Matt Shields
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Interviewed as a guest
Episode 4
parkrun in Ireland: winter cancellations from flooding, black ice and high winds; the shift from tarmac park courses to forest and trail courses; 45 events with three or four more in the pipeline; Department of Health / Healthy Ireland backing and the National Activity Plan; the RTÉ-style TV programme Operation Transformation driving weekly participation from ~3,000 to 9,200 in four weeks; Bere Island parkrun as the event that best captures the Irish community ethos; and his own runs at Albert Melbourne while visiting his daughter.