Episode 86
2017-10-20
HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
GuestsEloise Wellings Ricci McGreevy Tim Oberg
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers witness parkrun world records and evade arrest. Founding Director of the Love Mercy Foundation and Menai parkrunner Eloise Wellings joins us along with parkrun Australia CEO Tim Oberg to tell us about the 1 million km challenge, and what they want for Christmas. And we chat to parkrun adventurer Ricci McGreevy about international parkrun stories.
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Ricci McGreevy
Ballarat parkrun (Victoria Park course, Lake Wendouree, the gold-rush anniversary theme and Steve Moneghetti's local runners); how she found parkrun via Running Mums Australia; five weeks in Belfast running Colin Glen parkrun; and her newsletter article on expat/international parkrunners using parkrun to settle into a new country.
Tim Oberg
His 10-week 'get fast for Christmas' 5K training block ending at the 23 December parkrun, how it joined up with Love Mercy's million-kilometre challenge, keeping the program relevant to average parkrunners, and his selection as a Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton bearer (nominated by Varsity Lakes ED Renee Russell).
Eloise Wellings
The Love Mercy million-kilometre challenge (donate your Strava kilometres, $50,000 target before the Commonwealth Games), the 10-week 5K training program she wrote for it, Love Mercy's northern Uganda medical clinic and Cents for Seeds microloan program, and her own Commonwealth Games trials build-up.
In this episode
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
No launches this week, but a heavy anniversary weekend: Brightwater in Queensland (3rd anniversary, which Mel is attending for cake), Grafton NSW, Gungahlin ACT, Kingscliff NSW, Mosman NSW, Murray Bridge SA and Orange NSW. Mel: "That's a pretty uber weekend for anniversaries. Cake and donuts, fancy dress happening all over the place."
The Perlustration (annual listener survey)
Scott pushes the parkrun Adventurers 2017 Perlustration (rendered by ASR as "Pearl Astration"/"Pearl Illustration"). He stresses it is completely anonymous, reports more responses already than in the whole of last year, and says it stays open two more weeks with an incentive to be announced next week. He teases results from the "if you could interview anyone" question — including a listener suggestion of Sophie Monk, and several suggestions of people who are no longer alive.