Club Corner

Appears in 124 episodes, first in episode 43.

Every appearance

• Episode 460 - Across The Ditch

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III gets back to Australian roots with a parody of Geoff Mack's "I've Been Everywhere" naming 71 Australian parkruns, and notes parkrun now hosts renamed non-milestone clubs officially in its app, with Australian event profiles promised for future Club Corners. TOC counts having been to 26 of the 71 and challenges listeners to tally theirs; Alison notes Inverloch was the most important in the list.

• Episode 459 - What is your Colour?

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents another "Who Am I?", coming to us from Arrernte Country: seven clues, a state or territory not yet featured, one of six events in its region, third in that region, a single-lap butterfly course, high enough up to be recognised in a special club, started in 2018, and cliffs by day, answering Nightcliff parkrun in the Northern Territory. Simon got it at question five, Sarah suspected Nightcliff early; she has run four of the six NT events and calls it her favourite course. Reginald closes on parkrun's renamed non-milestone clubs now being official in the app.

• Episode 458 - The Unicorn

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues the countries grab bag: Lithuania (Vingis from September 2024, its own special day on Independence Restoration Day 11 March, new events Didžioji Dailidė and Dainai), Gibraltar Botanical Gardens, February 2026, a British overseas territory, and the newest 'unicorn' events Plantation Forest on St Helena and Festival Green in the Caymans, both now in the top three of the geographically remotest events table behind Cape Pembroke Lighthouse. Teases that parkrun now hosts renamed non-milestone clubs in its app. Hosts riff on the Life of Brian-style list of Lithuanian national days.

• Episode 457 - Legs Eleven

  Sarah throws to Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III for the penultimate instalment of the country series: Austria (started August 2021 with Hellbrunn, now six events; its special day is Staatsfeiertag / National Day on 1 May, which Austrian parkruns have declined to hold as an extra day in 2026 given the small number of locations) and Belgium, which turns out not to be a parkrun country, because SHAPE parkrun (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, near Mons) is a closed event on a British Overseas Territory footing. SHAPE started July 2023, grew out of "Brit run" then "SHAPE run", and was helped by its nearest event, Tapijn parkrun. Still to come in the series: Lithuania, Gibraltar and St Helena Island.

• Episode 456 - The hype team

  Delivered by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III in his "Who Am I" quiz format, seven clues (state/territory not yet featured; on an island; many neighbours; at the bottom of the Northern Island; something new; operates on a stop bank; was the number one event in New Zealand), answer Lower Hutt parkrun. He closes by noting parkrun now hosts various renamed non-milestone clubs in the app, so they are official and supported. The hosts then debate whether Lower Hutt really is at the bottom of the island (TOC says Waitangi might dispute it) and swap New Zealand colloquialisms, stop bank, chilly bin, judder bar.

• Episode 455 - Tantrums, Tears and Tribulations

  Sarah throws to "our friend Reginald". Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III delivers Club Corner on parkrun ambassador roles, event ambassadors (EA), regional event ambassadors (REA), and the specialist roles: outreach, translation, social media, video and photography, content creation, health and wellbeing, live event processing support, the critical incident line, grant ambassadors and national coordinators. Simon follows up with news of meeting parkrun Global CEO Lil Duggan in the APAC office and a call for ambassadors across APAC.

• Episode 454 - Old and New

  Delivered by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III from Arrernte Country as a "Who Am I?" quiz, framed as a palm27 update, the answer being the venue for Palm 2027. Seven clues (173rd event to open in Australia, 4th in its territory, out-and-back, beside a lake, named after a famous American) resolve to Burley Griffin parkrun in the ACT. Reginald signs off noting parkrun now hosts renamed non-milestone clubs in the app, so they are official and supported.

• Episode 453 - Half Way There

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues the parkrun country profiles with the Netherlands, opening on a quoted blog explaining Holland vs the Netherlands. parkrun there began with six launches in February 2020 plus two more the following week, now 27 events growing by at least two a year; the special day is Whit Monday (tied to Pentecost, 25 May in 2026). Three Z events make it a multi-alphabet destination, two of them Zuiderpark (Den Haag and Hoogeveen, over two hours apart by road); the country has no C-for-sea event. Beatrixpark parkrun in Almere sits on land reclaimed 1959-1968. Zeeland is the only region without an event, and Kagerzoom is picked as the most picturesque, windmill and canals included.

• Episode 452 - The Away Game

  Delivered by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III in his "Who Am I" quiz format, coming to the listener from Arrernte Country. Seven clues, a state or territory not yet featured, northernmost event in its state or territory, a two-lap course that does not finish where it starts, starting letter appearing twice in the state or territory name, Top of the Pops Club member, crosses its bridge only once, and "there is a troll associated with me", with the answer Wagi Bridge parkrun in the ACT. Both hosts were stumped; TOC notes Wagi Bridge is where he ran his 250th parkrun. Reginald signs off with four countries still to go and a note that parkrun now hosts renamed non-milestone clubs in its app.

• Episode 451 - Let those pies fly high

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III marks the 100th episode of Club Corner and teases a "Reginald reveal" before deciding against it - "No, I do not think that I will reveal on the pod who I am" - instead inviting listeners to email their guesses so the team can "neither confirm nor deny anything". Includes joke corner number four (the always-incorrectly-spelled word, the German sausage made of sausages, and the autobiography gag) and the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon follows up pushing the guessing game to listeners.

• Episode 450 - Celebrations and pronunciations

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III profiles Japan, the 21st country to join parkrun: the 2019 launch at Futakotamagawa with 343 parkrunners and visitors including PSH, Tim Oberg, Carol Cunningham, Tom Williams and Rene Gimbert; the 40-50 events now held weekly; the three-letter-acronym naming convention (FTG, KNH, HKG) documented on the Hero and Jam TV YouTube channel; the gear tarpaulin and service culture; the quote from Mr Nishina of Hirono kaigankoen, "I think growth is not speed, but depth"; the 50th-event tote bag; and Greenery Day on 4 May at the back end of Golden Week.

• Episode 449 - Is it your first time?

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III returns to the country series after "a few side quests about apps and indices", this time Malaysia - a country now down to a single parkrun. Covers Taman Pudu Ulu parkrun (April 2018, closed after its 107th event on 31 December 2022 when the landholder withdrew permission), the stalled Taman Tasik Danau Kota proposal, and Presint 18 parkrun in Putrajaya (November 2018, over 250 events, reachable via the Grab app, women's course record of 19:23 standing since December 2018). Closes with a history of Malaysia Day (16 September 1963) with thanks to the Sabah State Library, and the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 448 - Surrounded by clowns

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III, from Arrernte Country, reviews the Running Achievements app as a follow-up to his Park Race review in Club Corner 95: large graphical tick-box displays that help with the periodic table challenge, Australian state and territory region achievements with pie-chart badges, five-level volunteer achievements, and a statistics view covering PB, best finish position, highest altitude, tourism percentage and the various indexes. He notes the app credits Mel Erbacher as coiner of the Pirates Club challenge, which TOC picks up on afterwards. Signs off with the standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 447 - You raise me up

  Delivered by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III. New Wilson variants tracked by the Park Race app, the double and triple Wilson (each event number twice or thrice, which he rates "not very exciting IMO") and the Golden Wilson, where each event counts only once, so there is no incentive to repeat event number ones. He also covers the app's P-index graphic, the PC index (events per country, currently capped at 13 as of February 2026), the alphabet bar graph, and jokes that the hosts' "SMAC index" is objectively the best-named. Back in studio, Sarah gives her PC index as three heading to four; Simon owns up to the SMAC index being his.

