Tim Oberg
Guest co-host (2 episodes)
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| Episode | Event |
|---|---|
| 152 | Run West |
| 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 164
The seventh parkrun UK Ambassadors Conference at the University of Warwick, the Ugandan crew's surprise performance and Paul Sinton-Hewitt's reaction, the who's-who in attendance (Chrissie Wellington, Dave Moorcroft, Bruce Fordyce, Jo Pavey, Vassos Alexander), the launch of the Contra running apparel brand and its funding model, and Tim's UK/European parkrun tourism (Bushy Park freedom run, Kingsbury Water parkrun, Woodhouse Moor, Haga in Stockholm).
Episode 138
Short guest slot delivering the episode's Top Three: the best South African parkruns to pair with a safari, Nkomazi, Hazyview and Hermanus, drawing on his own visit to Nkomazi parkrun with Paul Sinton-Hewitt and Bruce Fordyce while staying on the Crocodile River beside Kruger National Park.
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 visit from "the boss": his Fast 5K for Christmas 10-week training block with Eloise Wellings, 2017 highlights (parkrun at Parliament House in Canberra, his Jack starting to run, the staff team growing to include Renee Gimbert, Scotty, Nikki Waterfall and Carol Cunningham), 66 events launched in 2017 versus 48 the year before, the Medibank and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games partnerships, and a detailed explanation of why junior parkrun is delayed (a safeguarding policy that must clear each state's differing child-protection legislation and parkrun Global). Closes with a Christmas wish for happy and healthy parkruns and a bonbon joke.
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-question Q&A: his article on anxiety and burnout and the boundaries he now sets around work; Australia's event count (high 180s) and the forecast of ~250 Saturday events plus a handful of junior parkruns by late 2017; whether volunteer locations could be added to stats (deferred to the new website platform around Easter); how he works with Tom Williams, Helen Hood, Nick Pearson and Paul Sinton-Hewitt at parkrun Global; his support of Singapore, New Zealand and Malaysia; and discounts for parkrunners at major running events.
Episode 22
Listener Q&A: sew-on event patches and the shelved parkrun passport idea, the global no-cash-handling policy and tax-deductible donations via the Australian Sports Foundation, the age-11 rule for volunteering unaccompanied, the new Athletics Australia partnership and parkrunner perks at the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, and Renee Gimbett's appointment as National Operations Manager.
Episode 14
Jet-lagged back from 16 days in South Africa - parkrun in an African township near the Mozambique border, results delivered by SMS over the old GSM network versus affluent Constantia Greenbelt in Cape Town; the third global Country Managers Conference; how parkrun is funded (Stockland, Suncorp Bank, government grants, a hinted new sponsor, the first ever parkrun singlet); and running the Two Oceans half marathon with his wife Nikki, plus results for Matt Shields, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, Tom Williams and Bruce Fordyce. He returns for a second block on his memories of Main Beach event one.
Episode 10
Listener Q&A: parkrun tourism to Poland, Clean Up Australia Day at parkrun courses, the end of the Adidas sponsorship and whether parkrun should stay free, the prospects for a Sydney Opera House parkrun, and the Tribesports apparel range (apricot tees and the long-awaited Australian singlets).
Episode 5
Listener-question Q&A: prospects for junior parkrun in Australia (and the open question of the 4-14 age band), what makes an event "successful" and how Event Directors share the load and plan succession, where he most wants a new event (Centennial Park, Sydney, blocked by the trust's park hire fees), plus lighter questions about his calves and his favourite Dr. Seuss book.
Episode 1
parkrun's plans for the US after his San Francisco trip (Strava, Crissy Field, the Washington DC launch, a state-by-state strategy) and growth targets for parkrun Australia in 2016, 50+ new events and roughly 400,000 registrations; plus how to start your own event, and his own run directing at Airlie Beach.
Heard in 26 episodes
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