Episode 91

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00:00:12Scott Trickett: Ah, the familiar sounds of Neon Nightclub welcome you all back to episode 91 of the parkrun Adventurers podcast. Have you missed our old theme music, Mel?

00:00:24Melissa Erbacher: Oh, I had a great time in the 80s, Scotty, but it was nice. It was nice and familiar to have it back, I have to admit.

00:00:30Scott Trickett: It was. So we didn't explore 90s music for the rest of our 90s episode just because I went looking. 90s was such a mixed bag of music that I just thought it was all nonsense and we'll go back to our old mates. Neon Nightclub, we thank them for providing our theme music. all the way up to episode 100. And then I'll change my mind again.

00:00:57Melissa Erbacher: Are you going to digress?

00:00:59Scott Trickett: Now, I'll digress. Now, is that rain in the background, Mel?

00:01:02Melissa Erbacher: It is. That's why I was trying to mute.

00:01:06Scott Trickett: Don't mute. Let's hear it because we're the yin and the yang, the black and the white of climates at the moment because I'm melting. I'm melting. Melbourne's in a heat wave and you're getting wet. What's going on?

00:01:20Melissa Erbacher: We are. You know, when you were visiting in September, everything was very yellow and very brown. So Mother Nature has turned it on the last couple of months just to freshen things up and green them back up again for the summertime.

00:01:36Scott Trickett: Well, it's hot down here. It has been last week and this week's hot. And it's good because the coach is coming on this week and he's going to tell us how to cope with the heat.

00:01:46Melissa Erbacher: Oh, excellent. Well, I was going to ask him about pram running, but Heat works too?

00:01:51Scott Trickett: You ask him about prams, I'll ask him about the heat, and we've got all things covered. But I mentioned black and the white. I mentioned the yin and the yang. How's this for a segue? On Saturday, I was at the yin and the yang of parkruns. The beauty and the beast of parkruns. I went back to Mullum Mullum, and let me tell you, Mel, it's a cracker. For the first two and a half k's, it's probably one of the most beautiful parkruns I've run.

00:02:20Melissa Erbacher: And then?

00:02:21Scott Trickett: And then, not as beautiful, not as good, but very different, very different. So you head out, you're on some boardwalks, you're in some trails, you've got creeks running by, just gorgeous. And then it switches over to running under freeways, under passes, all concrete, little less inspiring. That's why I call it the yin and the yang, the black and the white. Beauty and the Beast of parkrun. I urge everyone to put Mullum Mullum on their list. It's a good one to check out. But you went back to Nambour on Saturday, which is just the, what would you call it, just the beauty? No beast? There's a fair bit of beast at Nambour.

00:03:02Melissa Erbacher: Well, the hills are a bit of a beast, but I didn't have to contend with them this weekend because I was volunteering. Along with my little trusty deputy, Wes, who actually slept through the majority of the volunteering. But yeah, it was their second anniversary, which has gone so fast, so fast. And we had a Wild Wild West versus fluoro theme, which I think is a new one in terms of themes. We've had Wild West before, I think. We've also had fluoro separately. But mashing the two together is definitely something that only they could do at Nambour. And it worked. Was it a showdown?

00:03:44Scott Trickett: Was it a fluoro versus wild west?

00:03:47Melissa Erbacher: It was split pretty 50-50. I was surprised. Not as many people putting the two together as I was expecting. A couple did the crossover. I was... a Native American and I had fluoro pink hair and fluoro pink shoes because I'm sure they all had fluoro pink running shoes. As I mentioned, Wes was a deputy. He was a little sheriff and Adam went for the fluoro so that he didn't have to wear tassels or a cowboy hat. Yeah, but it was a good morning. It absolutely, as we mentioned, it's been raining. It poured down halfway through. And fortunately, Wes was in the pram, so he was mostly protected. One of those 100-shirt milestone boards got recruited to work as a bit of an extension to the canopy on his pram. The mozzies, which are the size of puppies at the moment out there, absolutely loved it. They all flocked underneath the canopy to escape from the wet weather, which was really great because I was on finish tokens and every 30 seconds I had to – slap my son in the face with my wet hands while he was sleeping just to get rid of the mozzies that were landing on his little gorgeous delectable cheeks so wow yeah well the mozzies got me when I was there I can't imagine if they've had time to grow and build an army yes they um they've certainly been relishing the wet weather that's for sure

00:05:26Scott Trickett: Now, I'm giving away all the secrets this week because we've got Connie from North Harbour as our ED coming up later in the pod. But you also had a trial on Sunday. You're back in trial mode. So double parkrun weekend.

00:05:40Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, two days of parkrunning. Did we talk about this last week as well? Because it was the second trial for North Harbour. I don't remember if we talked about it last week. But yes, we had trial number two after we'd fixed a few of the little glitches from the week before where some people got a little bit confused out on the course. And all went pretty well this week. So it's getting exciting because the launch is this weekend.

00:06:07Scott Trickett: It is. Now I'm coming up. The boss is coming up. Lyndell's coming up.

00:06:13Melissa Erbacher: Yes, and also Dave. So we'll have a couple of members of the Channel 5 News crew joining us.

00:06:18Scott Trickett: Oh my goodness, it's going to be massive. It's going to be a great morning, isn't it, Mel?

00:06:22Melissa Erbacher: It is. Everybody should come.

