Episode 209 - parkrun is Coming!
2020-09-18
— open the full-size coverHostsMelissa Ellis Oliver Spake
GuestMark Connolly
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From the Facebook post
Happy parkrunday Eve parkrun adventurers! We can say that again because parkrun IS COMING! Tomorrow! Woohoo!
And guess what is here now? You got it! Episode 209 of the parkrun adventurers is out and this week we welcome back guest co-hosting duo Melissa Ellis and Olly Spake for more random chatter and amusing musings! Plus Channel 5 News Crew member TOC brings us an interview with parkrun Australia’s Northern Territory Event Ambassador Mark Connolly ahead of tomorrow morning’s momentous return of parkrun!
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The parkrun adventurers welcome back guest co-hosting duo Melissa Ellis and Olly Spake! We are still streaking and UK parkrunner and pod-listener Pippa White sends in a snapshot of her streaky story. Plus Channel 5 News Crew member TOC brings us an interview with parkrun Australia’s Northern Territory Event Ambassador Mark Connolly ahead of this weekend’s momentous return of parkrun!
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Mark Connolly
The Northern Territory's three parkruns restarting that Saturday, the first Australian events back after the six-month pause: volunteer readiness, stakeholder/council approvals and the safety plan, expected turnout, Darwin's build-up humidity, and the Falkland Islands also returning the same weekend.
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:23
Melissa Ellis with regular sidekick Ollie Spake, on the cusp of the Northern Territory parkrun relaunch and greeting the streakers. They wonder whether Ian Hay's early-podcast tally of Scots versus Mels still holds and how many Ollies there are, before Mel asks Ollie about hisparkrun week.
Streaky September starts at 1:58
Extended streaking check-in that frames the whole episode: Olly and Melissa Ellis report on their own streaks and Not parkruns, Ellis describes her weekly themed home "Ellis Palace parkrun" (Christmas in July, 70s Pizza Hut, Alice in Wonderland, circus, Where's Wally, a Hawaiian luau) with its magpie mascot Brett, named for Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton, and dressed-up garden Buddha Daryl; streaky bingo, Spoonville, and Ellis's poll on the group page asking whether people streak solo or with others (mostly solo). Includes a guest "special streaky correspondent" insert from UK listener Pippa White- on why she has streaked continuously since September 2019, including through injury and lockdown. Ellis also owns up to misspelling the Facebook group name, which Facebook will not let her fix for 28 days.
The Channel 5 News crew starts at 23:55
TOC files a Channel 5 News Crew interview with Mark Connolly, parkrun Australia's Northern Territory Event Ambassador and founding Event Director of Darwin parkrun, ahead of the NT's three events restarting that Saturday, the first Australian parkruns back after the six-month pause. They cover volunteer readiness, stakeholder and council approvals for the safety plan, expected turnout (about 100 above the usual mid-300s average), Darwin build-up humidity, and the Falkland Islands also being back on the same weekend.
Sign-off starts at 38:13
Mel said they had talked enough rubbish and Ollie agreed, thanking her for the chance to have another parkrun chat. They handed the reins back to Melissa Erbacher for the following week, wished the Northern Territory good luck for its return saying they would be with it in spirit, and signed off with 'happy parkrun Day, everyone' and 'stay well, everyone'.