Septober

Appears in 5 episodes, first in episode 254.

Every appearance

• Epsiode 259 - Hailing TOC

  The episode is built around the culmination of the listener "Septober" alphabet-naughty challenge, which ended with a Z day - everyone logging their final not parkrun for Zillmere parkrun on the same Saturday. Melissa did a ZZ Top dress-up at "[Ellis] Palace" with her son Jake and his partner Leah; Ollie got to Zillmere with naughties donated by listeners (Pippa for Queen Elizabeth, Alison for University of Waikato, Sarah for Trentham Memorial) and thanks the community. Nadine and Bruce, credited as the drivers of Septober, write in with a slate of follow-on November challenge ideas (the Avenues, Old McDonald, the Pirates, the Islands, the Mounts, the Norths).

• Episode 258 - Richard McChesney

  Ongoing listener challenge running through September into October: log an alphabet of "not parkruns", one per letter, finishing at Zillmere on the 30th. Mel reports completing T (Tamworth Wetlands), U (Underwood Park), V (Varsity Lakes) and W (Woy Woy), and admits piking on X; Ollie has only reached O and quotes Lyndell's offer for listeners to donate theirparkruns to his streak. Referenced again throughout the Emails and Dazza's segments.

• Episode 257 - Cottesloe Consults

  Weekly update on the listener-wide "Septober" not-parkrun challenge (a knotty alphabet run to a finale at Zillmere on 30 October). Oliver Spake reports two for the week - Kingston Park in Tasmania and, earlier, Jindabyne - and reckons he is about four parkruns behind. Melissa Ellis reports five: Ocean View, Pioneer Dairy, Queen Elizabeth (Casino), Rouse Hill and Sirromet, and plans to pause with six letters and about 12 days left. Referenced again via Bruce's message and throughout Dazza's.

• Episode 255 - Nottie Time to Die

  Hosts compare progress through the A-Z "Septober" alphabet not-parkrun challenge, coined by listener Bruce. Ollie has reached D (Dandenong) and E (East Richmond); Mel has done D (Darwin), E (Ecco Ripley), F (Fingal Bay) and G (Gawler), choosing events where she knows someone. Picked up again with plans for F, the X problem ("Xanadu parkrun"), and Nadine and Bruce's proposed group Z at Zillmere on 30 October.

• Episode 254 - Ev’ry heart beats true

  The follow-on challenge to Streaky September, introduced here as it ramps up: visiting (virtual / not parkrun) events in alphabetical order. Mel reports three in the bag, "Airlie Beach to visit Tim... Bunyaville to see Lyndell... and just today I popped over to Callaghan", with her own added rule that each must be an event she has never done and where she knows somebody. Ollie has "yet to visit A." Returned to, where Mel notes the alphabetical rule rules her out of helping Toolern Creek's numbers until she reaches T.