00:06:23Scott Trickett: Yes. North Harbour. But we'll speak to Connie a bit later in the pod.

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On the Couch with Coach Steve

00:06:39Scott Trickett: I already mentioned it in the intro. It's hot in Melbourne. Makes it so much harder to run, get out for our runs. I've got a confession. I skipped my run last night because it was too hot. We've got our coach back. Welcome back to the podcast, Steve.

00:06:55Steve Dinneen: Thanks for having me, guys.

00:06:57Scott Trickett: It was hot last night, Steve. I should have come to the session, but I didn't make it. How was it? How was it running in the heat last night, and how do you cope running in the heat?

00:07:09Steve Dinneen: It was actually a good last night in Melbourne. Last night, the actual, probably the cool change came around about 6 o'clock, 6.30. So by the time we got the session underway, it wasn't too bad. The UV was lower as well, or lower, and actually on the way out. So we actually were lucky yesterday, whereas last week, the cool change didn't come until around about 7pm, maybe 7.30. So we actually moved training back later. Good thing about this time of year in Melbourne is daylight saving, so it's still lighter. It's just that... It makes it harder for people's families because you start training at 7, 7.30, it interrupts their lifestyle. But apart from that, yeah, we just push training a little bit further back. We shorten the sessions. We give some more recovery. Where we trained last night, we made sure there was plenty of trees around. So when the guys finished their reps, they jumped out, got in the shade. So there's all these little things you've got to do. And also have water on hand to make sure that they can drink and also just cool themselves off.

00:08:02Scott Trickett: Well, Mel, you experienced the heat and the humidity up in Queensland. How do we cope with the humidity? Because it's not something that we deal with a lot in Melbourne, but it affects you sometimes more than just the heat.

00:08:16Steve Dinneen: Yeah, with the humidity, Scott, without staying hydrated and not letting yourself get in too run down. The other thing too is when you're from Queensland, you're used to it. So in Melbourne at the moment, it's around 30 degrees. Everyone's pretty hot. But when we got to 20 degrees day in winter, everyone felt really hot and tired. So it's almost getting climatised to it as well. So often in the summer what we do is we just make sure we get you a little bit in the heat. So yesterday the session was probably only about, we did 1,400, 200. So a little bit shorter session, a little bit more break to get used to it. But I'm sure in a month, if we get another month of hot weather, everyone's a bit more used to it. So they're a bit better at hydrating. 30 degrees doesn't feel as hot as it does at the start of summer.

00:08:58Melissa Erbacher: I'm not sure that I fully agree with you about getting climatised to it, Coach. It's certainly... You know what, to be honest, I cope with the heat by volunteering more in summer. That's how I cope with running in the heat. I just don't do it. I do have a friend who recently popped over to Queenstown to do the marathon and she couldn't cope with the... I think it's the intake of water with salts and things like that. So she actually got really sick in the second half, I think because she was taking in more water, but the salt was off. Is there something in that?

00:09:37Steve Dinneen: Yeah, big time. So a lot of the guys, when they train for marathons, they find it so much easier to train in a warmer climate and go race in a cooler climate. And part of that to do with bringing in fluids. An example for people in Melbourne is when you train for the Gold Coast Marathon, if you're living in Melbourne, you train in the middle of our winter, you go up to the Gold Coast and it's only 24 degrees. And most people say, yeah, you sweat a lot more, it's a lot harder. When you sweat, you lose a lot of your salt. So you've got to get the balance between getting the salts back in the body and the minerals, but not getting too much that you feel sick. So I think you're spot on. It's about trying to get the right drink for you. I find in summer Gatorades. just too sweet for me. So I actually go for an Asian, I'm not sure if it's Japan or where it is, but a thing called Pocari Sweat and it seems to suit me well. Other people like to get the Gatorade diluted. So there is a big issue with taking in too much fluid, especially with too much salts or electrolytes in it.

00:10:36Scott Trickett: The other tip or the other technique that I'm going to try and employ over the summer is I joined the gym yesterday and I think I'm going to move some of my sessions indoors to running on the treadmill in air conditioning. Is that a good idea?

00:10:51Steve Dinneen: Yeah, we often talk about it too. So I've told a lot of my guys that are racing this week that at all costs avoid running in the heat. That means you've got to run early in the morning or late at night or run in a gym where it's air conditioned and shaded. Go for it. So I think if it was a 35-degree day and, you know, for whatever reasons in your lifestyle, all you can do is run when it's hot during the day, you can get in the gym. That's much better because if you go out in the heat and it sort of zaps you, you might find even though you only did a 10K run outdoors on a 35-degree day, it zaps you for a week. If you go run 10K on a treadmill, you're ready to go the next, next day. So I think definitely using a treadmill indoors is a smart idea. Otherwise, you run really early or really late to avoid the actual direct sunlight.

00:11:34Melissa Erbacher: These are all good tips, I think. I mean, I'm not sure I'm convinced about the treadmill situation either because that's indoors and sounds like you're getting a bit soft there, Scotty. But let's move on from the heat, shall we? I mentioned last week that I have started a little bit of walk running with my pram and I'm dealing with a whole world of pain coach in my shoulders and I don't know how to hold it and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. You, I understand, have got some experience with pram running. Can you give me any tips on how I can improve that?