• Episode 446 - Show us your weed

  Delivered in character by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III. A survey of parkrun-related smartphone apps: parkrun's purchase of the 5K app (now simply "parkrun", published by parkrun Global Ltd, v4.0 rolled out March 2026), the parkrun Virtual Volunteer app (originally by Nuism of Newcastle NSW, part-owned by Penny Redhead), then pros and cons of parkrun Planner (James Kent), Running Achievements (Ford Hollett), Park Race (Alexander Cahill) and parkrunner-5K Results (Apps for London Ltd / Gary Grace). Closes with a reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial. Followed by studio discussion with Melissa and Tony.

• Episode 444 - Addicted to Love

  Presented by the character Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III "coming to you from Arrernte Country", in its current "Who Am I?" quiz format: seven clues (state not yet featured, 650+ events, out-and-back, prominent alternate course, pioneer event in its state, beside a river, "Do you like the zoo?") revealing the answer as Torrens parkrun, South Australia. Signs off promising a return to the country series with events north of the equator, plus the standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Sarah and Simon then debrief their guesses.

• Episode 443 - Gelato in Milano

  Presented in full by the Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III persona, from Arrernte Country: "Germany Week". Covers Germany's federal structure, its triple launch (Küchenholz, Neckarau and Georgengarten parkruns), the PSH/HQ grand tour of eight cities beforehand, the addition of Berlin, Frankfurt and Osnabrück by January 2018 for 11 events in the first year (a country record at the time), Germany launching with only the virtual volunteer app, growth to nearly 70 events, German Unity Day on 3 October plus Christmas Day, and Aachener Weiher parkrun being the most alphabetical parkrun in the world. Signs off with the standard line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Hosts follow up comparing their German parkruns (Lyndell at Riemer, TOC at Ziegelwies).

• Episode 442 - A Lil Bit of Hope

  Presented in character by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III from "Arrernte Country", covering Finland: Tampere parkrun (Oct 2017), Finland as the world's happiest country, nine events including Pori Forest, Vääksy Canal parkrun between Lake Päijänne and Lake Vesijärvi, a 14-bridge course, and Pokkinen parkrun in Oulu as the current most northerly parkrun. Delivered as written text read aloud, he speaks the punctuation and emoji names out loud ("smiley face", "open bracket", "winky face", "exclamation point").

• Episode 441 - All Aboard 2026

  Delivered by the Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III persona. Three new unofficial parkrun clubs for 2026: "What is the Point?" (eight events with Point in the name, complete them to be a pointer), "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" (three events with Bridge in the name, Hoblers Bridge Reserve, Wagi Bridge, Woodbridge Riverside, completing them makes you a goat), and "Stationery" (Alice Springs Telegraph Station, Old Esk Railway Station, Tallangatta Station). Includes a digression on D. L. Ashliman's folklore taxonomy.

• Episode 440 - Stop The Clock

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III's 2025 wrap-up, introduced by TOC 'I think it's time that we hear from Reginald'. Recaps the year's Club Corner content: the completed volunteer-roles series, the 'Who Am I?' series (Balyang Sanctuary, Queenstown NZ, New Farm, Claisebrook Cove, Newy) and the start of the parkrun country profiles, which will finish in 2026. Ends with two Christmas bonbon jokes.

• Episode 439 - Legendary Intern

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues his country-by-country tour with Norway: Toyen parkrun in Oslo launched August 2017 and the country now has a dozen events; Festningen is the world's third most northerly event (Broparken in Sweden second); geography, multi-lap courses, Nansenparken and Ekebergsletta in Oslo, and the 2025 launches Greveskogen and Berger Stadion. Closes with the 2025 happiest-countries rankings and a trail to Finland next time.

• Episode 438 - Lota Love to Give

  Simon hands over "I think we should throw across to Reginald". Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues his country-by-country series with Namibia and Eswatini: parkrun Namibia joined in April 2017 with Swakopmund, then Walvis Bay, then Windhoek, with Omeya running 2019-2022; all three current events are out-and-back, prompting his question about whether any other multi-event country is all one shape. parkrun Eswatini joined in May 2017 with Mbabane, joined by Manzini in July 2022 - both around golf courses. He signs off noting that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 437 - Woe is a crowd

  TOC hands over. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents a "Who Am I?" round of seven clues, coming to us from Arrernte Country; the answer is Newy parkrun (Newcastle, NSW, out and back beside Throsby Creek, one of the first 13 Australian events). The hosts play along afterwards and Melissa Ellis gets it on the second-last clue.

• Episode 436 - The Vote That Counts

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues his 2016 world tour with Sweden: 12 events, 9.30am starts, began at Haga parkrun in Stockholm in August 2016, special day is Ascension Day, Malmö Ribersborg sits just over the bridge from Amager Strandpark in Denmark, Skatås is a single-lap forest trail, Broparken is the northern outlier, and Badhusparken was due to launch just as Covid paused parkrun and never has.

• Episode 435 - The Restructure

  Melissa throws to Reginald and Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III delivers Club Corner on Canada: parkrun began there in August 2016 with Okanagan and then Nose Hill; the regions and their gaps (nothing in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut); Prince Edward Island's 707km Island Walk; the retired "Dateline Double" club, where a Time Traveller completed two parkruns on the same day either side of the date line, typically Brisbane or Auckland then Richmond Olympic near Vancouver, last possible in 2020; 56 events open at time of scripting; Saint-Paulin in Quebec, which closes December to April; and Canada Day. Next Club Corner: Sweden. TOC follows up on the Dateline Double.

• Episode 434 - It’s Upside Down

  Simon throws across to Reginald, who presents a double-header on Italy and France. Italy: JFC Naples sits on UK servers despite being in Italy (a correction to Club Corner 76); Uditore was the first Italian event with five finishers and nine volunteers; about 15 events now, 9am starts; Treviso is Prosecco country; Montelepre has closed; Favorita, aka "Favourite parkrun"; and at Milano Nord in 2017 Franco Tonnelli, a climber and mountain runner left paraplegic by an accident, completed a parkrun in an exoskeleton in 2:57:12. France: closed since 2022, began with Les Dougnes and peaked at eight events, all inland, with la Ramée running a two-lap course where each lap differed. Both countries share 25 December plus New Year's Day as extra event days.

• Episode 433 - Ready, Set, Streak...

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents a "2-4-1" doubleheader on Russia and Singapore, both of which launched in 2014. Singapore's five events (East Coast Park, West Coast Park, Bishan, Bedok Reservoir, Bay East Garden), its start times and its founding by Carol Cunningham; Russia's parkruns ran to February 2022 and were succeeded by the Five Versts organisation, now with more than 170 events. TOC and Melissa follow up with their own Singapore notes.

• Episode 432 - Amazing Grace

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents a 'Who Am I' Club Corner: seven clues to an Australian event - a state not used in the series so far, a name mixing waters, alliteration, in the first dozen parkruns in Australia, does not finish where it starts, nearest neighbour under a kilometre away. Answer: Claisebrook Cove, WA. Neither host got it.

• Episode 431 - Start Spreading the News

  TOC: 'I think it's time for us to throw across and have a listen to Reginald.' Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues the country-by-country history of parkrun's 2012 expansion with Ireland - Malahide in November 2012 as the 10th parkrun country, now 110 events, the Department of Health funding, the Operation Transformation TV tie-in, junior parkrun adoption, Inch Beach as the third oldest all-beach parkrun, Knockanacree Woods in the BBC Countryfile hardest-parkruns list, and a run of castle-named Irish events. The hosts follow with fun facts about Ireland.

