying her adventure in Tasmania and asked where she was off to next; Mel said she would be at Launceston parkrun that weekend and would also do a Freedom Run of the Devonport parkrun course on the Friday, and hoped Scott would be back to being Scotty rather than snotty next week. She thanked listeners for tuning in again and said they would chat next week.