Episode 33 - Euan Bowman
2016-08-24
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, July 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsEuan Bowman Mark Huth
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The parkrun adventurers discover the pressures and pleasures of pacing, and obtain a license to cheer with some creative bib-tampering. We welcome Canada to the parkrun family getting the inside word from Country Manager Euan Bowman. Chermside (opens in a new tab) parkrun Co-ED Mark Huth joins us for a chat ahead of the event’s 1st Anniversary, and we reveal our newest adventure.
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Euan Bowman
The launch of parkrun in Canada. Euan traces his own parkrun history, finding a free 5k time trial after moving to Basingstoke around 2007, contacting Paul when there were only three or four events in the country, and starting the North Hampshire Time Trial with a colleague, growing it from 35 runners to around 200 a week. Then the first Canadian event, Okanagan parkrun at Mission Creek in Kelowna, BC, put on by Bill Justice, with 96 finishers in 35-degree heat; Tom Williams attended and Euan beat him. Mel asks about bears and moose in the risk assessment; Scott asks how Canadian winters will be handled. Euan sets out the plan: ~25 active leads, cities first then remote communities, and possibly 500 events within six to eight years.
Mark Huth
Chermside parkrun's first anniversary and 50th event, both falling on the same Saturday: cake, a onesie theme (Mark has a Doctor Who TARDIS onesie he wore for the first time that day) with red as the alternative for the 50 milestone. He describes the course in 7th Brigade Park beside Kidspace playground on Brisbane's north side, averaging 150-200 runners after a 360-strong launch; how he came to start it after emailing Tim; his top three other parkruns (South Bank, Bunyaville, Sandgate); and being teased about having done 28 events almost all in Queensland, with Nambour still on the to-do list.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:13
Scott Trickett with Mel Erbacher, who trade opposite reviews of the new Jason Bourne film. Scott ran a Melbourne half marathon as a Two Bays qualifier and paced his Westerfolds friend Lee under two hours with eight seconds to spare; Mel had the Sunshine Coast Marathon weekend, with visiting adventurers at Kawana, four tents set up with Brightwater ED Deborah Mills and the Sunshine Coast Running Chicks, 22 Event Directors on hand, and her own 2k fun run as James Bond after drawing bib 7007, complete with black tutu and water pistols. She was proud of 50-club parkrunners chaperoning disabled kids, which Scott flags as a future segment.
Strava Art Competition starts at 43:08
The competition teased in the previous episode is revealed: join the parkrun adventurers Strava Club, then create Strava art replicating an image the hosts will post on the Facebook page. Entries between 24 August and 20 September, multiple entries allowed, sent to the show's Gmail address; winner announced in episode 37 and chooses between "option P" (a mystery prize of undisclosed value) and "option A" (starting with a one-of-a-kind costume accessory hand-crafted by Mel).
Strava Club update starts at 47:19
Quick weekly Strava Club check-in: membership continues to grow, Brendan Davies still leads the leaderboard, and Mel Erbacher still has not appeared, which prompts her to discover there is a 17km-per-week minimum to make the leaderboard at all.
Social Adventurers starts at 48:02
Round-up of listener posts across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: Beaker Design's weekly Wooters parkrun infographic; Dr Nick at Mudgee; Chris Fraser sidelined at Shellharbour with a City to Surf knee injury; April's 49th parkrun where sister Penny fell over and April ran on to the finish anyway; Finding My Balance parkwalking at Kawana; Mama of Hope at Balyang Sanctuary in Geelong; Cheetah Cassie in WA; PK debuting won Brooks shoes; Brendan Schollery lobbying for an Ulladulla parkrun to solve the alphabet-U challenge; TOC still coy about the four-yearly sporting event; and Peter Pohlman on the podcast's accidental "explicit" iTunes rating.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 56:00"Where is the cake?"
"Party week" in parkrun Australia, nine anniversaries on one Saturday: Balyang Sanctuary 4th, Cairns 3rd, Capalaba 2nd, Hervey Bay 2nd, Lake Joondalup 2nd, Maribyrnong 2nd, Mount Clarence 2nd, Singleton 2nd, and Chermside celebrating its 1st. Wilson Botanic is also launching, which would make ten next year. Mel is heading north to Hervey Bay; Scott is partying at Maribyrnong.
Sign-off starts at 57:34
The hosts said where they were headed for parkrun day out of the nine anniversaries listed: Mel north to Hervey Bay, Scotty partying at Maribyrnong. Scotty then called it for another week and thanked the band Neon Nightclub for the podcast music, pointing listeners to Facebook and wherever else they find music, and they went out on a full song, wishing everyone a great rest of the week, a great parkrun day and a great parkrun adventure.