Episode 106

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00:00:14Melissa Erbacher: It's episode 106 of the parkrun Adventurers, and today you are brought the voices of Mel and Scotty, courtesy of Symphony Hill Wines and Chocolate. We're often fuelled by wine and chocolate, or at least I am. Scotty, welcome to the podcast.

00:00:31Scott Trickett: Thanks, Melissa. No wine for me, and I tell you, I'm a bit over chocolate. Yeah, a bit over chocolate, my goodness.

00:00:39Melissa Erbacher: How is that even possible?

00:00:41Scott Trickett: It's called Easter and every meal involves chocolate.

00:00:46Melissa Erbacher: Easter and every meal since then. Pretty much, yeah.

00:00:49Scott Trickett: Asked the girls, what did you have for breakfast this morning? I was out on a run. Kasia said, Easter eggs.

00:00:58Melissa Erbacher: Well, you are on holiday, Scotty.

00:01:00Scott Trickett: So we are on holidays. I'm in the, I think it's called the High Country.

00:01:05Melissa Erbacher: What do you think it's called, the High Country?

00:01:07Scott Trickett: Well, I'm pretty sure it's called the High Country, but I could be wrong. It could be other parts of Australia. But this is the Victorian High Country. I'm in Bright. And luckily enough, we've got a parkrun in Bright now. So everything lined up beautifully.

00:01:21Mark Caldecourt: Yeah, yeah.

00:01:22Scott Trickett: So let me tell my story from the weekend.

00:01:25Melissa Erbacher: Firstly, I got my first... All right, I will try not to interrupt.

00:01:27Scott Trickett: Okay, I got my first 59.59, which was really anticlimactic. But I did feel sorry for one of my running buddies who also happens to be up here, as she was pushing really hard and she got a PB. And then she got the dreaded 59.59. But she took it like a soldier and was like, okay, next time, no big deal. But I'm up here in Bright... Because my mate, well, I think he's my mate. You tell me this, Mel.

00:01:55Melissa Erbacher: Hold on a second. I told you I wasn't going to interrupt, but I want to go back to this anticlimactic 59-59. Did you like, you had big expectations and it wasn't as fun as you were expecting? I don't know. Why the anticlimax?

00:02:07Scott Trickett: I guess I was supposed to be really angry or disappointed that I got a 59. It's going to ruin my averages or it's going to look weird on my record. I don't know what people think, but it came through as 59.59. I was like, oh, it doesn't matter. Does it? Like, really, it doesn't matter. I mean, I don't want it to happen every week, but one week out of 204 runs, I can put up with it.

00:02:31Melissa Erbacher: Yeah. And now you're a real proper parkrunner.

00:02:34Scott Trickett: Yeah.

00:02:36Melissa Erbacher: By my standards, you're not a real parkrunner. It's just like when people ride horses and there's a rule about how many times you have to fall off a horse before you're actually a real, inverted commas, rider. And it's just the same with parkrun. You're not a true parkrunner until you've received your first 59.59. And I encourage everyone to go out courting them.

00:03:01Scott Trickett: Well, thankfully now I am after being parkrunning for four and a bit years. I'm finally a real parkrunner.

00:03:06Melissa Erbacher: Excellent. But I did interrupt you, so please go back to the whole friendship thing you were talking about.

00:03:11Scott Trickett: My mate Matt, so Matt is involved in parkrun quite heavily. He started Lilydale Lake and he's moved up to Bright and the first thing he does is start his own parkrun, naturally enough. And I'm here this week, coming up this Saturday, I'm going to be a guest RD, I guess, because Bright's only been going for a few weeks. And as all new events go, Matt doesn't have an army of run directors behind him. He just started it himself and hopefully will build his team organically. But in the meantime, while they're away, I'm looking after his event. But, so I mentioned my mate Matt. So I want to know, what's the definition of a mate here, Mel? Because... I think we're friends. We chat quite regularly. We have fun. But every time I say, let's go for a run, he agrees and then makes an excuse. Never happens. So this time I pinned him down. Like I'm coming to your parkrun. I'm in your town. He's running his 100th parkrun on Saturday. Everything, like he cannot escape me. We're going to run together. Briefing's over. Look out for Matt. He was there a few minutes ago. Now he's missing. I'm sure he's up the front, pushing people out of the way to get to the front. And then off he goes. Never saw him. He's got a bit of white line fever, I think. And he's one of those people that when he runs, he's got to run fast, I guess. And he got swept along.

00:04:34Melissa Erbacher: How long has it been since he got to have a run? I'm assuming he wasn't run director today then. No, he wasn't. I mean, on the weekend.

