Episode 31 - Stephen Dinneen
2016-08-09
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, July 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterAlyson Webster
GuestsDave 'Robbo' Robertson Scott Westcott Stephen Dinneen
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers catch the fever, the Longest Runs in Qld finally have their day, and roving adventurer Alyson Webster reports from the scene. Westerfolds parkrunner Stephen Dinneen runs rings and evades bears in the US with Aussie Marathoner Liam Adams. And Dave 'Robbo' Robertson shares Newy (opens in a new tab) parkrun's send-off for Scott Westcott, and details his own plans for Rio.
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Stephen Dinneen
Two weeks at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona preparing Liam Adams for the Rio marathon, how the trip came about, what an osteopath does versus a physio or chiro, 180km weeks at 3,000m, bear warnings at Aspen Corner, his Westerfolds parkrun record, elite runners turning up at local parkruns, and his prediction that Adams is in 2:11 shape.
Dave 'Robbo' Robertson
Returning guest on his Rio trip, won through the Olympic team's chocolate partner, no accreditation, travelling with inflatable kangaroo Jumpy, previewing the Australian 5,000m fields, plans for a pop-up parkrun on Copacabana Beach, and Newy parkrun's "parade of nations" send-off for Olympic marathoner Scott Westcott.
Scott Westcott
Short field clip recorded by Robbo at Newy parkrun on the morning of the opening ceremony, after Westcott's double parkrun hit-out: pancakes and the opening ceremony with his family, wearing his pinstripes on 21 August, and looking forward to the Olympic Village and watching the track.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:00
Scott Trickett, in Melbourne, has Olympic fever and promises Melissa Erbacher a bumper Rio episode with guests to give her the fever too. Scott finally got to his nearest event, Diamond Creek, and ran the whole 5k alongside his wife, who has been coming back from injury; Mel volunteered on Saturday and then ran her Sunshine Coast longest run on Sunday, seven parkruns starting in the dark at Central Lakes at 6am, peaking at 27 runners at Kawana, with Nambour slotted in fifth, perfect weather and ten people completing all seven.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 8:17
Scott: "We've got a little bit of audio. Should we have a listen to that?" Mel crosses to field audio recorded by Alyson Webster at the Sunshine Coast Longest Run, where she interviews two fellow longest runners, Tina Kerwin (favourite course Nambour) and Robert Harrison (favourite course Noosa; five of the seven courses new to him).
Social Adventurers starts at 52:01
Mel and Scott read out the week's listener/social-media posts and photos: the Chelsea Bicentennial launch ("flat as a tack"), underscore PK's 24:27 PB, Running Guy Ryan touring Riverway in Townsville, Oz Twin Mama's Hervey Bay parkrunner-of-the-month certificates, Miss Spelt's Longest Run pictures, M. Botto at St Peters, Axel Bar at Cairns, Jamesy Wamesy at Diamond Creek, Mama of Hope at Westerfolds, Run with Erica at Bunya, Hey TJ and Mac Girl 19 at Chelsea Bicentennial, Paul Curtin on the 388-runner launch, plus a Facebook thread from regular Peter Pohlman listing parkrun clubs and asking what he has missed.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 57:48"Where is the cake?"
No new launches this week ("a little bit unusual, but gives us all time to breathe"), but two anniversaries: Callaghan (NSW) turns one with an Olympics theme, and Wishart turns two with a superheroes theme.
Sign-off starts at 58:29
Scotty said they had come to the end and asked whether Mel had caught Olympic fever; she admitted the run of interviews with Steve, Robbo, Scotty Westcott and Jess Trengove had her a little feverish. They set each other and the listeners the task of finding a favourite Olympic moment nobody else was talking about to report on next week, wished everyone a good week and a good parkrun day Saturday, joked about leaving Mel's yawn in the edit, and signed off with "See you next week".