Episode 114 - Steph Auston
2018-05-31
HostMelissa Erbacher
Roving reporterTony O'Connell
GuestSteph Auston
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers are learning about physical literacy and seeing it in motion at parkrun. Merimbula parkrun Run Director Steph Auston takes us on a road trip of her latest adventures and Channel 5 News Crew Member TOC checks in from the Highlands Anniversary shenanigans.
From the Facebook post
Are you ready for episode... 114? Steph Auston joins us fresh off the plane from Zegama Aizkorri and shares insights into her busy running schedule, which includes being an RD at Merimbula parkrun TOC adventures to Highlands parkrun, Mel regains a compass point at Nightcliff parkrun and Scotty launches Westerfolds junior parkrun. Massive weekend!
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Steph Auston
Phone interview recorded while she drove home from Sydney airport. Covers the Zegama race in the Basque Country (opening round of the Salomon Golden Trail Series), Ultra-Trail Australia in the Blue Mountains, winning a spot at Wings for Life in Melbourne, her triathlon background and switch to running, sky running, her upcoming OCC at UTMB and Scotland, plus her parkrun life — 150 parkruns, run directing at Merimbula, starting the Sapphire Coast Runners club, and racing the Merimbula boardwalk course.
Roving reports
In this episode
Channel 5 News Crew
TOC (Tony O'Connell) files a Channel 5 News Crew report from Highlands parkrun's fifth birthday, run on a Hawaii theme — leis, grass skirts, Hawaiian shirts. He walks the three-lap lakeside course with Rowan, the parkrun ambassador for the area, then interviews finish-line volunteers Sue and John, who each clocked over 100 volunteer credits in the past year. Includes a running gag about course landmarks named after visitors: the "Trickett Bridge" at Shellharbour and a "TOC turn" now up on the wall at Highlands. Scott closes the crossover at [00:42:48].
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
Scott introduces it at [00:52:19] as "a little segment that we do and we've been doing since Episode 1". One launch: Burnie parkrun in Tasmania (ASR: "Bernie"). Anniversaries: Ballarat (Vic), "Berenbah" (Qld — ASR-garbled, not confidently resolved), Bowen (Qld), Canning River (WA), Narrabri (NSW), Sandon Point (NSW) and West Beach (SA). Prompts a side-riff about Scott never having been to Tasmania or the Northern Territory.