00:12:06Steve Dinneen: Yeah, so I've obviously pushed my little one around in the pram the last three years and The first thing is you've got to make sure you've got the right pram. People often get the pram, they push around their shopping centre and it's kind of heavy and bulky and not very agile and start running in that. And what that means is the pram's very heavy and not very agile. You've got to use your shoulders and arms to push and steer it a lot. So the first step is get the right pram. Otherwise, you might be finding it doesn't matter how you run, it's going to be hard. The second thing is the height. A lot of people, when they run with a pram, they have the bars too high or too low. And so if the bars are too high or too low, your shoulders are too high or too low. And as you said, again, it comes through your arms. I find, I use one of those little tie cable ties for the prams that you've probably got, which goes around your wrist and the pram. So safety is really important, pushing the pram. So if the pram does get away from you, well, the cable keeps it nice and close and it's a safety reason. So the other thing too, is I'm not sure what you've been doing with your pram, but Don't load it up. Often, you know, when mums and dads are pushing prams around, you've got the baby's clothes, you've got clothes for the next four days, you've got food, but that much in the pram, it just makes it heavier and harder to push. So try and go with minimalist, have food and water, maybe change your clothes and something for the baby if they need to distract them. But load the pram up so when you're pushing it, it's not too heavy and you can get into a natural running as you can.

00:13:28Melissa Erbacher: uh but in saying that if you live in a hilly area i'm not sure if yours is hilly but going up and down hills is much harder on a pram and you do need to use your upper body we do have a lot of hills i'm we have got a running pram i'm not sure whether or not the actual handlebars are adjustable i know obviously my husband is taller than i am and he doesn't seem to have the issues that i do so it might be that whole height thing that you're talking about um Certainly don't load it up beyond putting that eight kilo baby in it. But yeah, I might have to check out the handlebars. Do they make, and I was thinking about this, because when you horse ride, your hands are supposed to be sideways, like vertical. whereas the pram, it's got a horizontal bar that you hold on to. So I found I was sort of moving my hands between the horizontal bar and sort of the side bits that go diagonally down just to have a bit of relief. But do they do, like, racing bar prams like they do for cycles, like bikes and stuff?

00:14:29Steve Dinneen: Nah, not that I know of. They're pretty much – what you can do is that you – the guys are obviously bigger, the sidebars are pretty comfortable for them. So if you like to let the guys run enough, then get their arms on the sides anyway. But if you've got a smaller arm span, and obviously the pram's wider than you, it's harder to actually get your arms around the side. So I think that's almost luck of the draw. I haven't seen any design like that. But yeah, I haven't needed too much anyway. I've actually found some of the older type of running prams are actually better than the modern types as well. I don't know if they thought about it better then, or they make them a little bit... They seem to be more expensive these days, but they don't seem to be functioning as well.

00:15:10Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, I think maybe this is a niche, like buying adaptable handlebars for prams. Maybe that could be the next line of parkrun adventurers' merchandise.

00:15:19Steve Dinneen: Well, the best place to get prams is in America. If you've got any friends that are going overseas and coming back from America, I know a lot of people that have bought back prams at half the price, and obviously with such a big population and into their running, The prams from America are obviously a lot more cheaper to start with, but they're actually probably better designed. And little add-ons like these handlebars, if they do exist, would no doubt be over there.

00:15:41Scott Trickett: And Steve, what about the little ones in the pram? How fast can you go before it becomes dangerous for the little ones? I know it's probably heaps of fun the faster you go, but should we be worried about this? Should we strap them in extra tight?

00:15:57Steve Dinneen: No, I think the simplest thing is control on the age of the baby. So if you've got a little, little one, so there's actually a certain age you should put a baby in a pram and run with because they bounce around too much. So if you get a little toddler, they're fine. As long as they're in like a seatbelt, it's fine. And mum or dad who's pushing the pram, it's about control. So for me, you know, I've had my little one in the pram and I'm doing 330 sometimes along the flat pushing the pram pretty quick, but I'm in full control. Whereas, you know, if I was going three minute K pace, Yeah, I might be starting to push the edge where my concentration and that isn't as great because I'm trying to run fast. So I think it comes down to the control of the parent. As long as you can run and feel good. Also, too, if you try and run really fast down a hill and something goes wrong, the pram will take off. So I think if you're smart about it, you can almost sprint with a bit of pram, I reckon, as long as the parents have got full control of the pram and the baby's not too young. Because babies shouldn't be in a pram thumping around too hard. So I won't tell you they're probably more close to that. I don't know the exact age, but I might have said, It might be around about a year, nine months, I think, around that age. But, yeah, I waited until my mom was pretty much able to sit up strong by herself and look around until I started actually running in it.

00:17:07Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, Wes is only just about six months old, but he's got that neck control, and we are certainly not running fast. My run is probably still a lot of people's walk, so he's not getting jostled by any means.

00:17:23Steve Dinneen: But you're spot on. You're not there trying to sprint with him. So that's why it's safe. I was thinking more with the older age. If you were trying to sprint around a parkrun course and do turns for six months, it might be hard. But you're just running normal around a parkrun. You should be fine.

00:17:36Scott Trickett: Now, Steve, we're heading into the holiday season. Not many races. Not many people are on training plans at the moment. Good opportunity to head down the parkrun. I hope we're going to see you at a parkrun soon. What are your plans?