• Episode 430 - Cleaner Wanted!

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III's country-by-country instalment, this time on the USA: Livonia, Michigan launched in June 2012 and has now hosted 600+ events; Clermont Waterfront in Florida and Durham NC followed within a year, an 1,800 km drive apart. The US now has 80-90 events, with Thanksgiving as the special day. Standouts covered are the now-closed Crissy Field in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, Coal Creek Trail in a canyon of Triassic and Jurassic red rock, and Tollgate Farm Park on Snoqualmie ancestral lands. TOC follows with the show's fun-fact rundown for the USA (currency, flight times, top tips), and the hosts trade where-would-you-go answers.

• Episode 429 - It's Question Time

  Sarah throws to Reginald. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues the tour of the parkrun world with New Zealand / Aotearoa: 50-plus events, Lower Hutt as the first in May 2012 with a peak of 451 in March 2025, and parkrun NZ's relationship with a children's university programme for 7-to-14-year-olds; Puarenga (geothermal, Rotorua) and Pegasus (suspension bridge) are singled out. He closes with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon follows with a New Zealand country brief, capital, currency, exchange rates, flight times and Kiwi inventions.

• Episode 428 - Evolution

  Presented by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III, focused on South Africa. parkrun there began in November 2011 at Delta parkrun, Victory Park, Johannesburg with 26 participants; Delta has since run 640+ events and peaked at 2,130. South Africa is third for event count behind the UK and Australia with 200+ active events, and has had 50+ close, some returning (Root 44 after 4 years 11 months, Odendaal Stadium after 3 years 9 months). Freedom Day (27 April) is its special day; sponsor Discovery Vitality rewards walking and running equally, and nearly 30% of South African participants walk, the highest of any parkrun country. Course variety noted, including Melkbosstrand entirely on sand. Followed by the hosts' own South Africa facts (three capitals, exchange rates, flight times).

• Episode 427 - Onions Have Layers

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues his country-by-country series with Denmark, Poland and Iceland: Denmark started at Amager Faelled in 2009 and is the oldest open non-UK country, 11 events plus the closed Hillerod; Poland was parkrun country number five (Gdynia, October 2011) with more than 100 active events, including Cieszyn on the Czech border and Zamek w Malborku along the castle walls; Iceland lasted under a year - Ellidaardalur ran October 2011 to July 2012, 32 events, 275 participants and 550 finishes. Signs off with the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 426 - Lost Property

  Melissa throws to Reginald. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents his slot as "Joke Corner, where one attempts to be funny and or witty" this week instead of the usual country profile, a colander pun, two hippopotamus jokes, a bank joke, closing with the standing reminder that "in parkrun life, all non-Milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun" and a promise to "return to our country profiles" in future club corners. Simon comes back joking that Rachel should be brought back for the jokes.

• Episode 425 - Tracky Dacky Doo Dah Day

  Tony O'Connell hands over "I think it's time for us to go across and listen to what Reginald has to say." Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III delivers what Melissa Ellis calls "really the first edition of the Countries series", tracing parkrun UK from the Bushy time trial in October 2004 through Cardiff (Feb 2008), Glasgow/Pollok (Dec 2008) and Waterworks Belfast (Nov 2010), then the outliers: Camp Bastion in Afghanistan (2011-14, 111 events), the Rolf Valley time trial in Zimbabwe (2007), Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, the Falkland Islands and Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The hosts follow up with the show-note fairy's currency and distance references (a pound is roughly two Australian dollars; the UK is about 16,000 km from Australia, "more than 3,200 parkruns").

• Episode 424 - Reaching a Rec-Ord

  Sarah hands over "we are going to throw to Reginald". Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III delivers a seven-clue "Who am I?" - something new, associated with the number two, an out-and-back following the curves of the Brisbane River, reachable by ferry, started in 2011 - revealing New Farm parkrun, the second parkrun to open in Queensland and a member of the Number Twos and the Dirty Dozen clubs. Simon says he guessed it after question five; Sarah after the Brisbane River clue.

• Episode 423 - The Hope Song

  Mel throws straight to Reginald, who delivers a parkrun-adjacent Eurovision edition from Arrernte Country: 37 countries in the 2025 contest at Basel, of which 13 also have parkrun (Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom). Odds have Sweden favourite, then Austria, Netherlands and Finland, with the rest at a 1% maximum. Signs off with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 422 - Potato, Potarto

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III opens a new series on parkrun countries: how many countries have a parkrun? parkrun's own website lists 22, but depending on how protectorates, jurisdictions and overseas territories are counted the answer could be 31, 34 or 35. He reads the 22 in alphabetical order and promises the rest in coming weeks. (And a straw has one hole.)

• Episode 421 - There's No Place Like Home

  Delivered by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III from Arrernte Country. This week is a "Who Am I?" game, nine progressively easier clues (used for a parkrun during a PALM, more than 20 adventurers, the 2020s, April, one-word name, event number 311, a regal connection, in New Zealand) with the answer Queenstown parkrun. Closes with his standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Melissa notes he is treading on the Informant-style quiz turf: "Shots fired, Toc, shots fired."

• Episode 420 - No Indeed. Indeed, No

  Simon throws to Reginald. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III closes his 14-episode series on parkrun volunteer roles with the last two slices of the volunteer pie: "Other" (for anything outside the 20-plus named roles, e.g. bakers and caterers at birthdays) and "Unregistered Volunteer" (safeguarding declaration form to parkrun HQ, restrictions on which roles they may perform, and a flat no at junior parkrun in Australia without a Working With Children Check). Sarah and Simon discuss the "Other" role afterwards.

• Episode 419 - palm 25

  TOC throws to Reginald; Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III delivers what he calls "a faux Club Corner" - no club talk, just a run of puns (the apple and pears one, the alphabet/X one, the refrigerator, "Sir prize") in honour of Palm - and promises a return to "Who Am I?" next time. Pre-recorded and dropped in post-production; Mel explains this to the room after an audience member asks "Where's Reginald?".

• Episode 418 - Yeah Nah

  TOC hands over ("I think it's time for us to listen to Reginald"). Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues the volunteer-role series with the two roles that start after the last finisher: post-event close down, and equipment storage and delivery. He includes a pet-peeve rant about events packing up before all walkers are through, and sets the hosts a challenge to guess the remaining obscure roles. Mel and TOC then discuss how they allocate those credits at their own events.

• Episode 417 - Baby Brain is Real

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents part of the ongoing volunteer-roles series, covering two behind-the-scenes roles: Results Processor and Report Writer. He traces the barcode-to-results pipeline through the Virtual Volunteer app and the Timekeeper files, notes that the RD usually processes results but a separate person can be rostered, and sketches the history of the run report from local-newspaper club reports to today's Facebook posts. Two more instalments in the series to come. Sarah and Simon discuss afterwards whether either role has ever been rostered at their own events.

• Episode 416 - Falicitating Fun

  Melissa Ellis hands over "now it is time for us to listen to Club Corner. So let's hear from Reginald." Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III tries a new "Who Am I?" quiz format, giving ten clues to an unnamed event before revealing "My name is Balyang Sanctuary parkrun". Both hosts say they enjoyed the new format.

