Episode 51
2017-01-12
HostMelissa Erbacher
Roving reportersMonique Brennan Paul Kitching
GuestLiv Coop
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers are back! We discuss milestone tattoos with Sirromet parkrun Event Director Liv Coop, and plans for the event’s first anniversary and a national record attempt. Roving adventures also return as we receive reports from around the globe with Channel 4 News Crew member Paul Kitching, and adventurers Monique and Jeff Brennan.
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Liv Coop
Running two parkruns as ED, trail vs road running at the winery course, Sirromet's tilt at the Australian attendance record (chasing South Bank's 944), her parkrun tree tattoo for her 100th run, and handing Sirromet over to a new ED at the first anniversary.
Roving reports
In this episode
parkrun news bulletin
Scott and Mel read the global weekly numbers over music: 15,830 volunteers at 1,013 locations, 183,866 participants including 30,139 first-timers, 36,850 registrations in seven days, and parkrun Australia's 400,000th registered parkrunner. Also 22 events cancelled worldwide for weather (flooding in Australia and South Africa; ice and extreme cold in the UK, Poland, France, Canada and Russia, with Moscow at -31), and the birth of a child to Gareth Saunders and his wife Mel.
Meet the ED
Extended studio interview with Liv Coop, Event Director of both Cleveland and Sirromet parkrun, billed at [00:36:43] as "our first return ED guest" — she opened episode one of the podcast. Covers running two events at once, the trail-vs-road contrast at Sirromet, the winery/cellar-door setting, the Australian attendance record attempt, her parkrun tree tattoo for her 100th run, and handing Sirromet over to Ellie. Note: the segment is not given a name on air in this episode.
Roving Adventurers (roving reporter crossovers)
Mel hands over to the returning roving reports at [00:38:23] "We've got Paul Kitching having some New Year's Day doubles and Monique and Jeff who had some adventures in the UK. Let's have a listen to what they've got to say." Hosts return at [00:50:05] to encourage listeners to send more in — "That's a New Year's resolution for all of you. Do some roving reports for us."
Channel 5 News Crew
PK's New Year's Day double from the Adelaide Hills — Mount Barker at 7am then Strathalbyn at 9am — with interviews of first-timer Jed Richards, Mount Barker regular Scott Veers (on his 102nd), Kent Baraglia (who ran the 21km between the two events), and parkrun Australia board chair Scott Watkins. Opens "this is underscore PK or PK, your Channel 4 reporter, hopefully not the only one this year."
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
Launches at Tannum Sands (Queensland, near Gladstone) and Quinns Rocks (WA) last weekend, plus Wondai launching this week with Mel attending. Anniversaries: Lawson's second; this week Pioneer (WA) third, Shepparton (Victoria) third, and Sirromet's first, tied to the record attempt.