00:17:50Steve Dinneen: Oh, look. I really encourage you guys to get in a parkrun. I reckon also, too, you get the Christmas Day and around that time of year, what a chance, New Year's Day, celebrate with a parkrun. You know, often over this time of year, I tell a lot of my squad, look, either you've got a session or you've got a parkrun, I'll definitely be getting down and do some parkruns. I know a few of my boys are ironing out a few course records around. Obviously, look, go around and enjoy it. It's not a bad way, too, for the actual group together. You know, you might have 10 athletes in your group, get together for a parkrun, So it's a good chance for people to go try out a new course and meet people. So I'll definitely be downing a few programs over late December and January. I'm hopefully doing Zatopek in December 14th. So that's a 10K race in Melbourne. So once I get through that, I might have a bit of time to get to the parkruns. But until then, I'm on a strict program.

00:18:36Melissa Erbacher: Well, we hope to see you around there, Coach. It's, as always, a pleasure and an absolute education to have you on the show. Thank you for your tips sharing this week. I'm going to go check out my pram as soon as we finish up.

00:18:49Steve Dinneen: Beautiful. I'm not sure the height's okay for those shoulders.

00:18:52Melissa Erbacher: Will do. Thanks again.

00:18:53Steve Dinneen: Thanks for having me, guys. Pleasure.

Meet the ED

00:19:00Melissa Erbacher: Joining us from the northern suburbs of Brisbane, we have a very experienced event director who is embarking on a new adventure in the parkrun world. She is this weekend launching North Harbour parkrun at Burpingerry East and her name is Connie Isherwood. Connie, welcome to the parkrun Adventurers. Thank you. Now, very exciting times. You're moving on from Central Lakes to start a new event. How did this all happen?

00:19:32Connie Isherwood: Well, the developers of North Harbour Precinct, approached one of my friends actually about starting up parkrun in in the area and she was unable to give enough time to promote it and get it off the ground so she asked me if I would go come on as the event director and I accepted

00:20:01Scott Trickett: Connie, I've done that as well. I've done it a couple of times. How do you feel about leaving your home event to start all over again?

00:20:10Connie Isherwood: Yeah, it's a little bit sad, I suppose. I mean, I'll still stay in contact with them and I'm sure once I get my run director team off the ground and running, I'll be able to go up there and see everyone again and, you know, jump in and run direct from time to time as they need me. But, yes, it's a little bit sad.

00:20:35Scott Trickett: Well, if I can give you any advice, it's going to be great because what you're going to do is you're going to be able to go back to Central Lakes whenever you want and feel like home, and then you'll have a new home at North Harbour.

00:20:48Connie Isherwood: Yes. It's still exciting. Well, it's very exciting because I get to develop – um a community I suppose of parkrunners here in in Burpingarry East and Morayfield so that's pretty exciting in itself and what makes the new course different from other local events that are in the area there is no cement whatsoever uh it's all it's a cross-country course a flat one um but nonetheless quite difficult because it's very uneven underground um It's all through an old sugar plantation, the original homestead, I suppose, that was first put here in, oh, I don't know how long ago. We're talking about the 1800s. And it's been hidden away all this time. So it's quite historic and quite picturesque along the river.

00:21:52Scott Trickett: So, Connie, when you say cross-country, are we talking grass or have we got a mixture of rocky trails? What exactly are we expecting?

00:22:02Connie Isherwood: Mostly grass. There's a little patch of trail through some trees that I made sure was in there. And there's some rocky bits where tractors and things have been you know, driven along, so you've got that as well. So it's a fair mix, I suppose.

00:22:25Scott Trickett: Now, I'm coming up, Connie, on Saturday to have a run. Am I going to fall over? Am I likely to trip in this trail section? Because I've got a history of falling over and I'm a bit scared of the trails. Am I going to be safe on Saturday?

00:22:39Connie Isherwood: I'm very good at tripping over as well. But, yes, lots of trip hazards. You've got to watch where you're going for sure. because there's, yeah, it's very uneven underground. There'll likely be possible rocks hidden in the grass, divots, tree roots, and, of course, cow patties.

00:23:04Melissa Erbacher: She's making it very attractive, isn't she, Scotty?

00:23:07Scott Trickett: I'm nervous, Mel.

00:23:10Melissa Erbacher: That's all right. There's been two trials, and you've only had a couple of stacks, haven't you, Connie, already?

00:23:18Connie Isherwood: Yes, but they were my mates, so that's okay.

00:23:23Melissa Erbacher: And it was also a bit wet and slippy last week, so... Yes, we had a bit of mud, yep.

00:23:28Connie Isherwood: Yep, some extra mud to take home.

00:23:30Melissa Erbacher: So the developers at North Harbour got in touch with parkrun, effectively, Connie, to get an event off the ground there. What's their involvement been in all the development?

00:23:41Connie Isherwood: Oh, they've been amazing. They have... Anything I've asked for, they've literally given me. We have permanent course signage already up. They've provided the funding for the defib. They're putting the road in to the parkrun. Yeah, they've just been amazing.

00:24:07Scott Trickett: Did you say putting a road in, Connie? They've literally built a road for parkruns?

00:24:12Connie Isherwood: Yeah, because it's going to be permanent parklands but there's a historical walk, I suppose, development there, which is the start-finish area. So they're madly working on the road from the first area of development where the housing is, the road through to the start line and has a car park and all that sort of stuff.

00:24:43Scott Trickett: Now, I've already mentioned that I'm coming, so are you expecting big numbers? Not because I'm coming, but what sort of crowd are you expecting on Saturday?