• Episode 415 - Pow Wow to PALM

  Simon throws over. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents from Arrernte Country on numbers in parkrun: junior wristband milestones (11, 21, 50, 100, 250), 5k milestone shirts (25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000), and the only four parkrun event names containing numbers, Presint 18 (Putrajaya, Malaysia), Lake2Lake Trail (New Zealand), Gongendo 2gou kouen (Japan) and Cycle Route 43, Ystalyfera (UK). The hosts recap it afterwards.

• Episode 414 - Wombling Free

  Handed over by Mel "Now, it's time for us to hear what Reginald's got to say." Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III declines the "Sir" status riffed on in Michael's email, then continues the volunteering series with barcode scanning (aka registration) and Token Sorting, closing with his standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 413 - Transport & Tryouts

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents a conversation-starter on transport: how do you get to parkrun? He runs through public transport, on foot and by road, then asks for the most envious ways listeners have heard of, kayak, canoe, boat, skate, ski, snowmobile, plane, balloon or parachute, and suggests parkrun South Africa could tie in with Transport Month 2025.

• Episode 412 - Another One Bites the Dust

  Melissa Ellis throws to Reginald; Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues the exploration of volunteer roles with the Funnel Manager and the Number Checker, insisting parkrun intends only one Funnel Manager per event and that the Number Checker keeps Timekeeper and finish tokens in step. The hosts then discuss both roles, TOC explaining how it works as RD at Inverloch.

• Episode 411 - GPS fails

  Mel hands over "it's always good to hear from Reginald and hear what they've got to tell us today." Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III explains the finish token and finish token support volunteer roles, how tokens are handed out at small versus large events, the knitting needles, containers, rubber bands and 3D-printed contraptions used to manage the stacks, and the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon and Mel debrief afterwards on the awkwardness of handing tokens to people who all want to receive them differently.

• Episode 410 - Aussie Aussie Aussie

  TOC crosses to Reginald. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III on the Passionista parkrun Club - a club dating back to parkrun show days for people who have only ever recorded a result at a single event. He notes at least one Australian in the 500 club who has done every one at the same course, and Mel picks up his idea of a 'volunteer passionista' afterwards.

• Episode 409 - Give us a hug

  Melissa hands over "it's time for us to throw to Reginald for Club Corner". Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III returns after the summer break and resumes the volunteer-roles series begun by his predecessor in September 2024, covering Pacer (5k-only role, no pacers at junior parkrun, two schools of thought on pacing style) and Marshal (wayfinder, guidepost, safety watcher and cheerleader; at junior events marshals stand no more than 100m apart with line of sight). He closes with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon and Melissa discuss their own pacing and marshalling records afterwards.

• Episode 408 - Back to the Office

  Melissa hands over "But who is back this year, TOC? Reginald is back and they are going to give you a little bit of some Club Corner." Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III marks Club Corner's second anniversary with a retrospective of more than 60 podcasts: year one covered club keywords, milestones, alphabet, Pioneers, Wilson Index, Bingos and club-adjacent topics; year two covered other parkrun podcasts, the unofficial parkrun Australia Tourism Group's club resource (Pirate, Compass, Milestone Events, Professor, regional clubs, Top of the Pops) and then a new volunteer-roles series, seven pods in so far. Invites listener memories "whether from Rachel or Reginald".

• Episode 407 - Highlights and Hopes

  Mel hands over ("we're going to head on over to Reginald"). Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III presents a special Bon Bon Jokes edition instead of the usual club talk - four Christmas cracker jokes (Holly Davidson, chestnuts boasting in an open foyer, the candle that burns shorter, King Wenceslas's deep and crisp and even pizzas) - and closes by recommending the show's back catalogue.

• Episode 406 - White-marks the spot

  TOC hands over 'before we get to that, I think we shall hear from Reginald.' Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III, coming from Arrernte Country, harks back to Club Corner number 55 on Run Directors and explains how parkrun cancellations work: advance-notice versus event-day causes, parkrun HQ's rule that the RD has ultimate authority and cannot be overruled, logging a cancellation in EMS, notifying rostered volunteers, social media images, volunteer credits, and that cancellations should never be reversed. Simon recaps and TOC adds an example of a Queensland event that cancelled 20 minutes after its course check when a creek rose a metre and a half.

• Episode 405 - B4s Return

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues his review of volunteer roles from Arrernte Country, covering the Timekeeper (using the Virtual Volunteer app), the retired Backup Timekeeper role, and the VI Guide, formerly Guide Runner. Closes with his standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. TOC and Mel then discuss whether there should be a club for people who held discontinued roles.

• Episode 404 - Boomerang

  Simon throws to Reginald. Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III walks through two volunteer roles: Warm-up Leader (a junior parkrun role, with the standard parkrun warm-up routine listed, and the note that warm-ups are not permitted at 5K events except by official parkrun partners) and Run Director (overall responsibility for event safety, the pre-event brief, the authority to cancel, postpone or alter the course, and the rule that the RD must not participate or double up on another role). Sarah and Simon then discuss Reginald's claim that the role suits extroverts, both saying they are not extroverts and that run directing built their confidence.

• Episode 403 - In the Poo

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III on additional parkrun days (formerly special days/events): January 1st worldwide plus one region-specific day - Christmas Day in Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and the UK, the second day of Christmas in Poland, Thanksgiving in the USA, German Unity Day, Malaysia Day, Singapore's National Day, Canada Day, Ascension Day for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Whit Monday in the Netherlands, Greenery Day in Japan and Freedom Day in South Africa. No time-shifting is allowed any more, and he asks listeners not to pester event teams about Christmas Day plans before the declaration date.

• Episode 401 - Adventurers Shine

  Delivered by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III from Arrernte Country. He invites listener feedback, disclaims being the final authority, and continues his series on what happens before the 3-2-1-go: Sign Language Support, First Timers Welcome (now a compulsory role, and the briefing is a good place to introduce the parkwalker and Tail Walker), and photographer (make a record of the week, don't be intimidated, just point and shoot; cross your arms if you don't want your photo taken). Closes with his standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. The hosts then ask listeners to write in with what they think of Reginald.

• Episode 400 - Thank you for the Music

  Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III continues his series on volunteer roles, covering the start of a parkrun day: the compulsory Event Day Course Check (and why it must be done on the morning), pre-event setup, and the car park marshal - plus the Event Director's part in course design, risk assessments and the landholder relationship. Closes with his standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 399 - Das Ist Gut

  First Club Corner presented by Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III, who explains that Rachel has left for the stand-up comedy circuit. He starts a detailed run through the volunteer roles, beginning with Event Director (and co-EDs), the 2024 recognition of ED as a claimable volunteer role, the relationship between EDs, Run Directors and parkrun HQ ambassadors, plus Volunteer Coordinator and communications roles. Signs off with Rachel's line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 398 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

  Rachel fills in gaps requested by a listener. The Double Barrel club, events whose names repeat a word, currently has three members: Curl Curl, Mullum Mullum and Woy Woy. The Alliteration club runs to 31 events, flexible on whether "parkrun" itself counts, with bonus double-initial entries (Australian Standing Stones, Benalla Botanical Gardens, Bendigo Botanic Gardens, Cyril Curtain Reserve, South Beach Recreation Reserve) and "magical" ones in Paradise Point and Picnic Point Parklands. She closes with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 396 - Oh What a Feeling!

  Rachel walks through the full list of parkrun volunteer roles as a journey from the day after parkrun through set-up, the run, results processing and close-down, and asks listeners to count them. Closes with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. TOC and Mel then compare their own role counts (29 and 22).

