Episode 62
2017-04-06
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterLyndell Murray
GuestsDave 'Robbo' Robertson Leanne Paul
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers compare running and non-running injuries. Bowen (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Director Leanne Paul joins us for an update in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie. Dave 'Robbo' Robertson is back to talk championships and Tahitian budgie-smuggling, and the Channel 5 News Crew inducts a new member!
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Leanne Paul
Cyclone Debbie's aftermath at Bowen parkrun, the washed-out coastal course, the town's clean-up and recovery, the parkrun community's response, and how she came to found Bowen parkrun after discovering parkrun at Riverway while living on Magnetic Island.
Dave 'Robbo' Robertson
The combined Athletics Australia junior/senior national championships in Sydney (Ryan Gregson, Heidi See, Luke Mathews, Sally Pearson), the world cross country championships in Uganda, and his trip to Tahiti to run the Moorea Marathon in green-and-gold budgie smugglers, including planting a parkrun flag on the beach and lobbying the Tahitian tourism board for a French Polynesian parkrun.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:09
Melissa Erbacher hosts with Scott Trickett; Mel is sore from pregnancy sciatica and may miss a parkrun towards her Pirate Club, while Scott blames a sore knee on his new desk setup after running every day since last week. Cyclone Debbie cancelled many events in Queensland and northern NSW, with credit to EDs clearing courses midweek and a shout-out to Lismore, flooded days after their party interview; the Sunshine Coast escaped, Melbourne has had its first cold snap ('PB season'), and Mel is heading to Victoria this weekend.
Meet the ED starts at 8:23
Scott crosses over "it's time to chat to one of our EDs who didn't get to run on the weekend, but she's got a damn good excuse." Leanne Paul, Event Director of Bowen parkrun in north Queensland, describes the state of her coastal course after Cyclone Debbie, storm surge washout, fallen fig trees, "the coconuts that were missiles", the town's recovery, how Bowen parkrun started (she discovered parkrun at Riverway while living on Magnetic Island), and why she won't reopen until the course is safe.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 48:25
Lyndell Murray's self-contained roving report from New Plymouth, New Zealand, standing under the Wind Wand. She attempts a pop-up parkrun on the coastal walkway, nobody joins her, and she interviews passers-by, Peter (a local walker who has never heard of parkrun), an unnamed visiting parkrunner from Whangarei, Tom from Christchurch (who suggests she "go up to Pukekura Park and run around there"), and Dawn, a local walker, failing to solve "the mystery of why New Plymouth doesn't have a parkrun."
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew — Lyndell Murray starts at 53:14
RENAMED ON AIR THIS EPISODE. After Lyndell's report Scott says "I think she's made a strong case to be the second member of our Channel 4 news crew that I want to rename the Channel 5 news crew because we're just that one better than the other one", and Melissa confirms "So from here on in, we shall be known as the Channel 5 news crew." Lyndell Murray is inducted as the second member, "I don't think she needs to earn any more stars. I think that got her over the line." The show notes flag it too: "the Channel 5 News Crew inducts a new member!"
Launches and anniversaries starts at 54:22"Where is the cake?"
One launch after several quiet weeks, George Town in Tasmania, taking Tasmania to four events, with Melissa tipping Tasmania as "the state to watch". Anniversaries: Lismore misses out again (still cancelled after flooding), Main Beach celebrates after last week's cancellation, Fingal Bay turns four, and Warragul in Victoria turns two.
Strava Club update starts at 55:17
Scott reads back answers to the club's question "your dream parkrun location, where do we need a new parkrun?" Nominations include TOC's surf coast / Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Melissa Ellis' Bonny Doon (over Lake Eildon), the Flinders Ranges, and Ross going international with Central Park in New York and the Tiergarten in Berlin. It rolls straight into the Medibank competition to fly a listener to an existing Australian parkrun of their choice.
Sign-off starts at 1:02:49
Mel said that was all they had time for this week; Scott said he was looking forward to next week, and Mel replied that she had to survive the week first but there should be adventures to talk about, possibly DNF adventures or last-minute volunteering adventures. They signed off saying they would literally see each other next week.