00:24:52Connie Isherwood: I really don't know what to expect. The weather may hold people back, although I think the weather forecast for Saturday isn't too bad, but somewhere in the order of 200 to 300 people.

00:25:07Melissa Erbacher: That's pretty exciting. That's, you know, I always get very excited about a brand new parkrun because the new community and the opportunity for adventurers to pop in. Now, Connie, it's on private land, so it's only going to be open on the weekends, not available for people to go and freedom run during the week. Do you think that will make it a little bit more exclusive?

00:25:31Connie Isherwood: Yeah. Possibly could because you don't have the chance to go and do it any other time. So, yes.

00:25:41Melissa Erbacher: And there's also an added, I don't want to say hazard. It's in the risk assessment, but there's another local population that runners have to be aware of when they come and join you, isn't there? Yes, a herd of cows.

00:26:00Connie Isherwood: They're more onlookers than anything else.

00:26:04Melissa Erbacher: But they're not the domesticated kind that like to be interacted with, are they?

00:26:10Connie Isherwood: No, no. Their main purpose is for breeding, so they're not handled by people all that often. So they generally keep themselves at a reasonable distance and just look at us rather strangely. Yeah.

00:26:27Scott Trickett: I ran in a parkrun in the UK this year, and they had cows on the course, and they had the volunteer position of cow marshal or cow herder. Have we got that on the volunteer roster this weekend, or are they all fenced in?

00:26:44Connie Isherwood: I do have marshals out on the course that are there personally. primarily to stop cattle getting into the main start-finish area, the historical site, so yes. I haven't called them a cow marshal, though. We do have a parkrun tourist that is arriving to our parkrun a little bit differently this Saturday.

00:27:11Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, what kind of adventures is he having? Yeah.

00:27:15Connie Isherwood: Well, his plan is to kayak down from the Sunshine Coast, where he lives, down to the Caboolture River, and I shall pick him up and his kayak, and he will get to the start line that way.

00:27:40Melissa Erbacher: That is a little bit different.

00:27:42Connie Isherwood: Yes, it is.

00:27:43Melissa Erbacher: We certainly have some crazy adventurers out there. I like it. Connie, thank you for joining us this week. We're very excited, as I mentioned earlier, about having another launch. I know that some of the Channel 5 news crew from the parkrun Adventurers will also be there, so it will be a big... Big fun atmosphere, lots of media coverage, as it were. So good luck. Congratulations on the upcoming launch because I know it's going to be brilliant. You've been doing this for a long time, so you've got it down and you've got a wonderful support group of volunteers around you as well. So have a fantastic weekend. Thank you. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on the weekend.

Channel 5 News Crew

00:28:35Paul Kitching: Good morning parkrun Adventurers. G'day Scott and Mel. It's PK checking in for the Channel 5 News team from sunny South Australia. And yes, I'm at my home parkrun Mount Barker on the International Day of Running Naked. Is that it? I think I've got the words right there. Anyway, I've done the right thing and I've driven up here just with a pair of shorts on. I'm just going to take them off. Hang on a minute. Yep, right. I'm just in the car park at the moment and I'm going to... Okay, I'm going to walk over here in my jocks. Alright, I'm just going to slip them off because today, of course, is all about running naked. And I'm now just going to go and check out the parkrun.

00:29:13Unidentified speaker: Alright, I'm feeling pretty... Dad, you're so embarrassing.

00:29:17Paul Kitching: What's wrong? I've just got my... Thank you. So I'm here. I'm all ready for the Naked parkrun.

00:29:23Scotty - Mount Barker parkrunner: You should have shaved first, buddy.

00:29:26Paul Kitching: Oh, put some clothes on. And I didn't think it was that cold outside either. Mate, what are you talking about? I'm here for the Naked parkrun. Aren't you meant to... No, Naked parkrun is no device.

00:29:34Scotty - Mount Barker parkrunner: Your clothes are required.

00:29:36Paul Kitching: Oh, my God. So embarrassing. Far out. All I want to do is interview some people. I'm going to have to... go back to the car anyway i'm gonna go back to the car get some clothes on and then go and chat to some naked parkrunners different naked get it right pk uh okay i'm back now uh and i found gary again is this better gaz yeah nice to see you paul uh good to see you got some clothes on uh have a good day mate thanks mate i'm gonna go and find some people to talk to again all right i'm gonna talk to some crew now scotty what are you gonna do mate well i'm taking it very easy today i reckon a 27 14 27 14 that's not fears a cowboy 39.12. 39.12 for cowboy. Let's see how we go. Here's some other randoms. Jazz, what are you going to do today? Do you reckon? Do you know the time? She's going to walk. Okay. Ken, what are you going to do, mate? Are you going to stick to it? Come on. This man has got... Tell us about your headband, mate. It's a Naked Runners headband. Why have you got a Naked Runners headband on? Because I'm awesome. Now, it may have something to do with last year.

00:30:35Unidentified speaker: Yeah.

00:30:36Paul Kitching: Last year, I wasn't around. Well, I was, but I didn't go along. You were at the Strathalby parkrun. Yeah, apparently you got closest. I got closest to my time. Awesome. What was that? Can you remember?

00:30:46Unidentified speaker: About the same as what I'm going for today. 24.37.

00:30:49Paul Kitching: Nice one, mate. All right, we'll chat later and see how you went. Charlie, how are you going, mate?

