Mark Scarborough

Roving Reporter, Guest co-host (4 episodes)

Also appears as: Marvellous Mark

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Roving reports (49)

Episode	Event
377	Gunnersbury Talked to Mick (Canberra travelling with Mark Scarborough), Gareth (visiting tourist), Pam (Run Director) and Kate (funnel manager volunteer)
332	Yackandandah Rail Trail Talked to Lisa (Event Director and Run Director on the day) and Nadine (co-organiser)
316	Mount Ainslie
294	Umbagong District Talked to Alison (Event Director), Peter (Umbagong donor), Bruce (Umbagong instigator) and Andrew Smith
255	Renmark Talked to Dave, Tanya and Susie
254	West Beach
251	Kununurra Talked to Megan (visitor), Graham (visitor) and Wolver
250	Hampton Oval Talked to Jess (Run Director / Event Director, Dampier, WA)
249	Bayview Road Talked to Zoe
246	Marina Talked to Jeanette (tourist) and Tracy (Event Director)
245	Clarence Talked to Penny Simpson
244	Cottesloe
243	Yeldulknie Weir Trail Talked to Mark (run director, Yeldulknie Weir)
243	Port Lincoln Talked to Annabelle (tourist from Shiraz Trail), Richard (Event Director, Christies Beach) and Darren (run director)
242	Mount Barker
241	Wagi Bridge
230	Our Park Talked to Tony (visitor from Mackay), Kendall (Event Director, Orford, Tasmania) and James (Channel 2 News crew reporter)
229	Geeveston Talked to Nadine (tourist from Rosebud, Victoria), Lee Evans, Nina (run director) and James
228	Lalor Talked to Melissa (and Running Club member) and Kieran (Event Director)
227	Braidwood Showground Talked to Kelly (Event Director, s) and Lauren
226	Burley Griffin
225	Batemans Bay Talked to Tim (Event Director / Run Director), Graeme (visitor) and Penny (Run Director, Wagga Bridge)
224	Ginninderra Talked to Rosie, Amanda and Philip
222	Coombs Talked to Mel (Running Mums Australia representative), Terry, Jeff (Gungahlin run director) and Tim (Event Director)
220	Varsity Lakes Talked to Sharon (tourist interviewed), Rhiannon (Logan River Parklands) and Andrew (Run Director)
219	Coffs Harbour Talked to Laurie (interviewee), Therese (interviewee), Trent and Keelan (Run Director)
218	Fingal Bay Talked to Sue (volunteer), Kevin (and former Event Director), Nerida and Tammy (Event Director)
217	Riverbank Talked to Anita (tourist) and Amanda (Event Director)
194	Warringal Parklands Talked to Megan, Alison (Mayor of Banyule City Council), "Action Man" (at the launch) and Matthew Gregory
193	Braidwood Showground Talked to Kelly (Event Director)
192	Wagi Bridge Talked to Brendan Peel and Ian (Event Director)
191	Riverbank Talked to Susan (Gungahlin), Judith (Ginninderra) and Kendall (Run Director, Yass)
188	Gungahlin Talked to Andrew
179	Parkville Talked to Shirley Dahl and Sandy
174	North Sydney Talked to Michael (UK tourist, home Uckfield), Mark (roving reporter), Chris (Run Director, Queenstown, New Zealand), Jamie (Run Director, Queenstown, New Zealand) and Matt (Event Director)
173	Ginninderra Talked to Debbie (Run Director)
171	Dubbo Talked to Simon (visiting from The Ponds, Sydney), Glenn (visiting, home Queens Domain Hobart) and Tim (Run Director)
169	Coombs Talked to Amy (Run Director) and Charlie
164	Main Beach Talked to Adrian Dodson-Shaw, Reece (Rocks Riverside), Shane Cook (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Travis Naden (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Narendra Dempsey (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Kate Axton (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Jordan Armstrong (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Jordan Merritt (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Tyrone Bean (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Tanisha Atkinson (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Sienna Cotullo (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Neil Sabatino (Indigenous Marathon Project squad member), Jess Bartholomew (Indigenous Marathon Project graduate), Harriet David (Indigenous Marathon Project graduate), Sam (Logan River), Bill and Matt (Lismore run director)
155	Albert Talked to Mark (roving reporter), Scott (Event Director, Park), Mary Murphy (Irish visitor Park) and Vin (Park regular)
152	Jindabyne Talked to Rosalie and Erin
150	Gungahlin Talked to Rose
149	Batemans Bay Talked to Lisa, Emma (Melbourne), Kim (Event Director) and Louise
148	Queanbeyan Talked to Vanessa
145	Goulburn Talked to Shady (visiting), Scott (visiting from Wollongong), Mick (Event Director) and Ange (Event Director)
144	Burley Griffin Talked to Sally
144	Huskisson Talked to Russell and Graeme
144	Studley Talked to Sue and Adam
142	Braidwood Showground Talked to Kelly (Event Director, s), Scarlett, Bernardo and Joel

