Episode 56
2017-02-22
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsShirley Treasure Tim Oberg Tony Jennings
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The parkrun adventurers share all the new things. Event Director Shirley Treasure joins us to describe the beauty of Quinns Rocks (opens in a new tab) parkrun, and Nambour parkrunner Tony Jennings stops by for a heart to heart about his adventures. Plus Scotty catches up with parkrun Australia CEO Tim Oberg to hear all about the #Defibs4parkrun initiative.
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Shirley Treasure
Quinns Rocks parkrun being the only "Q" in Australia and the alphabet-touring traffic that brings; the beachside course along Quinns foreshore and Mindarie; her ultra-running background, including finishing third female with 146km at WA's inaugural 24-hour track ultra.
Tony Jennings
How cardiac surgery and a family history of very different heart conditions led him to parkrun as therapy; why he backs the #Defibs4parkrun campaign; and renaming his Mount Cooroora endurance event in memory of his grandson Hendrix, who died of SIDS.
Tim Oberg
The #Defibs4parkrun crowdfunding campaign, parkrun Australia's first, to give every Australian event access to a defibrillator by the end of 2017: $100,000 raised of a ~$400,000 goal, partners (Australian Sports Foundation, Physio-Control, Guy Leech, first aid accident and emergency), tax deductibility, why the UK hasn't run a single campaign like it, and why parkrun stays free.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:13
Melissa Erbacher and Scott Trickett, opening with a Dutch welcome and no news segment this week. Scotty has sent Errol the koala packing after a quality-control dispute, started a new job, and launched Darebin parkrun on Saturday, where Mel's spies say he forgot to ask the adventurers where they were from; Mel spent the weekend with Nicola Forwood of the UK parkrun show, touring Australia and New Zealand with her daughter Poppy, and lined her up for a future episode. Mel also confirms she is expecting a baby.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 42:43"Where is the cake?"
Hosts run through the week's new event and anniversaries: Newborough parkrun launching in inland Victoria near Moe; Panania (NSW) turning one; Studley turning one (Scott: "Not Studley, as the newsletter has been telling us. It's Studley"); Tuggeranong (ACT) turning four. Framed with the usual cake/doughnut joke, plus a riff about an unnamed brand of ice block "that shall not be mentioned because they refuse to sponsor us".
Dad jokes starts at 44:19
Recurring end-of-show bit where Scott tells a dad joke and Mel groans. This week's is a joke about paper, following last week's Velcro joke ("I don't think many people got the joke last week... I had to explain it to a few people"). Mel: "I don't know how, but you manage to reach new heights each week with the atrocity of the level of these jokes", and invites listeners to send in dad jokes that can outdo Scotty's. Scott teases a construction joke for next week.
Book recommendations starts at 45:47
Scott asks Mel for a book recommendation now that he's banished his phone from the bedroom in favour of a book; she recommends Christopher McDougall's Born to Run. They then announce it as a new ongoing feature: "send us your reviews and we'll start reviewing one book a week in the outro", running-related or otherwise, audiobooks included.
Sign-off starts at 49:25
Scott called it a good pod and thanked Mel for joining him; she pointed out that she had introduced the episode this week, and he said it would be his turn next week and joked he would reuse the same outro to save time.