Episode 121 - Mark Musk
2018-07-19
— open the full-size artworkShow artwork, January 2018HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reportersDavid Moss Paul Kitching
GuestMark Musk
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From the Facebook post
'You built a time machine? Out of a DeLorean?'
Well, not quite, but pretty close! Wynnum (opens in a new tab) parkrun Run Director Mark Musk has a time travelling adventure, the Channel 5 News Crew were at Cormorant Bay (opens in a new tab) parkrun and the Pakapakanthi (opens in a new tab) parkrun trial, and we've got challenges for everyone!
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The parkrun adventurers are recovering from jet lag and a snotty situation. We speak to Wynnum (opens in a new tab) parkrun Run Director and newly anointed ‘Time Traveller’ Mark Musk about his epic adventure across the globe. Channel 5 News Crew faves Dave and PK are back with roving reports from Cormorant Bay (opens in a new tab) parkrun and the Pakapakanthi (opens in a new tab) parkrun trial. And we have a whole host of challenges for those looking to add some adventure to their lives in coming weeks.
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Mark Musk
Becoming one of only about three "time travellers" in the world, running Wynnum parkrun in Brisbane at 7am, flying to Vancouver and, thanks to the international date line, arriving in time to run Richmond Olympic parkrun the same Saturday morning. Also covers his international parkrun touring (Paris, Bushy, New Zealand), Kangaroo Island parkrun, finding parkrun through a cricket teammate, becoming an RD at Wynnum, and tips for tourists.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:15
Scotty Trickett, back from the UK and hit by jet lag despite sleeping three hours over the Indian Ocean, with Mel Erbacher. Straight off the plane he went to Canberra and joined about a dozen local parkrunners for a midweek freedom run around Burley Griffin parkrun, which he calls a gem; he remains in a non-training phase, not running during the week.
parkrun adventure challenge starts at 3:44listener challenge
Scott sets an August challenge for the adventurers off the back of his own non-training phase: one freedom run a week for the month of August, all 5K or under. Mel makes him make it attainable ("One freedom run a week. That's what we'll do for the month of August"), and notes it dovetails with Streaky September coming up.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 44:49
Two roving inserts back to back, flagged in the show notes as "Channel 5 News Crew faves Dave and PK". David Moss reports from the inaugural Cormorant Bay parkrun launch on Lake Wivenhoe west of Brisbane, with vox pops from participant Janine, Event Director Jodie and visitor Susan. Paul Kitching then reports from the Pakapakanthi parkrun trial at Victoria Park, Adelaide, interviewing Brendan Peel (of Peel Club fame), Michelle, and incoming ED Alicia Hopper. Scott and Mel hand back.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 1:06:32"Where is the cake?"
Two launches this week, one in Queensland and Geeveston in Tasmania, the latter becoming the new southernmost Compass Point. Anniversaries at Armidale (NSW), Mansfield (Qld), Meadowbrook (Qld), Pittsworth (Qld) and Renmark (SA), with Mel thanking the event teams.
The Compass Club starts at 1:07:14new tourist club
Mel notes the Geeveston launch shifts the southern Compass Point for the third time this year and is the last point she needs to become a navigator. She proposes that anyone holding all four compass points simultaneously should keep navigator status permanently even after the points move, and announces she will make engraved navigator medals, pending agreement from her co-conspirator Chris/Christine Timms.
Poem Zone starts at 1:11:58
Scott reads this week's listener poem cold, without a rehearsal read-through, and fumbles the last rhyme. The poem is by "our good buddy Caroline Southwell... one of our favourite Poem Zone contributors". He also apologises that last week's Poem Zone went out without its intro music.
parkrun adventure challenge starts at 1:22:09listener challenge
A second challenge, aimed at Western Australian listeners: work out the identity of the anonymous Facebook parkrunner "Lego Admiral Ackbar". Mel's own theories have been denied by the people she contacted; listeners with a theory are asked to get in touch or record audio, with the goal of getting the Admiral on the show.
Sign-off starts at 1:24:51
Scott asked "So is that it, Mel? Can we go?" and slid straight into song lyrics, which Mel called possibly one of the more awkward ways they had ever ended the podcast and said they should just leave it there because it was not going to get any better. They then told listeners to sing along, not be ashamed, and turn the volume up.