Episode 64
2017-04-20
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterDavid Moss
GuestsAndrew Biszczak Natalie Clothier
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers discuss chocolate-fuelled running, breaking attendance records and Roving Reporter Dave Moss witnesses a Guinness World Record attempt at Sandgate (opens in a new tab) parkrun. We head to South Australia for a chat with Clare Valley (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Director Natalie Clothier. And Victor Harbor (opens in a new tab) parkrunner Andrew Biszczak stops in to share details of his upcoming adventure 'The Million Dollar Run'.
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Natalie Clothier
Clare Valley parkrun on the Riesling Trail, its 50th event celebrated with 50 doughnuts, the upcoming first anniversary, her running story from a honeymoon visit to Torrens parkrun, and small-event volunteering.
Andrew Biszczak
The Million Dollar Run, 3,000km from Victor Harbor/Adelaide to Brisbane over 80 days to raise $1m for research into epidermolysis bullosa (the 'butterfly children') via DEBRA Australia, including the 'Run for 30' initiative letting runners join him for a $30 donation.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:07
Melissa Erbacher hosts an Easter-weekend episode with Scott Trickett, who has bought a new microphone. Scott did a family run with his two girls and sampled the eggs at the finish; Mel's event pushed close to 300 with 80 first-timers, most of them tourists. Australia set a national attendance record of 33,192 (over 210,000 worldwide) with around two dozen events from Hobart to Airlie Beach breaking course records, though Westerfolds was slightly down, and Phil Rourke, the Eggman, has had a crack at two egg-and-spoon Guinness World Records.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 6:31
Mel crosses to roving reporter Dave Moss at Sandgate parkrun, where Phil Rourke ("the Eggman") attempted a two-egg 5km Guinness egg-and-spoon world record, dropped one egg at 2km and instead set a single-egg 5km record of 24:30, raising awareness for Autism Queensland. The hosts then discuss whether Guinness will ratify an unintended record.
Meet the ED starts at 11:27
Interview with Nat (Natalie) Clothier, founding Event Director of Clare Valley parkrun, South Australia, the course along the Riesling Trail from the Clare showgrounds to Sevenhill, her first parkrun at Torrens on her honeymoon, volunteer support at a small event, the 50th-event doughnuts (50 doughnuts for 50 events) and upcoming first-anniversary cake, her South Australian Road Runners Club membership, and her top SA pick (Victor Harbor).
Launches and anniversaries starts at 33:43"Where is the cake?"
Billed on air as "the parkrun diary". Launch: Ararat (Victoria). Anniversaries: Layla 1st and Sale 2nd (Victoria), Clare Valley 1st, Ginninderra (ACT) 5th, Rockingham (WA) 4th, Stones Corner (Ian Hay's event) 3rd, Augustine Heights (Qld) 4th.
Book club starts at 36:35
Scott reports finishing 'Born to Run' and refuses to nominate it, saying he came to it too late and couldn't connect; Mel defends it. They confirm the next parkrun adventurers book club read is 'The Landy Era', which Mel is struggling to find in libraries and bookshops.
Sign-off starts at 38:46
The episode ended on a single line of thanks, Mel thanking Scott for joining her that week, coming straight out of the book-club exchange in which Scott reported finishing Born to Run without loving it and set The Landy Era as the book they would both read and discuss.