00:30:52Unidentified speaker: Yeah, I'm pretty good. How are you?

00:30:54Paul Kitching: Good to see you, mate. Are you guessing your time for today?

00:30:57Unidentified speaker: I'm not guessing my time. No? I'm not running today either. I've just been sick.

00:31:00Paul Kitching: Oh, sorry to hear that, mate.

00:31:01Unidentified speaker: I'm taking my dog for a walk.

00:31:03Paul Kitching: Hey, dog. Yeah, park dogs. Woo! We love park dogs.

00:31:06Unidentified speaker: He doesn't have much to say.

00:31:07Paul Kitching: All righty. We'll see if we can find someone else to chat to. All right, we've done it. I reckon I said I was going to do 25, and I think I did 2506. Eh, that's not bad. I was trying to keep up with this bloke. Kent, you said you were going to do 2437. What did you do? Yeah, I ended up doing 2451. I don't think you're going to get the headband this time around. Not that there's one to give out, but well done, mate. Cheers. Nice T-shirt, by the way. Thank you. Wings for Life. Oh, the World Run. Wings for Life World Run. We did hear about that. Well done, Ken. And Cam, how'd you go, mate?

00:31:37Cam - Mount Barker parkrunner: We were a little bit slow. We said 33, me and running with the little fella, but no, actually, we said 28. We did 33, so it's okay.

00:31:43Paul Kitching: Well, that's all right. Exactly five's not bad. All right, here we come. And Joe. Joe, congratulations on your 50th. Joe, this is for the parkrun Adventurers podcast. It was Joe's 50th. How'd you go today?

00:31:53Joe - Mount Barker parkrunner: Really good. I've lost a bit of form, but I'm gradually getting it back.

00:31:57Paul Kitching: Awesome. And you're handing out lollies, which is always good. I'm having a yellow one for those playing at home. Hang on. I'm right now eating a snake, which I deserve. Emily, how did you go? Last week we had a good run. How did you go today?

00:32:12Emily - Mount Barker parkrunner: Better than I thought I was doing. I initially said I was going to get 34, and I think I came in just under 35. That's cool.

00:32:20Paul Kitching: Still got a 34 on it. Well done. Great work. I'm going to go and find some others to talk to. Having fun here at the Naked Run. Go, cowboy! Here come some others going over the line. Okay, now with a couple of legends with the surname Brownie. Davo. Yo, talk to me. And Tom.

00:32:37Unidentified speaker: Yeah, hey, PK.

00:32:37Paul Kitching: How are you going? How did you go today, boys?

00:32:40Unidentified speaker: No, we finished.

00:32:40Paul Kitching: We finished, I reckon, a PB. Yeah, I said you were looking good as you went over the line. I was lying, mate. I was lying.

00:32:47Unidentified speaker: Yeah, just so far I almost vomited. But we had an absolute good run. Felt good about it, and hopefully PB.

00:32:55Paul Kitching: Good, man. Yeah, well, if it is, that would make it three PBs in a row. Mate, what are your thoughts on parkrun? You hate it, don't you?

00:33:01Unidentified speaker: Yeah, I hate it. It's just this wonderful man got us into it, and we'll never look back. Absolutely love it. It's a must-do on a Saturday morning.

00:33:08Paul Kitching: Yeah, thank you, mate. Well, it's great that so many of my friends, I've convinced so many of my friends to drive the 25 from Adelaide to come up to the awesome Mount Barker, including Tom, mate. What did you smash out today, mate?

00:33:18Unidentified speaker: Oh, 22.30, so yeah, 15 seconds off the naked running.

00:33:23Paul Kitching: Yeah, good work, buddy. Well done, mate. It's great to see you guys both out and celebrating Saturday mornings the right way.

00:33:30Unidentified speaker: And what about you, PK?

00:33:32Paul Kitching: How was your run today? It was good, mate. Yeah, thank you. 25.06. It was all right. I think that's what I did. I reckon there might have been a bit of a mix-up with tokens at the end, so I'm going to stick to 25.06, mate.

00:33:44Unidentified speaker: I was happy with that. And what about any rats? No rats. No rats today.

00:33:49Paul Kitching: i i didn't step on a rat oh mate that's another story for another time how many times did you vomit on the on the little run not at all oh mate anyway um i better go now yeah gotta go see you bye all righty i'm now with uh another parkrun regular uh wendy how you going good a bit puffed out uh now is this your regular parkrun

00:34:14Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: No, Victor Harbour's my regular parkrun. This is my visitor.

00:34:18Paul Kitching: Visitor, good on you. And when you got into parkrun, what, a year or so ago, maybe?

00:34:25Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: Oh, no, probably 18 months.

00:34:26Paul Kitching: Yeah, and how's it going, enjoying it?

00:34:28Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: Yes, I don't go every week, but I go when I can and I enjoy it.

00:34:33Paul Kitching: Good on you. And made any new friends through parkrun?

00:34:37Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: I suppose... No, no. Yes, I suppose I have. Yes, I suppose I have.

00:34:44Paul Kitching: But certainly down at Victor, I suppose it will be a similar community like Mount Barker, isn't it? Yes, yes. Yes, it is. And lots of... The best thing, I think, is that you're seeing other people from your community out and about that you may not necessarily have met kind of thing, but you see them and you say hi every week.

00:34:59Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: And then you see them again somewhere else and you know where you've met them. Yeah, that's it. Yes, it's true.

