Tim Oberg
Roving reports (1)
| Episode | Event |
|---|---|
| 75 | Airlie Beach |
Interviews conducted (1)
Interviewed as a guest
Episode 446
RAD Run Club - a digital, gamified reimagining of the before-school run club, where RAD stands for Resilience, Attitude and Determination. Tim covers leaving parkrun in 2022, the decline in kids' physical and mental health, how house points and per-school lap distances make it a leveller for non-runners, the distance-milestone digital badges (5K, a 14K "City to Surf", a 90K "Comrades"), the parent-controlled accounts that keep kids off screens, current uptake across Queensland, NSW, SA and Victoria plus one South African high school, and the free sign-up at radrun.club.
Episode 134
Life at his home event Airlie Beach parkrun and running it as a family; being recognised as "the guy who started parkrun in Australia"; becoming an event director for the first time at Cannonvale junior parkrun and what that taught him about volunteer recruitment; the plan to launch parkrun in Japan in the first half of 2019 (April at the earliest), including working through translators; and agreeing to co-host episode 135 with Mel while Scott is away.
Episode 112
Preparing to launch Cannonvale junior parkrun in the small Whitsundays community, why parkrun is going beyond the legal minimum on child safeguarding and working-with-children checks, the 12-month pilot's purpose, and the junior parkrun warm-up leader role.
Episode 95
Annual Christmas 'bring the boss back' interview: his Fast 5K for Christmas training block with Eloise Wellings, 2017 highlights (Parliament House promotion, staff growth, 66 events launched), why junior parkrun is delayed behind a safeguarding policy, and his one Christmas wish for parkrunners.
Episode 86
His 10-week 'get fast for Christmas' 5K training block ending at the 23 December parkrun, how it joined up with Love Mercy's million-kilometre challenge, keeping the program relevant to average parkrunners, and his selection as a Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton bearer (nominated by Varsity Lakes ED Renee Russell).
Episode 70
Tim's return to the podcast after several months: the birth of his son Archie the day before Cyclone Debbie hit the Whitsundays, Archie's parkrun debut, and at length his newsletter piece about living with anxiety - the response it got, how running and the start-line heart-rate spike interact with anxiety, finding a genuine home parkrun at Airlie Beach after Kirra, and his advice to others (talk to someone, look at lifestyle: he has cut out coffee since August and alcohol since New Year's Eve).
Episode 56
The #Defibs4parkrun crowdfunding campaign — parkrun Australia's first — to give every Australian event access to a defibrillator by the end of 2017: $100,000 raised of a ~$400,000 goal, partners (Australian Sports Foundation, Physio-Control, Guy Leech, first aid accident and emergency), tax deductibility, why the UK hasn't run a single campaign like it, and why parkrun stays free.
Episode 50
2016 highlights and 2017 hopes: Renee joining as the second full-time staff member, signing Medibank as third national sponsor, the expected launch of junior parkrun in Australia, a Christmas wish for an incident-free festive period, and run directing at Airlie Beach parkrun on Christmas and New Year's Day.
Episode 42
Listener Q&A: Tim's burnout/anxiety and how he restructured his working hours, Australian event growth and junior parkrun, whether volunteer locations could appear in runner stats, how he works with parkrun Global (Tom Williams, Helen Hood, Nick Pearson, Paul Sinton-Hewitt) and neighbouring countries, and race-entry discounts for parkrunners.
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