Episode 79
2017-08-31
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterDavid Moss
GuestBrady Threlfall
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The parkrun adventurers come to the end of another big decade for the pod. Tell Me Your Tales Podcast host and Echuca Moama (opens in a new tab) parkrunner Brady Threlfall joins us for a candid chat about running, his Road to Berlin series, and podcasting. Channel 5 News crew member Dave Moss is back with reports from Port Lincoln (opens in a new tab) parkrun’s launch, and we invite all adventurers to participate in #streakyseptember.
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Brady Threlfall
Podcasting and running: the three strands of Tell Me Your Tales (long-form elite/sub-elite runner conversations, the Road to Berlin marathon-buildup series with Julian Spence and Brad Croker, and local community profiles); the pressure of publicly documenting a marathon build; gender balance in guest booking; the technology and workload of making a podcast; and getting Echuca Moama parkrun started, its 230-strong launch, alphabet-club tourists chasing the letter E, and why he volunteers there rather than racing it.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:07
Scott Trickett and Melissa Erbacher, farewelling the intro music and previewing a long chat with Brady from the Tell Me Your Tales podcast. Mel took Wes to Hervey Bay's third anniversary in matching furry yellow monster outfits finished in the hotel room, timekept, and saw Sophie hand the Event Director role to Stuart Marshall and Julie Morrison. Scotty ran Westerfolds followed by brutal hill reps while his girls went to the Newport Lakes launch, and Mel is scanning the calendar to reach her 15-new-events goal for the year.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 39:47
Dave Moss's roving insert from the inaugural Port Lincoln parkrun in South Australia: interview with Event Director Pauline about the foreshore course and why she started the event, plus vox pops from Sue (first-timer) and Roz, who drove seven hours from Mount Barker for the launch. Mel signs it off "Thanks once again to Dave, our Channel 5 News crew member", and Scott notes that "Dave is still without a nickname".
Launches and anniversaries starts at 42:23"Where is the cake?"
Weekend calendar: launches at Inverell and Wagga (both NSW, Scott notes it will be called Wagga parkrun rather than Wagga Wagga because "the locals just call it Wagga"). Anniversaries with cake at Blue Gum Hills (NSW), Broadbeach Waters, Capalaba, Warner Lakes and Warwick (all Queensland), and Lochiel Park (SA). The Newport Lakes (Vic) launch is also discussed earlier, attended by Scott's family without him.
Streaky September starts at 44:38
Scott and Mel launch #streakyseptember ("all one word, all lowercase") and invent the rules live on air: run or walk a minimum of 2km every single day of September, starting Friday 1 September; at least one freedom run; weekly bonus-point challenges on an honour system, one of which Mel proposes should be "2K in your pyjamas". Scott has already created a Strava group; Mel says a Facebook event is needed. Both admit motivation will be the hard part, Mel is not yet back to running after her baby and plans to walk it, pushing the pram. They also flag a run-breakdown segment for next week's pod and tease an unannounced competition later in the month.
Sign-off starts at 51:43
Scotty said 'let's wrap it up' and thanked Mel for joining him, praising the week's episode and Brady in particular, and asked her to do it again next week. Mel said she looked forward to keeping track of his Streaky September every day, and Scotty said he had started it and wanted to finish it, with no repeat of August.