00:04:41Scott Trickett: No, he wasn't. So again, we had one of our ambassadors in town, because Bright is a holiday town and everyone's here for the school holidays, like we are. So one of our ambassadors said, don't worry, I'll look after your event this week so you can run your 100s. And he ran his 100. So congratulations, Matt.

00:05:00Melissa Erbacher: You didn't see him finish because you weren't anywhere near it? Pretty much. He left you for dust?

00:05:06Scott Trickett: Well, Brighton out and back. So I did see him. I waved, but he was so focused. I think he fresh-aired me.

00:05:12Melissa Erbacher: Ironically, though, you got the same time. So it was like you were there.

00:05:17Scott Trickett: Yeah. So there you go. So I'm still not sure if we're friends. I'll leave that open to you and the listeners to let me know because, you know, sometimes you're under this illusion of friendship.

00:05:30Melissa Erbacher: Okay. So I just need to ascertain. Did he confirm beforehand that he was going to run with you?

00:05:37Scott Trickett: Well, maybe I assumed. Maybe I assumed too much. But I thought we were going to.

00:05:44Melissa Erbacher: It sounds to me like you didn't have an understanding.

00:05:48Scott Trickett: Never mind. Never mind. So that was my Saturday parkrun.

00:05:51Melissa Erbacher: But you do sound very disheartened, Scotty. Are you missing your normal running group while you're on holiday?

00:05:57Scott Trickett: So that's the other thing. So I'm here in Bright. We're here for two weeks. And as I think I've mentioned before, I struggle. I run a lot with my friends now and from my running groups and in sessions. It's very rare that I run by myself.

00:06:10Melissa Erbacher: But here in Bright... You even almost ran with me a couple of weeks ago.

00:06:14Scott Trickett: I know. That was good, wasn't it? You loved it. Yeah, let's save that for another day. But yes, I'm really forcing myself to get out there and run while I'm here in Bright. I've got two weeks off, no excuses. Had a really quiet week last week in preparation for trashing myself for two weeks while I'm here. But it's really hard when no one's waiting for you to go for a run.

00:06:43Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, but you've still got a marathon training program to stick to.

00:06:46Scott Trickett: That's a long way off.

00:06:48Melissa Erbacher: No, no, no. This is why you're asking people to ask you how it's going. How is it going? Have you missed any sessions while you've been on holidays?

00:06:56Scott Trickett: Oh, yeah. Not while I'm on holidays, but I missed heaps last week. I only ran about 20K last week, but that was intentional.

00:07:02Melissa Erbacher: What the hell are you doing?

00:07:03Scott Trickett: That was intentional because... So you go through every training program, every training block. You go through a big block, a heavy block, and then I just wanted to have a week off so that I'm just not losing motivation. So it's not just one really long slog of three months of hard running. I had a week off.

00:07:20Melissa Erbacher: All right, but explain to me, is that one week off built into your training program or is it just you deciding? It's just me deciding. You're going to split your training program into three and you're just going to take a week off every third.

00:07:31Scott Trickett: It's just me deciding. It's a fluid program. It's very organic. It's always evolving. It's always evolving. It's an evolving training plan.

00:07:45Melissa Erbacher: What would the coach think?

00:07:47Scott Trickett: Let's get on to you. So you finished. You finally finished. You got through your run the date my way.

00:07:57Melissa Erbacher: Did I? Did I get through it?

00:07:59Scott Trickett: Did you? You tell us.

00:08:01Melissa Erbacher: I don't. I survived. Let's say that much. I survived and I did the kilometers and the minutes I should say that I had to do and then some. I know we mentioned that it was a story for another day, but let's make that day today. Last week or the week before last when we were at Shellharbour together. See, I guess we've got a little bit of catching up to do because we recorded a podcast on that Saturday and then we had a whole week where we didn't actually have to record a podcast together. So we haven't had a chance to debrief about what's been going on. So let's do that. You and I went for... for a not a run together because I don't run with people at the moment I can't deal with that kind of pressure but you just seem to hang around a little bit at the start and then you realized okay yeah I am actually going to go slow and so you should go for a run and then you got about 500 meters ahead of me and stopped at a lighthouse because of the beautiful view and didn't really actually feel like running because you were running by yourself then So you didn't run with me for an extra couple of kilometers. Let's call it about another 20 minutes worth. And I believe that was day 25. And when you realized, okay, yeah, you were supposed to do your long run that day, I said, okay, well, I'm turning around and head back now. And you said, all right, well, I'm going to keep going in that direction and I'll come back later. And just – you had actually asked me, hadn't you, to – to what time am i up to on my watch i'm sure you asked me to check my time yes and you refused and i refused because that's not what i do i as i've been you know progressing toward the higher minutes and once i got into the 20s i've started like not looking at my watch well it's because it's on my phone i literally have to carry my phone and i've been not looking at it because you have to put the passcode in and you've got sweaty hands and it takes a whole 10 seconds to do and probably I slow down while I'm doing it. And also it's just going to make me sad when I look at it and it's only 15 minutes and I know I've got another 10 or more to go. So I refuse to do that and instead I just go, I'm not going to look at it until I've done like six or seven songs. Till I've run to six or seven songs, which was a little bit more difficult, I have to say, because you were running near me and I kept feeling obliged to stop my music because you're a bit of a chatty runner when you're running socially. Anyway, after... After you left me, I thought, okay, well, it's got to be about 20 minutes. And that means I've only got a few, like five to go. So I'll just check and see how I'm doing. And it was at that point that I realized that Strava was not going. And I had just run probably at least two and a half kilometers with you, with some elevation up to a lighthouse and down a bit. And out on this beautiful curvy little rock wall into a marina, which would have looked amazing on Strava, completely lost it.

