Episode 129 - Beau Miles
2018-09-14
HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reportersGreta — roving reporter (surname not stated) Melissa Ellis
GuestBeau Miles
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers head to Sydney for some parkrun fun this week. Writer, filmmaker and adventurer Beau Miles joins us with behind-the-scenes insights into his RunNation Film Festival entry ‘A Mile an Hour’. And the Channel 5 News Crew get their rove on at Greenway and Toolern Creek parkruns.
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Writer, filmmaker and adventurer Beau Miles joins us for episode 129 with behind-the-scenes insights into his Run Nation Film Festival entry 'A Mile an Hour'. It's awesome. Plus roving reports from Greenway parkrun and Toolern Creek parkrun To see more of Beau's films, check out his YouTube channel And you can download our pod at...
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Beau Miles
His RunNation Film Festival short 'A Mile an Hour' — running a mile around his block every hour for 24 hours while making a table, a canoe paddle, planting trees and mowing the lawn at night between laps; the craft of short-form filmmaking versus feature length; the tension between his academic post at Monash and wanting to be in the field; being outdoors and mental health; and what's next (a book deal, the commute project, finishing films on the cutting-room floor).
Roving reports
In this episode
Channel 5 News Crew
Greta roves at Greenway parkrun (Sydney) on parkrun Australasia conference weekend, interviewing the two event directors, Mel and Rachel, about the event's February launch, its 300-plus launch turnout, their parkrun backgrounds and their motivation for bringing an event to the local community. Introduced by Scott at [00:06:12] and thanked by Mel at [00:09:59] as "a member of the Channel 5 News crew".
Channel 5 News Crew
Melissa Ellis roves at Toolern Creek parkrun (Melton, Victoria), walking the out-and-back course with tail walker Matt and talking to him about being new to parkrun, walking rather than running, volunteering, his weight-loss journey and the parkrun clubs/Alphabeteers challenge. Self-introduced at [00:39:51] as "from the Channel 5 News crew".
Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")
Scott notes "No launches again this week, Mel. We're in a barren period of new events", then he and Mel alternate the week's anniversaries: Broadbeach Waters (QLD), Nuriootpa (SA), Pakenham (VIC), Palmerston (NT) and Redcliffe (QLD).
Hotline
Listener voice messages played and answered on air. Barney asks which is harder to give up during Streaky September, lollies or caffeine (Mel says lollies, Scott says caffeine; they agree to settle it with a Facebook poll). Brendo from Shellharbour asks Scott "hashtag, what the font?", answered as "BC Falster Grotesque Bold", which spins off into Mel's decade-in-progress novel and her habit of naming characters before plotting.
Streaky September
Progress check on the month-long daily 2km challenge: Scott is still on track despite sore ribs, his daughter runs laps of the school oval by herself to keep her streak, Mel's toddler Wes broke his, and Mel thanks the listeners who confirmed they track streaks with Strava on their phones rather than GPS watches. Also referenced as "streaky bingo" at [00:49:15].