Episode 201 - Janet Reid
2020-05-15
— open the full-size coverHostsMelissa Ellis Oliver Spake
GuestJanet Reid
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Who's ready for another parkrun-free weekend? Yeah, nah, us neither. Here's something we hope will cheer you up though! Episode 201 of the parkrun adventurers is here!
Mel is away and guess who’s having a party while she's gone? Channel 5 News Crew member Melissa Ellis is back to co-host with new adventurer on the block Olly Spake! And top of the guest list is Lochiel (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Director Janet Reid who brings a plate to share along with her parkrun story.
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The parkrun adventurers have left the kids home alone and guess who’s having a party while the parents are out? Channel 5 News Crew member Melissa Ellis returns to co-host with new adventurer on the block Olly Spake, and top of the guest list is Lochiel (opens in a new tab) parkrun Event Director Janet Reid who brings a plate to share along with her parkrun story.
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Janet Reid
Janet's parkrun story: starting at Root 44 parkrun in Stellenbosch, South Africa; emigrating to Adelaide and finding Lochiel parkrun at its launch; volunteering, run directing and taking over as ED from Alicia Hopper; the golf-club coffee shop, the named koalas on the course and the Campbelltown Council relationship; her 700+ day streak that began with Streaky September; South Australian parkrun tourism; and Lochiel's virtual Saturday briefings during the COVID pause.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:21
Melissa Ellis hosting with Ollie Spake, co-ED of Shellharbour, in the co-host chair for the first time while the regular hosts are away, framed as a lockdown party with cake and watermelon. Ollie tells his parkrun story from stumbling on Shellharbour in 2014, volunteering nudged by co-ED Brendan, his mum the keen tourist and daughter Hannah, the Friday the 13th dark run tradition, and his one lockdown outing at what he calls Bass Point parkrun plus pre-work runs up through the woods to Heartbreak Hill; Mel is up to event eight of her front-door Ellis Palace parkrun, stopped by to reconnect with the Toolern Creek course on a shopping trip, and misses the long car trips with Paul and Zoe, whom Ollie last bumped into at Wangaratta parkrun.
Meet the ED starts at 24:27
Interview with Janet Reid, Event Director of Lochiel parkrun in Adelaide, South Australia. She covers starting parkrun at Root 44 in Stellenbosch, South Africa before emigrating; discovering Lochiel parkrun at its launch 15 minutes from her new home; volunteering, then run directing, then taking over as Event Director from Alicia Hopper; the golf-club coffee shop with a liquor licence; the resident koalas she knows by name through Adelaide Koala Rescue; her 700+ day running streak that began with Streaky September; her South Australian parkrun tourism; and the virtual 7:50am Saturday briefings Lochiel is running during the COVID pause.
Sign-off starts at 44:40
The two stand-in hosts wound up their parkrun 'party' conceit, saying they had probably not invited enough people while the parents were away and had not wrecked the house, so they might get invited back. Ollie hoped Mel had enjoyed her week off, and his co-host thanked Mel for the chance to co-host in her absence, hoped they had done her proud, and pointed listeners to the next episode.