Episode 58
2017-03-09
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterLyndell Murray
GuestsCassie Hughes Jorge Bronze
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers explore islands and talk about pirates. West Australian Territory Director Cassie Hughes pops by to share her adventures. Hillsborough parkrunner Jorge Bronze joins us to discuss his parkrun inspired transformation, and Roving Adventurer Lyndell Murray reports in from the field.
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Cassie Hughes
The unadvertised launch of Calleya parkrun (WA's 22nd event, in a Stockland estate); how she found parkrun in 2013 when her son Connor was diagnosed with chronic depression and running was recommended; "park-tarting"; costumes, being WA's only Dirty Cheetah and a Zoolander; her top three WA parkruns.
Jorge Bronze
His parkrun-inspired transformation from 18.5 stone couch potato to daily runner and multi-marathoner; his first parkrun in August 2014; volunteering as a visually-impaired guide runner for Anthony at Hillsborough; parkrun tourism including Uditore parkrun in Palermo, Sicily.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:12
Melissa Erbacher and Scott Trickett. Scotty's weekend adventure was a second visit to Phillip Island parkrun, run on neighbouring Churchill Island with its farm and cafe, a flat, pretty course all the way round the island that is nudging his top three; it is on Mel's must-do list. No pirates were sighted.
The Compass Club starts at 2:01new tourist club
Mel reveals a new Adventurer Club dreamed up by a Western Australian, at an airport: the parkrun Pirates, for anyone who has run "all the Cs", every parkrun beginning with C, and, after she pointed out the pun, all the Rs as well. You can be an Australian pirate or an international pirate. She has put the question of how many events that actually involves, and whether Australia has any pirates already, to Ian Hay for next week's Facts in a Haystack. Headlines the episode's show notes ("explore islands and talk about pirates").
Meet the ED starts at 8:43
Interview with Cassie Hughes, West Australian Territory Director, on the unadvertised launch of Calleya parkrun (121 runners, WA's 22nd event, in a Stockland estate that consulted parkrun on the course design). She explains how she found parkrun in 2013 after her son Connor was diagnosed with chronic depression and a therapist recommended running, she credits parkrun with helping save his life, and he is now about to start run directing. She coins "park-tarting" for doing a different parkrun most weeks, discusses costumes, being WA's only Dirty Cheetah and also a Zoolander, and gives her top three WA events: Geographe Bay, Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Mount Clarence/Albany.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 42:11
Lyndell Murray reports from Nambour parkrun on the Sunshine Coast hinterland, testing whether it has taken her home event Bunyaville's mantle as the toughest parkrun going. She interviews parkrunner Ralph (who says the consensus is Nambour is harder, because it's a loop rather than an out-and-back) and Nambour Event Director Mel ("Bunyaville on steroids"). Her verdict: about the same, roughly 100m elevation difference, but Nambour's hills are bigger, and it's her favourite non-home parkrun. Host hand-back notes "our roving reports are back".
Launches and anniversaries starts at 44:57"Where is the cake?"
No launches at all around the country this week (and no secret ones either), but three anniversaries: Dawesville in WA turning two, Parramatta in NSW turning four, and Bairnsdale in Victoria turning one.
Dad joke starts at 45:43
Mel asks "Do you have a dad joke for us this week, Scott?" and Scott declines, "No more dad jokes... because people are mean", refusing to name the culprits beyond hinting they are Western Australians. Presented as the end of a running bit.
Book review starts at 46:11
Recurring check-in on Scott's reading. He still hasn't finished Born to Run ("I was doing really well for the first week... then haven't gone back to it"), while Mel says she consumed it in 24 hours. He has moved on to The Landy Era by Len Johnson, about the history of Australian running, and Johnson is booked as a guest in a couple of weeks.
Sign-off starts at 47:51
Scott said that was it for the week and Mel thanked him for joining her; they talked about being inspired every week by the people they interview, wished a belated happy birthday to parkrun Russia, whose birthday they had missed the week before, and joked about recruiting a Russian-to-English translator to join the pod and translate the show each week.