00:35:04Paul Kitching: We love parkrun. We're a little bit obsessed.

00:35:06Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: Yes, you're a little bit obsessed.

00:35:09Paul Kitching: Correct. Getting everyone out of bed to come up here.

00:35:12Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: A lot obsessed.

00:35:14Paul Kitching: Well, I love that you, that we do this as family, and there's a lot of our family now that are doing it.

00:35:19Wendy - Mount Barker interviewee, Victor Harbor regular: And I love that too.

00:35:20Paul Kitching: Yeah, beautiful. Thanks, Wendy. Love you lots. Okay, let's chat to a few more fellas before we hit the cafe. We've got Scotty. How did you go today, mate?

00:35:27Scotty - Mount Barker parkrunner: Mate, I was sensational today. I was right on target. I think probably parkrunner of the day is my opinion. parkrunner of the day.

00:35:36Paul Kitching: According to us, I think you were definitely parkrunner of the day. Thanks, mate. What time did you do?

00:35:41Scotty - Mount Barker parkrunner: I was going for 26.14. And the watch had been hidden in the pocket so I couldn't see it. It said 26.12. But whether that lines up with the actual timekeeper, I need to talk to her.

00:35:55Paul Kitching: Good one. And Brent, how did you go?

00:35:57Scotty - Mount Barker parkrunner: Yeah, not too bad, mate.

00:35:58Scott Trickett: A little bit slower than the last couple of weeks.

00:36:00Paul Kitching: That's all right. Did you predict the times? I didn't predict it. Nah, you were just having fun. Did it in 24, 34. That's good.

00:36:07Scott Trickett: That's okay.

00:36:07Paul Kitching: Jazz, how'd you go?

00:36:09Connie Isherwood: I was like three minutes off.

00:36:11Paul Kitching: Three minutes, that's okay. Not bad. And Charlie, same?

00:36:15Unidentified speaker: Yes, I was walking with Jasmine. I think it was my personal worst for this year. Personal worst? First time I've walked in a while. But yeah, it was good.

00:36:22Paul Kitching: Well done. And Biggles, how'd you go?

00:36:25Unidentified speaker: There we go.

00:36:27Paul Kitching: Biggles. Biggles.

00:36:29Unidentified speaker: Biggles. No, Biggles, sorry.

00:36:31Paul Kitching: We're not getting anything out of Biggles today. But apparently Biggles did parkour, not parkrun.

00:36:35Unidentified speaker: Yeah, we kind of held him up and made him jump over things. He didn't enjoy it very much, but it looks pretty cool.

00:36:42Paul Kitching: Awesome. Well, well done, guys. Hope you all enjoyed parkrun Day. We've had fun out here at Mount Barker. We're now going to go and have coffee and celebrate. That's it over and out from PK at Mount Barker parkrun. Cheers. Bye.

00:36:53Scott Trickett: Bye. Nice to have PK back out running naked at Mount Barker. Did you do the naked thing on the weekend, Mel? It was International Day of Running Naked.

00:37:04Melissa Erbacher: I volunteered naked, Scotty, and Wes wore the little naked runner's headband for the morning as well, underneath his little cowboy hat.

00:37:13Scott Trickett: I had every intention to run naked, but I tell you what, I was running with Kasia, and I said, Kasia, you put the watch on so I can run naked. But she didn't want to do that, so she made me wear it so we could track our pace, but then she stopped her walk after 200 metres. So it was a double-wasted effort.

00:37:34Melissa Erbacher: So you didn't not look at your watch?

00:37:37Scott Trickett: Well, you're right. I didn't look at it, but I wore it. So I don't think that counts.

00:37:41Melissa Erbacher: It does count. That's semi-nude, remember? We've had this conversation. If you don't look at it, but you can still track your efforts, that was okay. Okay. Robbo said it was okay.

00:37:51Scott Trickett: Well, half naked. Let's call it a half naked.

00:37:54Melissa Erbacher: There you go.

00:37:55Scott Trickett: Yep. Okay. Massive weekend of launches coming up. We've already talked about North Harbour, part of the Commonwealth Games legacy. Also a couple of other events under that program. Where are they, Mel?

Launches and anniversaries ("Where is the cake?")

00:38:11Melissa Erbacher: We've got Miles launching also in Queensland.

Dad joke

00:38:14Scott Trickett: Is that miles away from you? Or kilometres?

00:38:20Melissa Erbacher: Such a dad joker. We haven't had any of your dad jokes in a while. It's miles away from most places. Is it? It is.

00:38:26Scott Trickett: We've also got Yokine in WA. Joaquin? Joaquin?

00:38:32Melissa Erbacher: Joaquin?

00:38:32Scott Trickett: Joaquin? Any one of those. And Sunbury in Victoria.

00:38:39Melissa Erbacher: Also a big weekend for anniversaries. Massive weekend for anniversaries. Next year is just going to go off. There's going to be cake everywhere. But this year, we've got Cronulla in New South Wales.

00:38:52Scott Trickett: Forster. In New South Wales.

00:38:55Melissa Erbacher: Camay in New South Wales.

00:38:57Scott Trickett: Minnippi and Sandgate in Queensland.

00:39:01Melissa Erbacher: As is Surfers Paradise, also in Queensland.

