Episode 102

Episode 102 — open the full-size artworkShow artwork, January 2018

HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett

Roving reporterLyndell Murray

GuestKelly Hodges

Show notes

The parkrun adventurers are tackled by training challenges. Our nutritional guru Kelly Hodges is back with heaps of inside tips on the best fuel for running. Plus Channel 5 News Crew legend Lyndell hits the trails and shares the fun with a roving report from White Rock (opens in a new tab) parkrun.

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Roving reports

In this episode

• Welcome starts at 0:14

  Mel on the Sunshine Coast and Scotty in Victoria, counting down to the listener meet-up at episode 105, with Gary Murphy's schedule of events on the meet-up Facebook page and the coach lined up for next week's show if listeners have questions. Scotty ran a Sunday team relay where he was seeded 28th of 28 and picked last, landed in the team with the fastest runner, nicknamed Smoothie, finished fourth and is now sore; Mel is a week into Run the Date her way, inspired by Rowan's challenge, is still doing Run Down Under 2 and has ticked off the Time Lord virtual run. Marathon training is on track for Scotty, and guest Kelly is next up on nutrition and hydration.

• Nutrition Q&A with Kelly Hodges starts at 11:56

  Returning nutrition expert / dietitian Kelly Hodges answers Scott's and Mel's questions on sports drinks vs water, electrolytes and hyponatremia, magnesium for post-run cramping, and post-run recovery via her "three R's" - rehydrate, replenish, repair (plus electrolytes) - including a homemade Gatorade recipe and example recovery snacks.

• Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 37:55

  Lyndell Murray's roving report from White Rock parkrun (Ipswich, SE Queensland) on its first anniversary - a trail course. She interviews costumed runners marking Huy Nguyen's 100th parkrun (a music-theme dress-up: two Angus Youngs and a Bob Marley), the "Spice Girls" from Springfield Runners Group, local Jenny, award winners Caroline and Ella, volunteer Anita (who ran the whole course including "Roxy's Rise" for the first time), and Event Director Lee on founding the event, Ipswich City Council support and the low "stack count". Signs off with a shout-out to listener Emily.

• Launches and anniversaries starts at 57:48"Where is the cake?"

  Cardwell parkrun launching in North Queensland; anniversaries at Albury-Wodonga (NSW/Vic), Bairnsdale (Vic), Dawesville (WA) and Parramatta (NSW); nothing in Queensland. Rolls on into milestone previews: the world's oldest person to reach the 250 club running his 250th at Kawana this Saturday, to be streamed on Facebook Live by Mel, Yarrabilba parkrun's 200th event with a Hawaiian theme and rookie Run Director Jason Curry, and Scott's own unofficial 200th parkrun.

• Sign-off starts at 1:02:14

  Scott said that wrapped them up for the week; Mel reported there was no word of the week because she had remembered everything she meant to say, and Scott congratulated her on being four weeks back at work and on being a working mum. They trailed episodes 103, 104 and the listener meet-up episode 105 recorded live at Shellharbour on 24 March, and closed on Scott's dog Buster hiding behind his chair and getting run over by it.

• Word of the week starts at 1:02:21

  Explicitly skipped this week - Mel "Yeah, no word of the week. I seem to have remembered everything I meant to say... there is no official word for the week this week." Logged because the segment is referenced by name as a standing fixture, not because one was delivered.