Episode 66
2017-05-04
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reportersDavid Moss Tara
GuestsBrendan Davies Charlotte Black Ian Hay
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The parkrun adventurers chat about kids taking over. Event Director Charlotte Black introduces us to Willoughby (opens in a new tab) parkrun and we talk world record attempts with Penrith Lakes (opens in a new tab) parkrunners Brendan Davies. Ian Hay brings us stats that are one in a million with Facts in a Haystack, and we get shiny new roving reports from adventurers Tara, Dylan, Riley and Dave at the launch of Emerald (opens in a new tab) parkrun.
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Charlotte Black
Running Willoughby parkrun as a event coordinator who has never run a parkrun herself, how Mosman's ED recruited her, the November 2016 launch, setting up with her mum, the course, the Achilles group visit and winning a donated defibrillator.
Brendan Davies
The Outrun Cancer 24-hour treadmill Guinness World Record attempt in Sydney (three records broken, over $20,000 raised for Camp Quality), treadmill training, the upcoming Wings for Life run in Melbourne and Comrades, plus his first sub-16 parkrun at Penrith Lakes.
Ian Hay
April 2017 parkrun statistics, the first one-million-runner month, record global attendance, Australian participation, volunteer and adventurer numbers.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:08
Scott Trickett and Melissa Erbacher, joking about how long it would take to reach episode 666. Scott did his first Kids Takeover at Westerfolds, where set-up with his daughter took longer for trying shortcuts and the young Run Director read a briefing she had written herself; he sees junior parkrun, coming to Australia soon, as a chance for kids to take charge. Mel notes the launch of Emerald in Queensland, Australia's first E, home of the world's biggest easel with a Van Gogh picture, and guesses it is 800 to 900 km north of Brisbane, expecting to be corrected.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 6:54
Crossover to a run of roving reports from the launch of Emerald parkrun (central Queensland, the first 'E' in Australia). Scott sets it up "we had some roving reports... roving reports are all the rage these days" and Mel names the contributors: Dave Moss, plus Dylan, Riley and Tara. Reports run 00:07:42-00:18:30 and include interviews with Donna (course description), councillor Megan (Central Highlands Regional Council funding), Shannon and Sophie, Amanda/Caitlin/Mia, Bianca, Tony, Mel and tourist Steve.
Meet the ED starts at 18:34
Event Director interview with Charlotte Black of Willoughby parkrun (Sydney north shore), pitched by Scott as a twist on the usual format, "we're going to talk to one of our Event Directors who has never run at parkrun, but she runs an entire event". Covers how Mosman's ED recruited her, launching on 4 November 2016, directing every week but two, being 23, setting up the course with her mum, averaging 180 runners, the out-and-back Flat Rock Gully course, the Achilles group's visit, and Willoughby winning one of two defibrillators donated by First Aid Accident and Emergency.
Facts in a Haystack starts at 53:09
Ian Hay (Stones Corner, Queensland) breaks down April's stats: the first ever one-million-runner month globally, a record global weekend attendance of 217,400, nearly 149,000 runners in Australia, 10,176 Australian volunteers for the month, 22,700 first-timers, nearly 34,500 adventurers, and year-on-year growth from 118,000 to 148,500 for the same (five-week) month.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 58:49"Where is the cake?"
Closing rundown: Echuca Moama launches on Saturday ("the second E in Australia", back-to-back with Emerald), Batemans Bay celebrate their first and Rhodes their second anniversary in New South Wales, and Cleveland their fourth in Queensland. Mel signs it off with the cake line.
Sign-off starts at 59:52
After the anniversaries, the hosts said they would keep the outro short and sweet, 'that is the outro', joking that listeners had been kept running, or riding the bus over several trips, by the length of the episode. They thanked each other, with Mel saying she would like to be back again next week and Scott saying he looked forward to the invitation.