Alison Fraser (King)

Roving Reporter, Guest co-host (1 episode)

Also appears as: Alison, Alison Fraser, Alison King

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Roving reports (68)

Episode	Event
457	Mandeville Talked to Sarah (Co-Event Director, Canterbury NZ)
456	Motueka Beach Reserve Talked to Eileen (co-Event Director)
455	Warkworth Showgrounds Talked to Michael Jenkinson
454	Ōpaheke Park Talked to Gerald (Event Director and Run Director)
452	Urayasushi sogo koen Talked to James (tail walker, Tokyo)
451	Heijo kyuseki Rekishi koen Talked to Takio Kawano and Matt (adventurer, Sarah Jefferson's partner)
450	Futakotamagawa Talked to Roger (Run Director)
447	Lost Lagoon Talked to Mary Rose (Event Director and Run Director, Westport, NZ)
438	Parrs Park Talked to David (co-Event Director)
436	Neale Park Talked to Ruth Rogers (co-Event Director, Nelson, NZ)
436	Henley Lake Talked to Katie (Event Director, Masterton, NZ)
434	Caroline Bay Talked to Colin McPherson (Event Director, Timaru, NZ)
433	Halswell Quarry Talked to Anna (co-Event Director)
430	Te Awa Talked to Vicky (co-Event Director) and Stu (co-Event Director)
425	East Otago High School Talked to Chris Wells (Event Director)
422	Hagley Talked to Mark Boone
415	South End Reserve Talked to Neil (founding Event Director, Pauanui, NZ)
411	Gordon Carmichael Reserve Talked to Leslie (Event Director and Run Director)
410	Hanmer Forest Talked to Mark Ingalls (Run Director)
409	Ashburton Domain Talked to Brendan Adams (Event Director)
405	Southern Path Talked to Joyce (Event Director)
397	Ōrākei Bay Talked to Laura (turnaround marshal), Paul Whelan (visiting tail walker from Panania) and Robert (Event Director)
394	Morrinsville Recreation Ground Talked to Heather (Event Director)
390	Moana Point Reserve Talked to Karen Crossan (Event Director, Whangamata New Zealand)
387	Queen’s, Belfast Talked to Brendan
386	Jubilee Talked to Jack (Run Director, Spennymoor County Durham)
384	Y Promenâd Talked to Martin (Run Director, Brecon, Wales)
382	Pokkinen Talked to Chris (Run Director, Oulu, Finland)
381	Tokoinranta Talked to Oskar (Run Director, Helsinki, Finland) and Nicola
379	Victoria juniors, Glasgow Talked to Blythe (Event Director, Victoria Junior, Glasgow)
371	Gordon Spratt Reserve Talked to Helen Bischel and Leanne
359	Northern Pathway Talked to Anna and Scott (Event Director, Auckland)
342	Lake2Lake Trail Talked to Tom Williams (Chief Operating Officer, Global)
334	Wolford Wood Talked to Andy Airey
333	Ekebergsletta Talked to Nigel Dawson
325	Hamilton Lake Talked to Simon Popleston and Gary (Run Director)
322	Russell Park Talked to Florrie Kerr and David Capel
319	Perry Hall Talked to Emma (former Event Director)
318	Warwick Racecourse Talked to Debbie Christmas
314	Hamilton Park Talked to Bridget McLeod
310	Broad Park Talked to Big Dan (Christchurch) and Lisa (Christchurch)
301	Whakatane Gardens Talked to Kieran Canavan
297	Stratford-upon-Avon Rec juniors
296	Stratford-upon-Avon Talked to Simon Teal
295	Cambridge NZ Talked to Helen (visitor, co-ED at Sherwood Reserve) and Brian (Run Director)
268	Ōtaki River Talked to Mark O'Sullivan
267	Puarenga Talked to Neil (walker)
265
247	Sherwood Reserve Talked to Helen Watson and Scott Arrell
246	Dunedin Talked to John (regular), Jo and Jeanette
245	Taupō
242	Trentham Memorial Talked to Judith, Cara, Alan (Event Director, NZ) and Sarah (Austrian living in New Zealand)
241	Puarenga
237	Wanaka Talked to Olive (tourist from Brisbane), Prue (tourist from Brisbane), Chris (tourist from Brisbane) and Adam Sharman
235	Pegasus Talked to Jill, Lee Hamilton and Trudy Diggs
234	Barry Curtis Talked to Julie Collard and Grant Lincoln
232	Kapiti Coast Talked to Florrie (visitor), Megan (visitor), Joanne (visitor) and Bruce (run director)
228	Tauranga Talked to Warren (founding core team member), Peter Hall (regular) and Kat (50th milestone)
227	Lower Hutt Talked to Julia Gordon
227	Porirua Talked to Lizzie Elton-Walters
227	Kapiti Coast Talked to Christina Cameron
227	Palmerston North Talked to Bruce McArdle
227	Greytown Woodside Trail Talked to Mel McGregor
227	Trentham Memorial Talked to Stu Leslie
225	Puarenga Talked to Dave White (Event Director, Greytown Woodside Trail NZ)
221	Puarenga Talked to Megan and Marie
220	University of Waikato Talked to Jason McCarthy, Gail Sharp, Linda Brainer and Lex Chalmers
219	Owairaka Talked to Andrew Capel, Nigel (New Zealand countryman) and Wendy (New Zealand countryman)