• Revisits and Backflips

  Mel flags "a very different Club Corner this week" and throws to Rachel, who delivers it as "Joke Corner", a run of parkrun-themed dad jokes (knock-knock, the Terminator, the pterodactyl, "How did you find parkrun today? Google Maps"), closing with her usual line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. TOC reads it as a nudge for listeners to send in new challenge ideas.

• Episode 393 - Onwards and Upwards

  Rachel, coming to you from Arrernte Country, covers three unofficial clubs: Tree Folk (tree and wood names, Blue Gum Hills, Oakey, Scribbly Gums Conservation, Peppertree, Woodlands Historic Park, plus the long stretches Applecross and Orange; 13 events), Gardens (the botanics, Mansfield, Benalla, Southern Highlands, Eastern Gardens, Rosebud, Wildflower; 9 events) and On the Streets (Bayview Road, Harris Avenue, Jubilee Way, Nathan Road Sports Ground, Old Thompson River Road, Ridley Place Foreshore, The Avenues). She says she is running out of clubs to highlight and asks for suggestions, then fills the gap with three jokes. Simon backs the appeal, warning it will otherwise "turn into Rachel's joke corner".

• Episode 392 - Bolting towards Septmeber

  Rachel on altitude clubs: "Top of the Pops" (events 600m or more above sea level by declared address, 23 of them, led by Australian Standing Stones at 1140m, Walcha 1050m, Armidale 984m, Lithgow 949m, Orange 918m, Jindabyne 910m) and "How Low Can You Go" (1.5m or less, 17 events, with The Beaches, Yamba and Panboola Wetlands at zero). Closes with two height jokes and the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial.

• Episode 391 - The Rookie

  Rachel covers the New England Highway club (14 events over two states, Yarraman QLD to Hexham NSW), the 5K club (21 Australian events beginning with K) and the All Saints club (St George, St Lucia and St Peters), named for the Channel 7 drama, closing with the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 390 - Jumpy

  Rachel on regionally based clubs: the Queen B's (all Queensland parkruns starting with B, Bargara, Baringa, Berrinba, Bowen, Brightwater, Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, Broadbeach Waters, Bundaberg, Bunyaville), proposed by parkrun event ambassador Craig Murrell, who is also behind CQ (Central Queensland); plus COL (City of Logan), the Gippslander (Gippsland, Victoria), Turning Red (Redlands Shire) and a proposed "Olympian" club for the Olympic Highway, which stalls at two events (Cowra and Wagga). She closes with the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 388 - When 3 becomes 5

  Rachel, coming to you from Arrernte Country, introduces two new unofficial clubs: "It's What's New" (events starting with 'new', New Farm, Newborough, Newcastle Park, Newport Lakes, Newy) and "On the Town" (11 events with town, -ville, -borough or -berg in the name), with jokes in between. Simon and Sarah back-announce and compare their own tallies.

• Episode 387 - Founders and Fashion

  Rachel presents a "triple treat": the Prospector Club (events named for gems, precious metals and minerals - Copper Trail, Diamond Creek, Emerald, Golden Beach, Goldfields Reservoir), the Miners Club (those five plus eleven rocks/sand events, with Cairns as a bonus for the stone cairn pun), and the crowdsourced Professor Club (events on or bordering a university or school). She asks listeners to email more Professor Club entries.

• Episode 386 - Fly High

  Rachel returns to milestones, revisiting Club Corner number one from January 2023 and confirming canary yellow as the 1000 colour. She profiles the updated Australian club that collects the events matching the milestone shirt numbers: Balyang Sanctuary (Vic) was Australia's 10th event, Rockingham (WA) the 25th, Bunbury (WA) the 50th, Calamvale (Qld) the 100th, Railton (Tas) the 250th and Jeune Park (Qld) the 500th, 13 years and 25 days from launch to 500, of which 486 remain open. Simon then compares counts with Mel (he has two, she has three).

• Episode 384 - Indeed

  Rachel presents food-themed and zoo-themed parkrun clubs: events with food in their names (Applecross, Orange, Peppertree, Cooks River, Point Cook, New Farm, Picnic Point Parklands), with brand names such as Bega and near-misses such as Broadbeach Waters excluded; and the Zoo Club (Frog Hollow, Birdsland Reserve, Cormorant Bay, Horseshoe Bay Reserve, Kangaroo Island, Wallaby Track). She closes with the standard reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. The hosts then debate whether Cowpasture Reserve should have made the Zoo Club.

• Episode 383 - Big Kahunas

  Rachel's segment on the what and why of parkrun clubs, this week the Common club (only three events: Wentworth Common, Bungendore Common and Westbury Town Common) and the People club (45 Australian events with a person's name in the event name), with a Pulp / William Shatner "Common People" aside. She reminds listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 382 - What's in a name?

  Rachel, coming to listeners from Arrernte Country, on risk assessments: parkrun Global's country base templates, Australia's snake and kangaroo risks, the global ice-cream-van risk, Australia being the only country listing extreme heat but not extreme cold, and three risk-themed jokes. She closes with her standard reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 381 - Ah-sigh-ee

  A short post-outro addendum to Club Corner number 34, the Compass Club edition: the contributor corrects themselves, having missed that Australia got a new westernmost point when Baxter opened in WA in December 2022. Marina was only correct between September 2019 and December 2022. As of early 2024 the compass points are Nightcliff in the north, Geeveston in the south, Kingscliff in the east and Baxter in the west.

• Episode 380 - In a twist

  Rachel's club rundown, this week on two unofficial clubs: the Rainbow Runner (Redcliffe and Redland Bay for red, Orange, Gainsborough Greens / Greenbank / GreenWay, Blue Gum Hills, with no yellow, indigo or violet available in Australia) and the Monarch (Prince of Wales, Kingscliff, Kingston Park, Queens Domain and Queen Elizabeth, Casino, still waiting on a princess). Ends with her usual reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. The hosts then compare their own tallies.

• Episode 379 - R2-RD

  Rachel's history of the Compass Club - named in Australia by 'the other Mel' around 2017 for the geographically most northern, southern, eastern and western events, and the arguments about course extremities that were settled by using parkrun HQ's official start coordinates. Currently north is Nightcliff, south Geeveston, east Kingscliff and west Marina. She contrasts it with the less contentious Explorer Club (collecting events with North, South, East and West in the name) and the 'Cardinal' title that never caught on, closing with her standard reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial.

• Episode 378 - Run the World

  Rachel's pre-recorded contribution on niche unofficial clubs, opening with her standing reminder that challenges long pre-date the tracking apps and "the apps are not the sole arbiter of what is, or is not, a challenge". This week: the Beach club (15 Australian events whose names contain "Beach" - completing them makes you a "beach bum"), the "bench warmer" (all Reserve parkruns), and the "Gilligan" (all Tasmanian events plus every event with Island in its name plus S.S. Koopa Trail on Bribie Island), including the double-island quirk of Whitemark Wharf on Flinders Island.

• Episode 376 - palm24

  Rachel's post-outro Club Corner, coming to her from "Arrernte Country", devoted to Palm itself: the seven Palms to date, Shellharbour 2018, The Beaches (Newcastle, NSW) 2019, Mount Barker (Adelaide) 2020, Nambour (Sunshine Coast) 2021, Bellerive (Tasmania) 2022, UWA (WA) 2023 and South Toowoomba 2024, with 2025 planned for New Zealand, plus the standard Palm weekend format (Friday freedom run and dinner, Saturday parkrun and live recording, afternoon freedom run, dress-up party, Sunday third freedom run and farewells) and the run of dress-up themes.

