Episode 197 - Jon Pendse
2020-03-27
— open the full-size coverHostsMelissa Erbacher Tony O'Connell
Roving reporters"Action Man" Cameron Drake Grette Wilkinson Tony O'Connell the K-Man
GuestJon Pendse
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Howdy parkrun adventurers! It's been a LONG week and so much has happened. It's a crazy time, we're still here though and we have a new episode for you!
Episode #197 has got loads to keep you entertained as TOC returns to guest co-host and Mel chats with Jon Pendse, a West Aussie parkrunner who went for a rather long warm-up before a recent parkrunday. Plus, luckily for everyone, we have a small backlog of fresh frivolity from roving reporters who visited events before the global shutdown. They're coming to you from Bendigo Botanic Gardens (opens in a new tab) parkrun, Rockingham (opens in a new tab) parkrun, Tuggeranong (opens in a new tab) parkrun and Paradise Point (opens in a new tab) parkrun
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The parkrun adventurers are still here, and excited to have Tony O’Connell (AKA TOC) back to guest co-host. Mel chats with Jon Pendse, a West Aussie parkrunner who went for a rather long warm-up before a recent parkrunday. Plus we catch up on a bunch of roving reports with the usual suspects checking in from Bendigo Botanical parkrun, Rockingham (opens in a new tab) parkrun, Tuggeranong (opens in a new tab) parkrun and Paradise Point (opens in a new tab) parkrun.
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Jon Pendse
Winning the Delirious West 200 Miler (about 350 km on the Bibbulmun Track from Northcliffe to Albany) in just over 70 hours on under four hours' sleep, then backing up hours later to run Mount Clarence parkrun as the closest event to the finish line, his slowest ever parkrun. Covers training on tired legs, breaking the race into 100 km segments, the running poles he had never used before, keeping his Garmin charged, the Bogan Keg Run social event the night before, and his WA parkrun tourism (72 parkruns at 28 events).
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:22
Melissa Erbacher from the studio in Palmwoods with Tony O'Connell, recorded on the Monday after the first cancelled parkrun day, with parkrun off in 22 countries. TOC filled the void by running 82 km around Phillip Island with a friend doing a virtual 100 km trail race, seeing penguins, koalas and a snake; Mel did the parkrun quiz online, scoring seven from 15, and enjoyed the live chat, and predicts new parkrun events will spring from people's local runs. A nod to Nicola of With Me Now pronouncing Dandenong, then an interview with a WA adventurer.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 38:38
Tony O'Connell files two Channel 5 News Crew reports, both self-labelled as such. First from the Bendigo Botanic Gardens parkrun soft launch in central Victoria, teased as 'the Harry Potter parkrun ... the parkrun that must not be named yet' before the reveal, with an interview with Belinda about the launch (137 runners), the flat out-and-back creek course and the gardens' facilities. Second from Paradise Point parkrun north of the Gold Coast, with interviews with Chiaki (90-second PB) and Glen, plus a running Queensland-vs-Victoria weather joke about Inverloch.
Gorilla Tourism starts at 47:38
A comic roving-report bit by the duo 'the K-Man' and 'Action Man', branded 'Gorilla Tourism', reporting from Tuggeranong parkrun on leap day. They interview a Marshal, two Tail Walkers invited to give superhero names instead of real ones, and a couple of parkrunners, signing off 'live long and prosper' / 'May the force be with you'. Mel riffs on the name: 'I know how it's supposed to be spelt. However, I still can't shake the idea of gorillas doing the reporting out there.'
Sign-off starts at 1:06:52
Mel thanked TOC for joining her on the pod that week, saying it was lovely once again, and always lovely, to have a chat with him; TOC said it had been great and that he looked forward to the next one.