Episode 227 - Smorgasbord
2021-03-25
— open the full-size coverHostsMelissa Ellis Oliver Spake
Roving reportersAlison Fraser (King) Lyndell Murray Mark Scarborough Tony O'Connell
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The parkrun adventurers reflect on home-baked parkrun goodness and more tales from Dazza’s café,
while soaking in roving reports from TOC and the growing community at Cascades on Clyde Wetlands (opens in a new tab) parkrun, Lyndell in the mist at Maleny Trail (opens in a new tab) parkrun and Mark with birthdays and boots at Braidwood Showground (opens in a new tab) parkrun.
Just in case one parkrunday experience isn’t enough for you, we jump on the bus with newest Channel 5 News Crew member Alison for her NZ Longest Day adventures!
And the Informant tests our maths skills with some more feedback from a listener question!
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The parkrun adventurers reflect on home-baked parkrun goodness and more tales from Dazza’s café, while soaking in roving reports from TOC and the growing community at Cascades on Clyde Wetlands (opens in a new tab) parkrun, Lyndell in the mist at Maleny Trail (opens in a new tab) parkrun and Mark with birthdays and boots at Braidwood Showgrounds parkrun. Just in case one parkrunday experience isn’t enough for you, we jump on the bus with newest Channel 5 News Crew member Alison for NZ Longest Day adventures! And The Informant tests our maths skills with some more feedback from a listener question!
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In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:22
Ollie Spake hosting with Melissa Ellis, 'the third fastest Ellis in the field'. Mel tail-walked Toolern Creek, getting Paul and Zoe to a Saturday 5k for the first time since the return from the pause, spotted roos, waved across to 'Ellis Palace parkrun', and explained the hand-painted 'Gnomeville' gnomes at the turnaround, credited to Run Director Tiani. Ollie ran at home at Shellharbour where the expected big wet never arrived, and both hosts voice concern about the serious flooding in New South Wales before introducing roving reports from TOC at Cascades on Clyde Wetlands, Marvellous Mark in gumboots at Braidwood Showground and Lyndell at Maleny Trail.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 9:27
Three back-to-back roving reports, all explicitly filed "for the Channel 5 News crew": TOC at the three-week-old Cascades on Clyde Wetlands parkrun (Clyde North, Vic) with first-time volunteer photographer Natalie, South African newcomers Chantal and her partner, and core team member Michelle; Mark at Braidwood Showgrounds parkrun (NSW) in gumboots as guest Run Director, interviewing ED Kelly on her birthday and Lauren, who organised a Canberra volunteer takeover so the locals could run; and Lyndell in the fog at Maleny Trail parkrun (Sunshine Coast hinterland, event 14), with the McKenna family, RD Anita and the scanning volunteers.
Dazza's starts at 37:17
Round-up of listener posts and photos from "Dazza's Cafe" - Mark's gumboots at Braidwood (prompting a debate about whether anyone has ever run a parkrun in gumboots), Chris Fraser at Sandon Point and the Black Diamond bakery at Bulli, Simon Mackley's "biblical ark run" at Mosman, Bruce Purdy at Goldfields Reservoir, TOC ordering a large latte, Alison King's New Zealand haul, Irene at Dandenong, Andrew Turner's unnamed Olympian at Karkarook, Janet Reid celebrating a new grandson, and Geoff Wiffen at Laylaw. Melissa Ellis and Ollie split the comments by state after Ollie mangles "Bulli".
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 47:18
Alison King's NZ Longest Day report - a chartered-bus freedom-run trip covering six Lower North Island parkrun courses in one day (335km on the bus, first run started 6:51am, last at 6:49pm). Interviews at each stop: Julia Gordon at Lower Hutt, Lizzie Elton-Walters at Porirua, Christina Cameron at Kapiti Coast, trip organiser Bruce McArdle at Palmerston North, Mel McGregor at Greytown Woodside Trail and RD Stu Leslie at Trentham Memorial.
the Informant starts at 1:04:01
Weekly unofficial stats bulletin: no launches, 445 events worldwide (396 in Australia and New Zealand), 40,185 down-under runners, 5,836 PBs, milestone counts including the new junior 10 stat, 12 new or returning statespeople, Wilson Index movers (including an "ex-podcast host division" note that Scott Trickett jumped nine places to 22, one behind Mel Erbacher). Then answers Cameron Drake's listener question on p-index and most runs at a single event: Mark Malone with 403 of Lower Hutt's 450, Brian Peters with 449 of Main Beach's 470, the "passionista" tables, and a p-index leaderboard topped by Cassie Hughes and Craig Robertson on 11.
Sign-off starts at 1:20:29
Mel called time and Ollie agreed, saying it had been a smorgasbord of parkrun and extra-parkrun experiences and wonderful to hear from everyone. Mel asked whether he had adventures planned; Ollie said he had no plans for the coming week and might just be on a whim or enjoying one of the parkrun experiences he loves most, and Mel said she might have a little adventure up her sleeve. Ollie wished her a fantastic parkrun day and Mel said they would chat next week.