• Episode 375 - Outback parkruns

  Rachel explains the Southern Cross Circuit and the quest to become a "stargazer": eight events now forming the crucifix across the Darling and Southern Downs of Queensland (Toowoomba, South Toowoomba, Picnic Point Parklands, Highfields, Pittsworth, Gatton, Warwick, Stanthorpe) plus bonus "pointer stars" at Charleys Creek in Chinchilla, Dalby, Goondiwindi, Miles, Oakey and Roma. She credits Linda Coombes, Sonja Pohlman and Peter Pohlman with naming the club in late 2015 or early 2016, and reminds listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial.

• Episode 374 - details, details

  Rachel continues her review of historic (pre-app) parkrun clubs: the Park club (about 20 events with "park" in the name, e.g. Chaffey Park and Picnic Point Parklands), the Reserve club (more than a dozen, e.g. Oaklands Estate Reserve, South Beach Recreation Reserve) and the Oval club (only five oval-named parkruns in Australia, spread across SA, WA and NSW, e.g. Northparkes Oval). Closes with the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 373 - Geographical Inaccuracy

  Rachel's pre-recorded part one on "classic clubs" drawn from the Aussie parkrun Tourism (unofficial) Facebook group, most of them based on event-name spelling: the Pirate Club (seven C events plus one R, for "seven seas"), The The Club (all Australian events beginning with the word "The", The Avenues, The Beaches, The Entrance, The Ponds, The Terrace), Mountaineer (events containing Mount/Mountain/Mt/Mountains) and Hillbillies (Australian events with "hill" in the name, e.g. Anstey Hill Recreation, Blue Gum Hills). She closes by reminding listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 372 - Don't follow Mel!

  Rachel's pre-recorded contribution, on dressing up at parkrun: milestone shirts and merch, the Pirate Club, capes and bibs for local milestone traditions, gowns and mortar boards at university events, tutus on tutu weekend and the tinsel of uglies at Christmas. She closes by asking the week's hosts what their favourite dress-up is, which TOC and Melissa answer straight afterwards (her Wicked Witch of the West with green face at a Westerfolds anniversary; his Teletubby suit at Darwin).

• Episode 370 - What's in the Box?

  Rachel's pre-recorded piece on restricted parkruns, events inside custodial or military facilities, which cannot be attended without being a member of that community or being vouched for by one, and where vouching is not open to anyone who asks ("please don't just ping off and start asking restricted events if you can pop along on a Saturday"). Australia has at least seven restricted events on the books and has had a further eight open at various times; worldwide there are nearly 50 active custodial events; the longest-running Australian one has passed 150 events and a UK one has passed 250. Closes with her standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon thanks her afterwards and notes Puckapunyal as the one listeners will already have heard of.

• Episode 369 - When Paris met Harry

  Rachel's pre-recorded retrospective on defunct parkrun podcasts: parkrun Life (Luke Morris), Free Weekly Timed, The parkrun Show, The parkrun Show Australia, Stay Frosty parkrun, The 930 Club, and Lace Up and Listen. She recommends the back catalogues of parkrun adventurers, The parkrun Show and With Me Now.

• Episode 368 - Gooey buttercake flavoured goodness

  Rachel, 'being snappy' in 2024, runs through the currently live parkrun podcasts: parkrun adventurers, With Me Now (currently Danny and Nicola from the UK) and Pro parkrun, a Russian-language podcast begun in 2021; plus the pod-adjacent parkrun audiozine. Next time: the defunct pods.

• Episode 366 - Euphony

  Rachel's piece, self-contained, on how you count your parkrun participation, runs, or volunteering, or runs and volunteering, with the pros and cons of each (counting both aligns with the milestone shirts; counting everything captures all you do), landing on "you do you, and don't let anyone browbeat you".

• Episode 365 - Tick Tocky

  Rachel delivers a deliberately "short and sharp" Club Corner for 2024, parkrun is a 5K run, jog or walk every Saturday at a regular time, there are well over 450 active Australian events plus more worldwide, you can volunteer, and junior parkrun is 2K on a Sunday. Mel and Simon note afterwards that she has "gone all TikTok-y", which ties to the episode title "Tick Tocky".

• Episode 364 - Bumping Uglies

  Rachel's Christmas Club Corner, delivered as "the 12 days of parkrun at Christmas" in a mock-sung final stanza: a First Timers Welcome, 2K for junior parkrun, three special helpers (the Office Lady, the informant and the quizmaster), four possible parkruns this Christmas, 5K at parkrun, seven sleeps between parkruns, nine new challenges, ten members of the Channel 5 News Crew (TOC, Johan, Tracey, Lyndell, PK, Cam, Greta, Alison, Sarah and Mark) and eleven years of age for parkrun independence. Signs off "be chill with parkrun. It's fun in the park. It's not a race."

• Episode 363 - Old Farts and Old Ducks

  Rachel returns with a pre-recorded piece on designing a parkrun course: the core restrictions (no roads, driveways or car parks), the nice-to-haves (toilets, bubblers, parking and public transport), start/finish and choke-point considerations, how course type affects participant capacity, volunteer and setup burden, help from core teams and local ambassadors, measuring with a wheel, mapping via Strava into Google Maps, the full walkthrough video for World HQ, and unofficial trial events. Closes with her standing line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 360 - gggrrriverside

  Rachel's contributor slot, opening with a mock history of the Collingwood Football Club before turning to her real topic, junior parkrun, reciting parkrun Global's own description of the 2K junior events, the marshalling and age rules, and the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 359 - Rrrrriverside

  Rachel answers TOC's homework from the previous week on how many times the parkrun alphabet can be completed worldwide. The answer is 9, limited by Q; Z and Y sit on 12 each and I on 14. In Australia C leads on 50 event names and M on 46, with I and V on 3 and Z on 1. Worldwide the most popular starting letter is C (180 events), then B (176), and she reads the full ranking. Caveat given: the count anglicises non-English alphabets, and Polish and French events are assumed to start with the location name.

• Episode 353 - Mel’s a dot

  Rachel explains 'headlining', the term that has replaced 'takeover days' for a group or club filling all the volunteer roles at an event, and why the change emphasises that parkrun still owns the event. Followed by studio chat about takeovers the hosts have been part of.

• Episode 351 - Missing Magpies

  Rachel presents Club Corner on course design - not the official process (she points listeners to volunteer.parkrun.com) but the shapes events make seen from above: single lap, multi-lap (Eastleigh UK once ran 12 laps in December 2010 because of ice), out and back, multi-lap out and back, butterfly out and back, multi-lap butterfly out and back, and squiggles; plus special features like Ocean View's foot shape around the vines and Somerdale Pavilion's curly whirly, and combinations such as the lollipop and the balloon. She invites listeners to write in with their favourite course shape, and closes with her standard line that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 350 - Black and White

  Rachel, coming to you from Arrernte Country, opens with a Star Wars sand gag and then runs through every parkrun in the world held entirely on sand: Portrush (Northern Ireland, September 2012, the first), The Beaches (Australia, November 2014), Inch Beach (Ireland, May 2018), Melkbosstrand (South Africa, July 2018), Hafan Pwllheli (Wales, February 2019), Narin Beach (Ireland, June 2019) and Great Yarmouth North Beach (England, February 2020), quoting each course description. She notes this is not strictly a club and that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial.