Talked to on location (16)

People this reporter spoke to out at an event, named in the body of their roving report rather than interviewed.

Sarah
Episode 457 at Mandeville
Karen CROSSAN
Episode 390 at Moana Point Reserve
Brendan
Episode 387
Jack
Episode 386 at Jubilee
Martin
Episode 384 at Y Promenâd
Chris
Episode 382 at Pokkinen
Oskar
Episode 381 at Tokoinranta
Nicola
Episode 381 at Tokoinranta
Blythe
Episode 379 at Victoria juniors, Glasgow
Helen Bischel
Episode 371 at Gordon Spratt Reserve
Leanne
Episode 371 at Gordon Spratt Reserve
Anna
Episode 359 at Northern Pathway
Scott
Episode 359 at Northern Pathway
Tom Williams
Episode 342 at Lake2Lake Trail
Andy Airey
Episode 334 at Wolford Wood
Nigel Dawson
Episode 333 at Ekebergsletta

Names are as said on air and as the automatic transcription heard them, and may be wrong.

Interviewed as a guest

Episode 330
Roving reporter, Channel 5 News Crew; author of the Runs with a Barcode blog, book and e-zine (New Zealand)
What inspired Runs with a Barcode (keeping New Zealand stats, then the book idea in January 2020 just before lockdown), when she started listening to the podcast despite being interviewed back around episode 26, and whether there could one day be a palm in New Zealand - she would "welcome that with open arms".
Episode 218
Co-Event Director, Puarenga parkrun (Rotorua, New Zealand); creator of the blog "Runs With A Barcode"
Return guest, last on in episode 26 with Scott Trickett and Melissa Erbacher when Puarenga was newly launched. Covers Puarenga parkrun, the world's only parkrun through an active geothermal area, its fifth birthday and post-lockdown numbers; co-ED Jason Chapman and his UK parkrun history; New Zealand's Adopt-a-Country relaunch, in which Puarenga adopted Germany; her blog and forthcoming guidebook to New Zealand's parkruns, born of wanting to write a book while working as a journalist; her tally of 59 events across four countries including Stratford-upon-Avon, Bushy the day before the London Marathon, and Main Beach, Broadbeach Waters and Centennial in Australia; and New Zealand's lack of a "snazzy" term for having run every event in the country.
Episode 26
Event Director, Puarenga parkrun (Rotorua, New Zealand)
The launch of Puarenga parkrun in Rotorua, the show's first New Zealand guest. The name translates as "sulphur flowers"; the two-lap course follows the Sulphur Trek beside the Puarenga stream through geothermal steam and vents you must not stray near. 128 runners at the inaugural event, beating Anderson parkrun in Napier's 97, with visitors from Lower Hutt, Western Springs, Hamilton Lake and Porirua. She discovered parkrun via the Marathon Talk podcast, put "run a parkrun" on her 2016 goal list and decided to start one as well, having run only Barry Curtis in Auckland herself. She is a UK expat and will run Norwich parkrun on the morning of her sister's wedding in September.

1 Obi

Episode 368 — the Obi Award

Heard in 69 episodes

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