Episode 43 - Satoshi Ashida
2016-11-02
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, November 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsGary Wilmot Nikki Waterfall Satoshi Ashida
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The parkrun adventurers meet Melvin the Monkey and get the WA goss from Canning River (opens in a new tab) 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
Perth's World Masters Athletics Championships and his own marathon the following Sunday; his 5,400km run from Perth to Brisbane for Hearts Across Australia and the parkruns he fitted in along the way (Canning River, Kalgoorlie, Torrens, Albert, Gungahlin, St Peters, South Bank); how he went from 146kg and a pack a day to marathon running; taking over as Canning River ED from AK; the course and community there; his favourite events away from home; and the impact of the new Shelley parkrun launching 4km down the road.
Satoshi Ashida
The benefits of massage for runners, recovery timing (he recommends two days after a big race), the glutes and glute medius as the key muscle group, strengthening exercises (single-leg bridges, clamshells), and a shared dislike of foam rollers. Closes with his parkrun history: first finisher at the first Sydney parkrun (St Peters) five years earlier, Town of Seaside on the Sunshine Coast, and Main Beach, which he rates the best parkrun in Australia.
Nikki Waterfall
The inaugural Club Corner. How Diamond Creek Runners grew organically out of Diamond Creek parkrun (which she and her husband Ben started in November 2013) via a "midweek motivation" Wednesday run; the club's three weekly sessions; whether other parkrun events could do the same; and their Start to Run program using Couch to 5K, whose graduates go on to 10Ks and half marathons at the Melbourne Marathon Running Festival.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:12
Melissa Erbacher and Scott Trickett, back after a week off. Mel belatedly wishes Scotty a happy 43rd birthday for a fortnight ago and jokes they should have timed the Hamilton Island trip to match episode 43; Scotty says he is 34, as discussed back at episode 34, and Mel retracts the salutations.
parkrun news bulletin starts at 1:15
Handed over "Shall we listen to some news?" / "Let's." Read alternately by both hosts: a global attendance record of 164,273 parkrunners; parkrunners at the Noosa Triathlon Multisport Festival; parkrun Global launching local parkrun clubs on Strava at 800+ events; medals for parkrunners at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth (Andrew Shug, Adrian Royce, Roberto Buzzi); Canada's third event launching at Richmond Olympic; and 105-year-old Fauja Singh tail-running at Rutland Water. Rolls straight into host chat about age grading, Halloween costumes and Melvin the travelling toy monkey.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 33:00"Where is the cake?"
Launches this coming weekend at Willoughby (NSW) and Karkarook (Victoria), which Scott is attending; joking refusal to name a rumoured "secret WA launch" for fear a thousand listeners turn up. Anniversaries: Port Macquarie's first (re-run after last week's cancellation, which the hosts had already announced a week early), Maitland's third and South Bank's fourth.
Club Corner starts at 35:49
The debut of Club Corner, announced as "a new segment" replacing the usual closing bit, "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." First guest is Nikki Waterfall of the Diamond Creek Runners, and Scott closes "Thanks for coming on the podcast and being our first Club Corner guest."
Sign-off starts at 41:55
Straight off the first Club Corner interview, Scotty said that was how they would finish every episode from now on and that all they had to do was say goodbye, and Mel said goodbye.