• Episode 349 - Big Swoop

  Club Corner number 18, delivered by Rachel: the Peel Club (a finish at a parkrun in every Australian state and territory), named after Brendan Peel, the first to do it, and, she notes, he saved Queensland until last, not Darwin; and the Olly Volley Club (a volunteer credit in every state and territory), named after Margie Olsen, aka Margie Olly Volley Olsen. She closes with the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. The Victorian hosts return to joke that Rachel needs rebooting for calling Queensland the great state.

• Episode 345 - Level 2 with hygge

  Rachel, coming from Arrernte Country, explains date bingo - collecting all 366 calendar dates as parkrun dates, against 60 for time bingo and 100 for finish-position bingo - and notes the last Saturday 29th of February was 2020 and the next is 2048. She reminds listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Mel (81%) and TOC (87%) then compare their own date bingo totals.

• Episode 344 - Guess Who?

  Rachel's self-contained contribution on parkrun running clubs (as opposed to milestone/achievement clubs): the "largest clubs" standard report under each country's results tab, how hotly the Australian leaderboard was contested in parkrun's early years in Oz, membership drives, families split between clubs, and arguments over whether number of parkrunners or number of runs mattered, and how allowing up to five clubs per parkrunner has defused it. She runs down the current Australian order, led by RMA (Running Mums Australia), and reminds listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon and Melissa then compare their own club affiliations: Simon has Dirty Cheaters (primary), The adventurers, runs with a barcode and With Me Now; Melissa has The adventurers (primary), Dirty Cheaters, runs with a barcode and Team Veteran.

• Episode 342 - 26

  Rachel, "coming to you from Arrernte Country": not about a club this week but about the number 22, the growing Australian habit of wearing a tutu on any Saturday that falls on a 22 ("because it sounds funny, and we love Richie Benaud"), with July 2023 delivering another parkrun day on a 22. She asks Mel and Ollie to share their tutu sightings, and reminds listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Mel and Ollie answer with their own tutu stories, Ollie's lost pink Shellharbour tutu and the borrowed one at the Bathurst frond, Mel's tutus "in every colour of the rainbow".

• Episode 341 - On the buses

  Rachel's instalment on word-related club puns: the "The" club (The Avenues, The Beaches, The Entrance, The Ponds, The Terrace), a royalty club (Kingscliff, Kingston Park, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth at Casino, Queens Domain, plus Jubilee Way and Queanbeyan), the Queensland-in-the-name club, the Rainbow (ROYGBIV) club, and a "run the zoo" club. She closes by reminding listeners all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 339 - West Side Story

  Rachel explains tourist streaking: the base version counts consecutive attendances without repeating an event (so 10 different events in a row is a streak of 10), the classic approach being to tour away and volunteer at home; the hardcore version never repeats a parkrun at all, but that is a private list and not publicly verifiable. She notes all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 338 - Hitch ’em up

  Rachel returns after a break to explain two non-Wilson indexes: the P-index (P parkruns run at least P times each, the world leaders sit on 15) and the V-index (V volunteer roles performed at least V times, created by "the other Mel" in episode 158), then reads the full list of current parkrun volunteer roles. Afterwards the hosts compare their own, Melissa P7/V9, Ollie P3/V10, and Melissa correctly guesses Ollie's three P-index events as Shellharbour, Huskisson and Batemans Bay.

• Episode 334 - parkrun Voyager

  Ollie throws to Rachel: "is it time we throw to Rachel for a bit more of a club corner?" Rachel explains the Wilson Index, the contiguous run of event numbers a parkrunner has collected, starting from event number 1, and the floating Wilson Index, the longest gapless streak of event numbers starting anywhere. She closes with the reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Mel and Ollie then compare theirs and discover they are identical: Wilson 10, floating Wilson 30.

• Episode 333 - Corgi Butt Buns

  Rachel's "special edition", a Eurovision preview rather than a parkrun club report, recorded from Arrernte Country. She runs through the UK, Spain, Norway and France entries, then predicts a top three of Ukraine ("Heart of Steel"), Finland ("Cha Cha Cha") and Sweden's Loreen, closing with her standard sign-off that in parkrun life all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Simon and Melissa defer judgement to Ollie next week.

• Episode 332 - Severn Swather

  Rachel explains the "bingo" club: collecting every finish-time second combination from 00 to 59. Once only one number remains you have a 1.67% chance of getting it in any given week; the average is about 280 events, with some people still going past 300. She got hers in 60 events. She points listeners to The Informant's page for the Australia/New Zealand stats summary, notes the finish-position variant (last two digits of your finishing place, 01 to 00), and reminds everyone that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Mel is still chasing double-zero after 379 events; Ollie has three numbers to go.

• Episode 329 - Winter Waffle

  Ollie hands the reins to Rachel, who this week covers Australian states and territories as club/achievement groupings: Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales each have more than 100 events, making them hard to complete, while the NT (three events, "a Territorian") and the ACT ("a Capitalist") are the most achievable. She runs through the state titles, Waratah Wanderer, Banana Bender, Sandgroper, Croweater, Tasmaniac, and regional groupings, and reminds listeners that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun. Mel afterwards corrects the Victorian regional title, joking that AIs "only know what they're told".

• Episode 327 - Off Script

  Rachel continues the Pioneers Club theme with a twist, the first ten parkrun events in Australia (Main Beach, New Farm, Albert Melbourne, St Peters, Kirra, Ginninderra, Newy, Coomera, Claisebrook Cove, Balyang Sanctuary), then the "dirty dozen" (adding Wynnum and Kingscliff) and the "Baker's Dozen" (adding North Lakes, which launched the same day as Kingscliff). She notes the top-ten idea is replicable in every jurisdiction except the ACT and NT, and reminds listeners all non-milestone clubs are unofficial. Ollie throws straight back to her for a second, off-topic Rachel piece asking listeners to leave the podcast a five-star review, the same follow-on slot Reginald Yardley Pomphrey III occupies in other episodes.

• Episode 326 - Song sung blue?

  Rachel on the Pioneer and Successor parkrun clubs. World Pioneers are the first parkrun to start in each country (Bushy in the UK, Main Beach in Australia, Lower Hutt in New Zealand). The Australian Pioneers, in launch order: Main Beach QLD, Albert VIC, St Peters NSW, Ginninderra ACT, Claisebrook Cove WA, Launceston TAS, Torrens SA, Darwin NT, the last of which was the 47th Australian event, two and a half years after Main Beach. The Successors (second event in each state/territory): New Farm QLD, Newy NSW, Balyang Sanctuary VIC, Tuggeranong ACT, Rockingham WA, Mount Gambier SA, Hobart TAS (since renamed Risdon Brook), Palmerston NT, the 185th Australian event, a full five years after New Farm. Closes with her standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 324 - Radio prA

  Rachel on letter-based unofficial parkrun clubs, following on from earlier instalments about Alphabeteers and Namely: the Five Ks (five events starting with K), the Queen Bs (all Queensland events starting with B), the Pirate Club (phonetically seven Cs and an R), becoming a BG (three Bs and three Gs), and Old McDonald (E-I-E-I-O). Notes these don't need completing in a set order so are easier to collect but harder to track, and lists tracking tools. Closes with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 323 - Big Things

  Rachel on "the one club we don't want to join, and can never plan for" - the We Were Here club, open to anyone who has attended a parkrun event that has since closed. More than 430 non-custodial events are active in Australia and 14 others have closed their books. Membership is triggered when parkrun HQ changes an event page from active to closed; "on hold" doesn't count, and if an event reopens you lose the qualification. Afterwards the hosts compare their own entries - Ollie has just one (Barrel), Mel has five (Ballarat, Merimbula, Lawn Beach, Fair Park Reserve and Puckapunyal).

