Episode 91
2017-11-23
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, February 2017HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterPaul Kitching
GuestsConnie Isherwood Steve Dinneen
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The parkrun adventurers revisit some fave events and get excited for an upcoming launch with North Harbour (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Director Connie Isherwood. We are back on the Couch with Coach Dinneen who gives us his hot tips for running in the heat, and tackles the fine art of pram running. Plus Channel 5 News Crew member PK returns and is running naked at Mount Barker (opens in a new tab) parkrun.
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Steve Dinneen
Running and training in heat and humidity, hydration and electrolytes, treadmill running in air conditioning, and pram-running technique and safety.
Connie Isherwood
The launch of North Harbour parkrun at Burpengary East - the developers bringing parkrun to the precinct, leaving her home event, the cross-country course through an old sugar plantation, the resident cattle, and launch-day expectations.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:12
Scott Trickett and Melissa Erbacher, with the old Neon Nightclub theme music back for the 90s episodes; Melbourne is in a heat wave while it pours at Mel's end, and the coach is coming on to talk heat (Mel wants to ask about pram running). Scott ran Mullum Mullum, gorgeous boardwalks and creeks for the first half and then concrete under freeways; Mel volunteered on finish tokens at Nambour's second anniversary, Wild West versus fluoro theme, in the rain with Wes asleep in the pram and mozzies everywhere, then did North Harbour's second trial on Sunday. North Harbour launches this weekend with Scott, Lyndell and Dave coming up, and Connie from North Harbour is the ED interview later in the pod.
On the Couch with Coach Steve starts at 6:39
Coach Steve Dinneen returns for a training Q&A: training and racing in Melbourne heat and Queensland humidity (push sessions later, shorten reps, shade and water, acclimatisation), fluid and electrolyte balance, treadmill running in air conditioning as a hot-weather option, and a long section on pram running for Mel - pram choice, handlebar height, wrist safety strap, not overloading it, and how young is too young for a baby to be run with. Closes with him urging listeners to use the holiday season for parkruns.
Meet the ED starts at 19:00
Connie Isherwood, Event Director of North Harbour parkrun at Burpengary East north of Brisbane, ahead of its launch that weekend. Covers leaving her home event Central Lakes to start a new one, the developers approaching parkrun and building a road, permanent course signage and funding the defib, the all-grass cross-country course through an 1800s sugar plantation with trip hazards and cow patties, the two trials, the resident breeding herd of cows, an expected crowd of 200-300, the event being on private land so no midweek freedom runs, and a parkrun tourist planning to kayak down to the Caboolture River to reach the start line.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 28:35
PK reports from his home event Mount Barker parkrun in South Australia on the International Day of Running Naked, opening with a running gag about turning up literally naked before being told "naked" means running without a watch. Vox pops with a string of locals about predicted versus actual times - Gary/Gaz, "cowboy", Jazz, Ken, Charlie, Cam, Joe (50th milestone), Emily, the Brownie brothers Davo and Tom, Wendy (a Victor Harbor regular), Scotty and Brent - plus Biggles the dog, who reportedly did parkour rather than parkrun.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 37:57"Where is the cake?"
Launches this weekend: North Harbour and Miles in Queensland (both under the Commonwealth Games legacy program), Yokine in WA and Sunbury in Victoria. Anniversaries at Cronulla, Forster, one further event and The Beaches (Newcastle) in New South Wales, and Minnippi, Sandgate and Surfers Paradise in Queensland.
Dad joke starts at 38:14
On Miles parkrun launching in Queensland, Scott asks "Is that miles away from you? Or kilometres?" - Mel: "Such a dad joker. We haven't had any of your dad jokes in a while." Explicitly framed as one of Scott's dad jokes, though not run as a formally titled segment here.
Sign-off starts at 43:55
The hosts turned to the coming weekend, when they would be together again: Scotty said he was up to 48 different events and Mel 46, and she said she would be tail walking, having volunteered as Timekeeper at the last two trials and told Connie there was no way she could miss a run with the competition so hot. Scotty asked whether his running mate was coming along, said they would not be racing, and set himself the challenge of staying upright while walking the cross-country course.