Interviews conducted (1)

Ian Shaw
Episode 182

Talked to on location (6)

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

Mick - Canberra parkrunner travelling with Mark Scarborough
Episode 377 at Gunnersbury
Gareth - visiting parkrun tourist at Gunnersbury parkrun
Episode 377 at Gunnersbury
Pam - Run Director, Gunnersbury parkrun
Episode 377 at Gunnersbury
Kate - funnel manager volunteer at Gunnersbury parkrun
Episode 377 at Gunnersbury
Lisa — Event Director, Yackandandah Rail Trail parkrun
Episode 332 at Yackandandah Rail Trail
Nadine — Yackandandah Rail Trail parkrun co-organiser
Episode 332 at Yackandandah Rail Trail

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

Interviewed as a guest

Episode 210
parkrun adventurers roving reporter, on an extended family road trip around Australia
Mark's return to real parkrun at Nightcliff parkrun in Darwin, one of only four events running in the world that weekend as parkrun restarted in the Northern Territory. Covers rearranging the family itinerary out of Kakadu to make the Saturday, choosing Nightcliff for the alphabet-challenge N and because it is Australia's northernmost parkrun, his son James finally reaching his 50th after six months stuck on 49 (helium balloon, 50 shirts, and a guard of honour laid on by their home event back home), how the COVID framework and token scanning worked on the day (around 180-190 finishers), and what is left of the trip, Uluru, where he plans a quiet run around the base in memory of his stepfather in place of the cancelled Berlin Marathon.
Episode 206
Channel 5 News Crew roving reporter, mid-way through an extended caravan trip around Australia
Remote check-in from Mount Isa on the Freedom Runs completed since the last update (Narromine Wetlands, Dubbo, Tamworth, Armidale, Coffs Harbour, three Gold Coast events, Nambour and Fluffy the emu, Hervey Bay, Yeppoon, Rockhampton, Airlie Beach, Cairns, Mount Isa), border permits and closures, the route ahead through the Northern Territory and South Australia, and TOC's alphabet-of-parkruns challenge.
Episode 205
Roving Reporter / Channel 5 News Crew member
Remote crossover from Dubbo, NSW at the start of a 14-week half-lap of Australia by caravan with his family - why the trip replaced a cancelled Europe holiday, the freedom runs already done at Lawson, Bathurst and Orange, replanning around state border closures, and his plan to file grouped not parkrun / freedom run reports from the road.
Episode 198
Roving reporter, Channel 5 News Crew
Phone check-in from Canberra: homeschooling and fitting two desks in the home office, the emotional adjustment to distancing, Gunrunners Zoom drinks, and a personal challenge to run Canberra's 145km Centenary Trail in seven weekly stages while training for the Berlin Marathon.
Episode 175
Channel 5 News Crew roving reporter (Canberra); guest co-host for this episode
Mark's first turn in the co-host seat. He is questioned about how he talked his way into the Channel 5 News Crew, hearing about the podcast through Will Barlow's post in the Canberra parkrun group, then beating the hosts' Wilson Index challenge, first at his home parkrun Gungahlin and then at Jindabyne after the co-host tried to move the goalposts. Also covers his unofficial 150th parkrun at Gungahlin, why he isn't streaking (marathon training), and his charity work: ambassador for Danaer's Rainbow paediatric brain tumour research fund, running City to Surf with Danaer's brother Jarrett for the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, an ambassadorship for the Stromlo Running Festival, and his #dadbodrunner tag.

1 Obi

Episode 355 — the Obi Award

Heard in 57 episodes

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