• Episode 321 - GO!

  Rachel's pre-recorded segment on the "Namely" club, spelling your own name out of parkrun event initials, and the older trick of spelling words in reverse down your personal results page (so parkrun had to be run as n-u-r-k-r-a-p). She notes tracking apps have made the order irrelevant, and that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial. The hosts then compare their own missing letters: Mel needs one more "I", Ollie needs I, O, V and E.

• Episode 319 - Alphabet Ears

  Rachel returns for a second consecutive week, explaining the Alphabeteers club: collecting parkrun event names by the first letter of the English alphabet, with a parallel volunteer alphabeteer some people count simultaneously. Of 445 active Australian events in November 2022, C begins 49 names and M begins 44, while I and V are used only three times each, Z only once (Zillmere, Queensland) and X not at all. Queensland holds two of the three Vs and New South Wales two of the four Qs; no state or territory has the complete alphabet, so adventuring is required. Closes with the standing reminder that all non-milestone clubs are unofficial and unsupported by parkrun.

• Episode 318 - parkrun, if you’re listening

  Rachel opens a new series about clubs in parkrun, starting with the only official ones, the milestone tees. She runs through the 5k milestones (10, 25 for under-18s, 50, 100, 250, 500, with 1000 currently proposed), the 2021 integration of the volunteer and run/walk streams, the milestone shirt colours (10 white, 25 purple, 50 red, 100 black, 250 green, 500 blue, 1000 still a mystery), the junior parkrun distance-word wristbands (11 half marathon, 21 marathon, 50 ultra, plus a 100 milestone that is not a wristband), and points listeners at the With Me Now and parkrun Show back catalogues for the UK history.

• Episode 294 - the new U

  Not run this week - invoked in passing after PK's Ernie Run Club interview. Scott "Club Corner", Melissa "Maybe Club Corner needs to come back", Scott "That was another great segment."

• Episode 69

  Club Corner returns after an absence ("Club Corner is back") with the country's third largest parkrun club, InTraining of Brisbane. Guests Steve and Margot Manning describe founding the club in 1994 out of oversubscribed training groups, helping get New Farm parkrun off the ground, their 700 members, the minimalist marathon and couch-to-10K programs, the Saturday parkrun tempo session, a monthly no-watch predictor race, and their distinctive red-striped singlet.

• Episode 68

  Segment is introduced with its stinger "last week we promised Club Corner. So, time for Club Corner", but there is no guest: "We would have loved to have spoken to someone on Club Corner this week, but they're not returning our calls." Hosts promise to persist. A no-show week, not a retirement of the segment.

• Episode 60

  Club Corner returns for 2017 with Nicholas "Nick" Stabler of the Wooters, a Newcastle-based running club. Covers the origin of the name and the owl logo (a tongue-in-cheek reworking of a well-known restaurant chain's logo, H changed to W), the club's signature "woot woot" call and hand sign, its inclusive fun-first culture, the weekly time-based interval session ("Wootervals"), and how to join, request the Facebook group, master the woot, and set your parkrun club to Wooters.

• Episode 57

  Not performed, named only as an example of a bit the show has quietly dropped. Scott "Remember Club Corner?" followed by "The thing is, we try things. Some work, some don't. Some work and we stop them. Some don't work and we keep doing them."

• Episode 49

  Rachel of Rachel's Runners (NSW) returns. The club started in 2013 after friends asked how she had taken up running the year before; it runs a 12-week learn-to-run-5K programme and has had over 300 people through it. Rachel has since taken level one and level two recreational running coach accreditation plus kids' athletics coaching, is a schoolteacher, and now coaches six days a week, with a free Tuesday-night run club added. Mostly but not exclusively women. Her stand-out success story is a beginner from the first 2013 intake who went from never having run to completing a 10K that May. Groups now run in Milperra, Panania, Revesby, Menai, Cronulla, Sans Souci and Hoxton.

• Episode 48

  Scott crosses to Western Australia for Club Corner with the Secret Rocky Runners, a Rockingham-based club founded by Rob, a UK expat who could not find a local running club and "so you build your own", starting from about 20 people met through Rockingham parkrun. Covers the Wednesday interval sessions that draw 15-30 runners; incorporation with a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary but a deliberate decision not to align with WA Athletics on cost grounds; the Facebook-group-plus-membership two-tier structure; the annual "birthday mile" on a hired WA Athletics track with kids' races; the orange club colours chosen by a vote after Rob wanted yellow and Claudia blue; 11 relay teams and around 20 marathoners at the Perth Marathon with a mixed team third overall; Katherine Reid going from walking parkrun to running her first 5K; and members holding up a failed finish gantry at the Bunbury Three Waters half marathon so late finishers had a finish line to cross.

• Episode 47

  Scott introduces the segment ("It's time for Club Corner", followed by a jingle) and speaks to Enrique Suana of the Achilles Club, Sydney chapter, about guiding runners with disabilities, primarily vision impairment, at parkrun and at longer events; tethering and hand-holding, guide training and the requirement to set your own goals aside, guiding at the Boston Marathon with Stephen Green, and parkrun's visually impaired aid volunteer role as a way in.

• Episode 46

  Scott hands over "Our Club Corner comes from Victoria this week." Raelene Joyce on Raring2Run, the bright-pink "Pink Army", founded September 2014 out of Berwick Springs parkrun after her own weight-loss and running transformation, now 118 women-only members. They "recruit to parkrun rather than from it", use parkrun as a tempo run inside event campaigns with a "pre-parky" and "post-parky", and focus on "finish lines, not finish times". Stories include an MS nurse, Michelle, bringing three of her patients along, roughly 50 half marathoners, two ultra runners, and stateswoman Michaela Curtin.

• Episode 45

  Scott: "Are you going to join me for Club Corner?" Sonya Stacey of the South Bank Tri Club (Brisbane) on the club's 2010 founding by three mates after a Mooloolaba Triathlon, its growth to ~310 members, how South Bank parkrun is built into the training program ("a parkrun sandwich", brick sessions with a swim in the lagoon), club volunteer takeovers of South Bank parkrun, and the club's 19-to-75 age range and service-industry-heavy membership.

• Episode 44

  Scott hands over "Let's go interstate for Club Corner!" and introduces Matt Raschke of the 5.30 runners. Matt explains the club exists to help people run 5km in 30 minutes; that it began around September 2012 at Newy parkrun when Dave 'Robbo' Robertson and Gary Wells wanted something more inclusive for back-of-pack runners and walkers; and that it now has roughly 1,718 members, about 70% in the Hunter region around Newcastle plus groups in Warwick, Brisbane and Geelong and members in California and the UK. He covers the Facebook group, the merchandise as an identifier, the splinter groups or "tribes", and the Friday-night "where are we parkrunning tomorrow?" post. Scott then veers off script for his top three parkruns: Nambour, Albert Park and Taree, with Blackbutt (which he helped create) set aside as a home run.

• Episode 43 - Satoshi Ashida

  The debut of Club Corner, announced as "a new segment" replacing the usual closing bit, "It's time to try a new segment. You've heard Mel and I talk about our running clubs enough. We thought let's hear about a few more running clubs." First guest is Nikki Waterfall of the Diamond Creek Runners, and Scott closes "Thanks for coming on the podcast and being our first Club Corner guest."