Episode 43 - Satoshi Ashida
2016-11-02
HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsGary Wilmot Nikki Waterfall Satoshi Ashida
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers meet Melvin the Monkey and get the WA goss from Canning River parkrun Event Director Gary Wilmot. Gold Coast parkrunner and massage therapist Satoshi Ashida explains the benefits of massage for runners, and Nikki Waterfall of Diamond Creek Runners fame joins us to debut Club Corner.
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Gary Wilmot
World Masters Athletics in Perth and the parkrunners competing there; his upcoming marathon and pre-race "maranoia"; his 5,400km Perth-to-Brisbane run for Hearts Across Australia and the parkruns he fitted in along the way (Kalgoorlie, Torrens, Albert, Gungahlin, St Peters, South Bank); how he came to running from 146kg and a pack-a-day habit; taking over as Canning River ED from Adrian "AK" Kenny; the Canning River course and community; and the quiet launch of neighbouring Shelley parkrun.
Satoshi Ashida
The benefits of massage for runners — recovery, ideal timing (two to three days after a big race), the gluteus medius as the key muscle group for runners, strengthening work (single leg bridges, clamshells), and a sceptical take on foam rollers. Closes with his top three parkruns: St Peters in Sydney (where he was the first finisher at the event's inaugural run), a Sunshine Coast pick, and Main Beach on the Gold Coast.
Nikki Waterfall
Debut guest of the new Club Corner segment: how Diamond Creek Runners grew organically out of Diamond Creek parkrun via a Wednesday "midweek motivation" run, the club's three weekly sessions (skills, group/tempo, Sunday long run), whether other parkruns could do the same, and the club's nine-week Start to Run program that graduates newcomers at parkrun.
In this episode
Channel 5 News Crew
Cued by Mel at [00:01:15] "Shall we listen to some news?" and Scott's "Let's." A scripted alternating news read covering the global attendance record (164,273 parkrunners), the Noosa Triathlon, parkrun clubs launching on Strava, medals at the Perth 2016 World Masters Athletics Championships, Canada's third event (Richmond Olympic parkrun), and Fauja Singh tail-running at Rutland Water parkrun. Followed by unscripted host chat about age grading.
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
Launches this week at Willoughby (NSW) and Karkarook (VIC), plus joking refusal to name "any secret WA launches". Anniversaries: Port Macquarie's first (re-run after last week's cancellation), Maitland's third and South Bank's fourth. Closes with Mel's "Happy birthday, parkruns."
Crime report
Referenced but NOT run this week: [00:35:45] "So for this week, we're not going to finish with our crime report. We've got a new segment." Preceded from [00:34:35] by chat about the British crime drama Paranoid, in which a character has twice invited another to parkrun — the hosts joke about the show letting them file the podcast in the crime category and about having "a plant on the writing staff".
Club Corner
FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE of Club Corner. Explicitly announced as new: [00:35:49] "we're not going to finish with our crime report. We've got a new segment" and [00:35:59] "It's time to try a new segment. You've heard Mel and I talk about our running clubs enough. We thought let's hear about a few more running clubs." Debut guest is Nikki Waterfall of the Diamond Creek Runners, on how the club grew organically out of Diamond Creek parkrun via midweek motivation runs, its three weekly sessions, and its Start to Run / Couch to 5K program that graduates participants at parkrun. Scott confirms the format at [00:41:45] "being our first Club Corner guest" and at [00:41:56] "That's how we finish each episode from now on."