Euan Bowman
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Interviewed as a guest
Episode 111
A return visit from parkrun Canada's country manager: growth to 14 events in under two years, the geographic spread (Clover Point as the world's most westerly parkrun; work still needed in the Maritimes), the new Saucony sponsorship and its ambassador programme, running and volunteering through a Canadian winter (cancellations, ice vs snow, councils clearing paths at Frédéric Back and Okanagan, keeping stationary volunteers safe), Whistler's seasonal shutdown and return, a long list of events in the pipeline (Springbank, Burnaby, Oakville, Charlottetown, Winnipeg, Halifax and more), the relationship with parkrun USA and the emerging Pacific Northwest cluster, and his vision of a parkrun in virtually every park in Canada with the junior series to follow.
Episode 33
The launch of parkrun in Canada. Euan traces his own parkrun history, finding a free 5k time trial after moving to Basingstoke around 2007, contacting Paul when there were only three or four events in the country, and starting the North Hampshire Time Trial with a colleague, growing it from 35 runners to around 200 a week. Then the first Canadian event, Okanagan parkrun at Mission Creek in Kelowna, BC, put on by Bill Justice, with 96 finishers in 35-degree heat; Tom Williams attended and Euan beat him. Mel asks about bears and moose in the risk assessment; Scott asks how Canadian winters will be handled. Euan sets out the plan: ~25 active leads, cities first then remote communities, and possibly 500 events within six to eight years.