Episode 76
2017-08-09
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reportersGary Murphy Lyndell Murray
GuestsDave 'Robbo' Robertson Luke Kneebone
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers chat about peer group pressure, course PBs and run streaking, and Dave ‘Robbo’ Robertson joins us with an update on the World Athletics Championships. We speak to Event Director Luke Kneebone about special plans for Castlemaine (opens in a new tab) parkrun, and Roving Reports are abounding with adventurers checking in from Albert Melbourne (opens in a new tab), Greenbank (opens in a new tab) and Chelsea Bicentennial (opens in a new tab) parkruns.
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Luke Kneebone
Castlemaine parkrun's first two years, its three-lap Botanic Gardens course, and the Indigenous cultural day planned for that weekend, early start, acknowledgement of country and smoking ceremony with Aunty Julie, Indigenous food and a cultural walk.
Dave 'Robbo' Robertson
Update from the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships in London, Jess Trengove's 9th in the women's marathon, Sinead Diver and Milly Clark, the men's marathon, Kelsey-Lee Roberts and Kurtis Marschall's top-10 finishes, Mo Farah's 10,000m, questions around Almaz Ayana's run, weather and track conditions, and what is still to come (Sally Pearson, Dane Bird-Smith, the 5,000m "parkrun World Championships").
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:10
Melissa Erbacher and Scott Trickett, with Lyndell's Channel 5 news team report and plenty of roving reports promised. Mel updates the campaign to get Adam into a costume for the Sunshine Coast Marathon later in August, and Scotty, in new fluoro shoes, has finally cracked a Westerfolds PB after almost five years while Mel's overall PB dates from Kawana in 2013. Scotty's August run streak lasted three days; he plans to start again on 1 September and challenges all adventurers to a September run streak.
Streaky September starts at 6:32
ORIGIN of the Streaky September challenge. Scott admits he tried a daily run streak for August and broke it after three days (-), and says he will restart on 1 September and "I want all adventurers to join me". Melissa coins the name "Streaky September", Scott replies "That's it. We've even got a catchy phrase for it" and Melissa adds "we can use that as a hashtag". She commits to joining from 1 September but not earlier, on doctor's advice.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 7:46
Scott moves the roving reports to the front of the show this week ("Should we have a look and listen to all our roving reports first up? We usually have them at the end"). Three self-contained reports follow back to back: Lyndell Murray at the Greenbank parkrun launch, Gary Murphy at Chelsea Bicentennial's first birthday, and Joanne at Albert Melbourne. Melissa frames them as "an anniversary... a launch, and... an event that's happening all the time".
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 8:05
Lyndell Murray's branded roving-report slot. Trailed by Melissa "we've got Lyndell coming back with another Channel 5 news team report" and by Scott "I'm keen to see how our Channel 5 news crew is coming together". Lyndell opens "It's Lyndell, I'm back for the Channel 5 News crew" and signs off "on behalf of the Channel 5 News crew". Earlier episodes call this bit the "Channel 4 News Crew"; this episode says Channel 5 four separate times across three voices.
Statesmen update starts at 11:17
Delivered from the field rather than the studio this week, inside Lyndell's Greenbank report. At "the question always comes up at parkrun launches. Are there any statesmen?" She tracks down "our three remaining statesmen who have maintained that status today", Michael, Rasheen and Alan, and interviews them on what it takes to keep the status; Alan and Rasheen are also doing their 100th different Australian parkrun that day. Recapped "three people who kept their Queensland statesmanship today".
Meet the ED starts at 36:02
Studio interview with Luke Kneebone, Event Director of Castlemaine parkrun (Victoria). Covers the event's two-year history and growth (average up from mid-40s to about 60), the three-lap Botanic Gardens course, and at length the cultural day planned for that Saturday: an early quarter-to-eight start, an acknowledgement of country and smoking ceremony led by Aunty Julie, Indigenous food, storytelling and a cultural walk. Scott strongly endorses parkrun events acknowledging country. Not named as "Meet the ED" on air this week, identified by format.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 1:01:23"Where is the cake?"
Scott: "there's plenty happening still over in London this weekend, as are launches and anniversaries. Where are we going for cake this week, Mel?" A quiet week: one anniversary at Wishart (Queensland) and one launch at Torquay in Victoria, which Scott talks up as a big one for Victorians ("Torquay is quite iconic. It's the beach town. It's Bell's Beach Surf Festival"). He flags more metropolitan Melbourne launches in the coming weeks.
Sign-off starts at 1:03:55
Scotty said the two of them were running together that week and teased listeners that, contrary to what he had said the previous week about there being no pod, he thought there would be one, possibly recorded in each other's actual presence, which they had not done since Melbourne the year before. Mel said it had been a mammoth episode and they should let everybody finish their runs, and Scotty thanked listeners for joining them and said see you all next week.