00:39:04Scott Trickett: And the Beaches in Newcastle, New South Wales. You're right, that's a big weekend of parties. Now, Mel, you remember a couple of weeks ago, Gary Murphy, our mate Gary Murphy, mentioned the idea of having a listener meet-up?

00:39:19Melissa Erbacher: Yes, I do remember that.

00:39:21Scott Trickett: Now, we put it back on Gary to organize it because we know, we know ourselves that if it was left to us, it wouldn't happen. So he's done that. He started a listener meetup page. So if you want to be involved in that, what do you do, Mel?

00:39:37Melissa Erbacher: Well, we shared a link to the Facebook page he created on our Facebook page. So you can always pop over to the parkrun Adventurers on Facebook and look for the post. And then just like the page and get involved. He's put it out there to everyone to start collaborating together to figure out where we might do it and what might be a good date and things like that. So if you want to say and you want to be there, make sure you like the page and get involved in the organization.

00:40:07Scott Trickett: We want to see this happen because we don't need much of an excuse to go on an adventure.

00:40:12Melissa Erbacher: We don't. We don't need any excuse really, but we do like a different reason to go. And part of that whole PA listener meetup is that you guys want to see how we record an episode, which Scotty and I have alluded to is a bit of a joke really. However, we're quite happy to share that experience with anyone who heads along. And I just warn you, it's not how normal people record on radio. I have done a radio interview in the past myself. I'm sure Scotty with all his experience at SBS knows all about that sort of show as well. You've had experience with radio, right, Scotty?

00:40:54Scott Trickett: I have. I started my working career in radio. It might surprise some, but that's how I started working, behind a microphone. But it brings me to, Mel, do you still listen to the radio?

00:41:09Melissa Erbacher: Um... Well, it automatically comes on in my car, so I have to switch it to podcasts. Yeah, it really depends. Not often lately. So that's it, isn't it? I did when I was working, but obviously now that I'm not working, I don't get a lot of opportunity.

00:41:28Scott Trickett: Yeah, since my career change, I no longer have a commute. And so that's where I did any radio listening, if I did listen to the radio. I was usually listening to podcasts. even on my commute into work.

00:41:40Paul Kitching: But over the weekend, I did a little bit of driving. Okay.

00:41:44Scott Trickett: In and out. I had the boss in town and we were driving around all over Melbourne. We were doing some filming and then we both settled on the Golden Oldies channel.

00:41:56Melissa Erbacher: As you do.

00:41:57Scott Trickett: Well, do you? This is what I'm asking. The boss knew every word to every song that came on.

00:42:03Melissa Erbacher: Well, what do you classify as the oldies channel?

00:42:07Scott Trickett: I think it's the – I don't even know their slogan. Yeah, 70s, 80s, 90s, today. I don't think they have the today bit in their slogan. But I've got to admit that like when I'm now in the car in my advanced age, like I'm trying to hang on to Triple J. It can be challenging when I do listen to it. And every now and then, you know, I probably do switch over to the golden oldies and stay there longer than I thought I ever would.

00:42:39Melissa Erbacher: Well, it's, you know, it's like a happy place, isn't it really? When you know all the words to the songs, you can enjoy them a lot more.

00:42:47Scott Trickett: Well, this is my defense. This is my defense because I don't listen to it very often. It's nice to have a sing-along when I do.

00:42:55Melissa Erbacher: So were you and the boss belting it out?

00:42:57Scott Trickett: He knew a lot more words than I did. But because he's up in the outback, he's only got a couple of stations to listen to. So I think it was like opening a whole new world for him going back to the 70s, 80s.

00:43:16Melissa Erbacher: Did you do that whole awkward thing where you both sing really loudly for the choruses and then when you get to the verses and the words, you're not quite as confident what they are. You just sort of start mumbling them through.

00:43:26Scott Trickett: Yeah, of course. Of course. There's no awkwardness about it. There's no shame.

00:43:35Melissa Erbacher: That's the fun part. Or it's fun when you don't know the words, but you think you know the words. So you're singing completely different words to a song and the other person looks at you and goes, that's not the words. I've had many an argument about that. Good times.

00:43:55Scott Trickett: Good times. And let's do it all this weekend, Mel. We're going to be together again. I'm going to get to event number... Are you running on Saturday?

00:44:07Melissa Erbacher: Yes, I am. Well, I'm tail walking. Okay. So I have volunteered at the last two trials as a timekeeper, but I told Connie that there was no way I could not get a run in this weekend because the competition is too hot and I'm too far behind. So what will this be, number 48 for you?

00:44:28Scott Trickett: I think I'm up to 48. Okay.

00:44:30Melissa Erbacher: Ah, you are smashing it. This will only be 46. So there's not a lot of year left.

00:44:40Scott Trickett: Oh, well.

00:44:41Melissa Erbacher: Oh, well. There's a guy in front quite comfortably.

00:44:46Scott Trickett: Is my running mate coming along?

00:44:48Melissa Erbacher: He is. Okay. Yes. And I will probably be doing the resistance training myself so that he can have a proper run. See if you can stay upright. It is a cross-country course. There will be divots.

00:45:01Scott Trickett: Let him know we're going to be running slow this week. We're not racing today. Oh, no, we're not racing on Saturday. No way. Hell no. I might even walk with you this Saturday. Can I fall over to our walking? That's my challenge. That's my challenge for this week. Stay upright walking.

00:45:18Melissa Erbacher: Sounds like a good challenge.

00:45:39Unidentified speaker: Thank you.