Danny Norman
Guest co-host (1 episode)
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Talked to at their parkrun
Episode 336
The size of the Whit Monday turnout at Zuiderpark, and post-parkrun faffing in the cafe.
Interviewed as a guest
Episode 422
Danny Norman sits in the comfy chair as guest co-host in Simon Mackley's absence (Simon's 50th birthday): his parkrun day at Ben's Yard parkrun Ely on the Stuntney Estate (his 901st parkrun, 495th different venue), UK vs Australian pronunciation, park walking and the Vitality push in the UK, parkrun's new interim CEO, country flags on parkrun profiles, and, in a post-outro extra, the three UK events he would send Mel to (Bushy, Durlston Country Park, Fountains Abbey).
Episode 143
The hosts' self-declared "office Christmas party" with the only other parkrun podcasters. Danny is questioned on how With Me Now differs from The parkrun Show, the workload, editorial independence from parkrun HQ (the "egg gate" sponsorship controversy and an earlier complaint over a Sewerby parkrun comment), his 2018 highlights (Rutland Water, and being welcomed at podcast-engaged events), plans for 2019 including a possible live show, and, candidly, his ongoing struggle with severe depression and how the podcast helps him through it.
Episode 89
A candid, wide-ranging return interview: his surprise trip to Crissy Field parkrun in San Francisco, gifted by listener Chris Schofield; a frank account of a year of depression and how parkrun and the podcast community carried him through; his parkrun map and the ~200 events still un-done within 80 miles of home; whether The parkrun Show might return, and the role of unofficial online forums in the parkrun community; Surbiton junior parkrun; and where he would parkrun anywhere in the world (answer: Mosman, Sydney).
Episode 37
The episode's headline interview: running the original Bushy Park Time Trial in August 2005 (athlete ID 482); watching parkrun grow from 35 runners to ~150,000 a week; how writing the Bushy run reports led Tom Williams to bring him into the podcast alongside Martin and later Nicola; whether he misses it; Bushy still being home despite touring; his top parkruns (Bushy, Ellenbrook Fields, Surbiton Juniors, Marecchia in Rimini); 496 parkruns at 179 different venues; and his plan to run his 500th at Bradford parkrun for Event Director Linda Bussey.