Episode 130 - Julian Spence
2018-09-21
— open the full-size coverHostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterGary Murphy
GuestJulian Spence
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From the Facebook post
We're on the loose for episode 130 chatting to Julian Spence from the Inside Running Podcast about his Berlin Marathon triumph. Eliud who?
The Hotline is on fire
and Gary Murphy adventured to Railton (opens in a new tab) parkrun for wet and windy
roving report.
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The parkrun adventurers continue streaking and explore a new parkrun. We speak to Inside Running podcast Co-host Julian Spence about what it’s like to be the first Aussie over the line at the Berlin Marathon. The Channel 5 News Crew submit a rollicking Roving Report from Railton (opens in a new tab) parkrun in Tassie, and the Hotline is on fire!
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Julian Spence
Finishing as first Aussie at the 2018 Berlin Marathon in 2:16:39; the online support from the Inside Running community while he and Brady raced; waiting at the finish to watch Brady break 2:20; post-marathon soreness; the Brandenburg Gate finish; self-coaching and never being satisfied with a PB; why the marathon rather than shorter distances; not having officially scanned at a parkrun since 2013 despite training through Ballarat parkrun most Saturdays; the origins and growth of the Inside Running podcast out of Brady's 'Tell Me Your Tales' and the Road to Berlin series; how underappreciated elite Australian distance runners are; realistic Olympic/Tokyo qualifying prospects; and being in the ladies' tent when Eliud Kipchoge came in after the world record.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:15
Mel Erbacher in Queensland and Scotty Trickett in Victoria. Scotty has quietly equalled Mel on the Australian most-events list after visiting Wyndham Vale, his NENDY, with wife Yvonne and registering his mother-in-law for her first parkrun in an arctic blast; he notes the local Winfit group wears Westerfoldians colours and defends the show's top-three tradition against Danny's objections. Mel volunteered at her home parkrun, still needs eight events for her 2018 goal, and has double-booked interstate trips against her own Kawana RD roster in November and December; Scotty then turns to the Berlin Marathon and the Australians who ran it.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 51:15
Roving report from Railton parkrun, Tasmania, filed by Gary Murphy while visiting with his wife straight off the Spirit of Tasmania. He interviews Ben Jozefiak (just completed his 50th parkrun, ex-UK, now Launceston) and Catherine, Railton's Event Director and RD on the day, who recounts Railton being the 250th Australian parkrun to launch, TOC's visit and accidental 'parkrun plus', the sceptical local Mayor, the Tasmanian Trail and Sykes Sanctuary loops, and the town's topiary. The episode's show notes attribute this report to the Channel 5 News Crew; on air the hosts credit it simply to Gary.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 57:25"Where is the cake?"
Four launches after a fortnight with none: Braidwood Showground (NSW), Cowpasture Reserve Camden (NSW), Montrose Foreshore (Tas) and [Stebonheath] (SA). Anniversaries at Ashgrove (Qld), Bowral (NSW), [Merimbula] and Moree (NSW), New Farm (Qld), Tamworth (NSW) and [You Yangs] (Vic). Scott interrupts the calendar to ask Mel, in her parkrun Australia operations capacity, why new event names look different; she explains the new global naming policy (smallest identifiable geographic reference, future-proofing for second events in the same town, Albert Melbourne and Ipswich Queensland as legacy examples) and confirms existing events will not be renamed.
Hotline starts at 1:05:13
Two listener questions, now folded into the Streaky September Bingoe card as a challenge. Question one, from Simon: favourite and least favourite training session, Scott picks short sharp sprint sessions and names the long run as his least favourite (skipped for three or four months); Mel picks intervals as both favourite and least favourite. Question two comes in as an audio clip from Gary Murphy at Sunbury parkrun on behalf of his mate Flynn: the strangest place you've ever run, Mel describes the fancy-dress [Marathon du Medoc] in France, Scott describes finding an abandoned altar with concrete pews in Warrandyte State Forest and a near-miss getting benighted at the local dam.
Streaky September starts at 1:05:22
Streaky bingo progress: the hosts add an asterisk option to the 'last minute' (post-11pm) challenge for anyone who does not feel safe running late, replacing it with a Cinderella-themed 'run carrying a whole pumpkin' alternative. Scott's daughters have broken their streak; Scott doubts he will complete the Bingoe card. Melissa Ellis is named as the first person to finish her Bingoe card and is asked for level-up challenges after posting a video of herself running a magpie gauntlet in a helmet and a Collingwood jumper. Strava art from the group is praised.
The Perlustration starts at 1:20:27annual listener survey
Preview only this week. A Facebook poll's results are held over to next week as a lead-in to the Perlustration, which returns in October with another GPS watch as the prize.
Double Barrel Club starts at 1:21:57new unofficial club proposal
A new unofficial club floated by Scott and credited to Glen Moore of Curl Curl parkrun, suggested on a freedom run around Centennial Park: complete the Australian events whose names are a doubled word, Mullum Mullum, [Woy Woy] and Curl Curl. A campaign to rename Wagga to Wagga Wagga is mentioned, and Mel nominates [Bli Bli] on the Sunshine Coast as a future entrant. Briefly mis-said as 'the Daryl Barrel Club'.
Sign-off starts at 1:30:22
After Mel insisted Scott could still finish his Streaky Bingoe card with more than a week and only eight challenges to go, Scott said on that note they were going to say goodbye. They agreed to release three level-up challenges in the Facebook group in a couple of days so people had time to do them, told listeners to join the group or tune in next week to find out what they had missed, and signed off.