Ian Rutson
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Interviewed as a guest
Episode 167
What a parkrun technical lead actually does: results processing and the AWS cloud infrastructure that scales up on Saturday mornings, the two-person technical team (him and Jake), never releasing software on a Friday, database "superpowers" and the prank screenshot that appeared to wipe Mel's parkrun history, multi-language websites and the parkrun Japan launch, the new event map (his own project) and planned WebFMS mobile tweaks. Then his own parkrun story: never a runner, Couch to 5K in his late 30s, first parkrun at Pontefract, becoming its Event Director and then joining parkrun HQ; 300+ parkruns across four countries with Milano and North Beach as highlights; stats-watching for the half-millionth volunteer, four-millionth runner and 2,000th event.