Episode 88
2017-10-31
HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reportersGreta — roving reporter (surname not stated) Lyndell Murray Tony O'Connell
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers share anniversary shenanigans and happen upon a treasure trove of potential parkrunners. Dave ‘Robbo’ Robertson is back to get everyone excited for Naked November! And our roving reporters have been hard at adventuring, with roving reports coming in from Kangaroo Island, Mudgeeraba and Railton parkruns.
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Dave 'Robbo' Robertson
Naked November's fifth year — running without GPS/technology, the International Day of Running Naked on 18 November, the predicted-time competition run with stats man Alan Burrell, and prizes; followed by a Region of Runners update (12 events, "regionnaire" status, a possible future event at Cessnock).
Roving reports
In this episode
Roving Adventurers (roving reporter crossovers)
Scott introduces three roving reports: Greta at the Kangaroo Island parkrun launch (SA), Lyndell Murray at Mudgeeraba parkrun's fourth anniversary (Gold Coast), and TOC at the Railton launch (Tasmania), Australia's 250th parkrun. Runs 00:23:45-00:59:45, then the hosts debrief. Introduced as "Continuing our long-standing tradition of having roving reports, we've got three more ready for you this week."
Channel 5 News Crew
The show's branded roving-reporter crew. Scott bills Lyndell as "also from the Channel 5 News crew" [00:24:05] and she self-identifies as "roving reporting for the Channel 5 News crew" [00:33:11]. At [01:00:12]-[01:00:38] the hosts joke about running out of safari-suit uniforms and set TOC a challenge: cover another launch next week and they will add him to the crew.
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
Upcoming launches — Coonawarra (SA, which Melissa first places in Victoria), Port Hedland (WA, debated as Australia's most remote parkrun, with Cloncurry's recent launch as the rival), and East Richmond (NSW, renamed from Richmond, adding an "E" for alphabet chasers) — plus anniversaries at Maitland, Willoughby and South Bank (Brisbane, about to turn five).
The Perlustration (annual listener survey)
Melissa reminds listeners they have one more week to submit their Perlustration responses and enter the associated TomTom giveaway. Referenced earlier too, at [00:05:43], where the hosts joke about whether "who's the favourite adventurer" should have been a survey question.