Episode 47
2016-12-01
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, November 2016HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsBrenda Gibb Enrique Suana Steve Marston Tim Boyle
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers talk about running with worldwide companions, and catch up with Bunyaville (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Directors Steve Marston and Brenda Gibb. We skip across the Pacific to have a chat with Tim Boyle, Founder of whoirun4.com, and Enrique Suana stops by for Club Corner to highlight the great work of the Achilles Club.
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Steve Marston
Bunyaville parkrun's third anniversary, trail running in Brisbane, course elevation, the 231 attendance record, falls and the "Bunyaville tattoo", trail-appropriate first aid kits, and his own parkrun tourism (top three: Nambour, Kawana, Sale).
Brenda Gibb
Bunyaville parkrun's third anniversary, the community and scenery over a flat course, cross-country runners training there in winter, the first aid response from nurses in the field, and how she found parkrun by googling "free running" and became ED three years later.
Tim Boyle
How Who I Run For began, quitting smoking, an inspirational quote and a Facebook comment from Michael Wasserman, and how the organisation now matches 42,000 runners with "buddies" who cannot run, including groups for siblings, the bereaved and military members; plus a wait list of 2,500 runners and his first encounter with parkrun.
Enrique Suana
Club Corner interview on the Achilles Club, guiding runners with disabilities, principally vision impairment, at parkrun and longer events; tethering, guide training and setting your own race goals aside, guiding at the Boston Marathon with Stephen Green, and parkrun's visually impaired aid volunteer role.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:12
Melissa Erbacher hosting with Scott Trickett. With episode 50 in sight, they compare the wait to running every week to reach a first 50 shirt, and to Scott planning every week of the run-up to his 100th parkrun last year.
parkrun news bulletin starts at 1:21
Scott hands over with "It's time for the news" (followed by a musical sting). Worldwide first-timer counts for the parkrun day (17,073 across 14 countries), a Tribe Sports Black Friday promotion on parkrun kit, Achilles Melbourne member and Jells parkrunner Adam Koops running a 3:38 marathon PB with sighted guide Amelia at Run for the Young, the Afterglow Twilight Night Trail Run on Victoria's surf coast, and a joke item about parkrunners being visible from the International Space Station.
Meet the ED starts at 7:09
Studio interview with Bunyaville parkrun (Brisbane) Event Directors Steve Marston and Brenda Gibb ahead of their third anniversary, trail running, the course's elevation as "amounts of opportunity", their 231 attendance record versus a 100-120 average, falls and the "Bunyaville tattoo"/Stack Club, first aid kits on trail courses, Steve's top three away events (Nambour, Kawana, Sale) and how each of them found parkrun.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 30:56"Where is the cake?"
Cohuna parkrun launches in northern Victoria this weekend (with the hosts running a "big Kahuna" pun on the name), plus anniversaries: Airlie Beach ("the boss will be eating cake at Airlie Beach this weekend"), Bunyaville third, Lakeview third, Mount Gambier third, and Torrens, the first event in South Australia, celebrating its fourth.
Club Corner starts at 32:17
Scott introduces the segment ("It's time for Club Corner", followed by a jingle) and speaks to Enrique Suana of the Achilles Club, Sydney chapter, about guiding runners with disabilities, primarily vision impairment, at parkrun and at longer events; tethering and hand-holding, guide training and the requirement to set your own goals aside, guiding at the Boston Marathon with Stephen Green, and parkrun's visually impaired aid volunteer role as a way in.
Sign-off starts at 40:49
Scotty reported that his request for iTunes reviews the week before had produced several, and thanked listeners. He told everyone to enjoy their parkruns over the weekend and to plan their Christmas and New Year parkruns, thanked Mel for joining him for episode 47 and asked if she was coming back for 48, then set listeners the homework of telling their friends about the podcast.