Episode 63
2017-04-13
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsMak Sawa Steve Dinneen
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The parkrun adventurers run (and hobble) the high C's in Victoria this week! We're back on the couch with Coach Steve Dinneen and get some inside advice on injury prevention. And Event Director Mak Sawa pops by for a chat about all things Lillydale Lake (opens in a new tab) parkrun.
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Steve Dinneen
Injury prevention for runners, drills vs static stretching, the most common recreational running injuries, and self-management advice for piriformis/sciatic pain; plus his recent Masters indoor world title.
Mak Sawa
Ultra running (198.5km in a 24-hour event), how he found parkrun, the Lillydale Lake course and community, his move into run coaching, and the event's upcoming third anniversary with a "C" theme.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:06
Scott Trickett and Melissa Erbacher, who both ran Coburg parkrun on Saturday: Mel's first Coburg, one of her 'high C's' toward pirate status, done in about an hour twelve with Ivona, Kasia and tail runner Catherine; Scott took a top-10 finish and a Coburg PB with a mate pacing him, hampered by vertigo on the bridges. Mel and Adam spent the rest of the weekend eating their way around Melbourne on tips from the parkrun Tourism AU Facebook group, including the fairy penguins at St Kilda pier.
On the Couch with Coach Steve starts at 9:35
Studio interview with Coach Steve Dinneen (osteopath and sports scientist) on injury prevention for runners: drills vs static stretching, the three most common recreational running injuries (calf/Achilles, runner's knee, glutes/piriformis), causes (technique, shoes, load, fatigue), and specific self-management advice for Melissa's piriformis/sciatic pain (spiky ball, foam roller, heat, strength). Closes with Steve's recent Masters 35-39 3000m indoor world title.
Meet the ED starts at 25:34
Studio interview with Mak Sawa, Event Director of Lillydale Lake parkrun (Victoria). Covers his ultra-running (198.5km in a 24-hour event), how he came to running after a US holiday in 2010, the two-lap 2.5km course around the man-made lake, current attendances of 170-205, his career change into run coaching, and the upcoming third anniversary with a "C" (third letter of the alphabet) theme, targeting the 258-person record. Scott notes founding ED and board member Matt Fullerton.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 35:28"Where is the cake?"
Easter weekend round-up: no launches this week; anniversaries at Cottesloe and Mackay; Lismore attempting its first anniversary for the third time after Cyclone Debbie; Hamilton Island and Airlie Beach back up and running; good reports from the George Town launch, Tasmania's fourth event.
Statesmen update starts at 37:01
Discussion of the George Town launch's effect on Tasmanian statesmen, a lot of people lost their statesman title with the new fourth Tasmanian event, including "international statesmen" who will need to make trips over the strait to reclaim it.
Social Adventurers starts at 37:29
Social media round-up: Instagram photos of Robbo freedom running on his way to the Canberra marathon, the Achilles group out at Mossman, a call for listeners to use the parkrun adventurers hashtag over Easter and the school holidays, and the hosts admitting they've been remiss about posting themselves.
Sign-off starts at 38:52
Scott called it, 'that's it for us, Mel, short and sharp this week', and Mel added that her cello streak had been broken by her trip to Melbourne, since she did not travel with her cello and had no time to find a cello store, but that a new streak would start that day. Scott asked for a report next weekend and hoped for seven more nights of fiddling, and they wished each other a good week.