00:11:10Scott Trickett: It looked really good on mine.

00:11:12Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, it did look really good on yours, didn't it? And yeah, Scotty, I could have cried. I was just – I didn't stop moving. I was just looking in disbelief at my phone and I just could not comprehend the fact that – It hadn't been recording. And obviously, any runner who is on Strava knows that if it's not on Strava, it didn't happen. And I was just thinking to myself, how do I fix this? So I started it. As soon as I realized it wasn't working, I just started it. So I thought I hadn't recorded anything at all. And I kept going and I thought, all right, well, I'll just run back to where I came from. which will probably be about 15 minutes worth. I was planning on taking a shorter way back because I only had to do another 10 minutes, but I thought, no, I have to run back the way I came now to at least get as much as I had, except I wasn't going to go back and hook around the marina thing again. And I thought, oh, you know, I'll just see how I go. And maybe I can like take a screenshot of Scotty Strava for the first chunk. And I would have done that. I totally would have done the cheat and asked you to log somebody who ran with you except that you left me and you did a whole different section. And you had also stopped a couple of times and paused your watch. Which I don't do. I keep running the whole time. So that doesn't work. And I was just like, ah! My brain hurt from the whole figuring of it out. And when I got back to roughly where we'd started, I only had about another, oh, my. Well, I had run for another like 18 minutes by then. I thought, oh, I've only got seven more minutes and then I could have the 25 on Strava even though I'd already run for another 20 before that that wasn't recorded. And so in the end, I just pushed myself. And I probably ran about 45 minutes without stopping on my 25-minute day. just so I could get my 25 minutes on Strava. And I was destroyed at the end of it. But the little stubborn voice in my head was like, no, you can keep going. You can keep going because it's got to be on Strava. It has to be on Strava. Otherwise, you can't take the nice photo with the 25 because people, everyone's going to ask you, why have you only got 17 minutes? You know, that's not 25. And I knew I was going to get a lot of sass about it.

00:13:39Lyndell Murray: So I just ran all the way.

00:13:42Scott Trickett: So what lessons have you learned from this, Mel?

00:13:45Melissa Erbacher: The lessons I have learned is do not go for not a run with Scotty because it was your fault. That wasn't the lesson I took from it. No, well, you didn't ask what lessons you learned from it. This is the lessons I learned. And what I realized was that I had stopped it. So it had started.

00:14:03Lyndell Murray: Like I wasn't imagining that when I had pressed record and it started those first couple of seconds while I was running.

00:14:09Melissa Erbacher: But what had happened was because you left me and you ran ahead and you ran up to the lighthouse and you stopped to look at the view at about 500 meters that I saw you up ahead. And I thought, oh, I'll take some selfies and some run fees while I'm going today. And I took a photo of you looking at the view. And instead of like properly doing my camera thing or whatever and swiping the Strava screen off, I had pressed stop on my...

00:14:32Scott Trickett: my recording so i blame you okay well if you listen if you listen to my fault if you listen to me earlier you would have noticed that it stopped and you wouldn't have had to run all those extra minutes and um we should get your watch you shouldn't have to rely on your phone i mean gee i mean i think we can organize that for you oh hang on hang on i think we already have yes Yes, you do have a watch.

00:14:59Melissa Erbacher: The thing is, for a couple of years, you have been harassing me about the fact that you never see any of my stuff on Strava. And that's because I can't figure out how to sync the watch to the phone or to the computer or whatever without plugging it in. And that's just a pain in the proverbial. So I just, I go straight to the source and I use Strava on my phone to actually Strava my runs and my warm-ups and my cool-downs and... all of those things. But another lesson I learned from this is that Running 45 minutes on a 25-minute day when you still have a 26, a 27, a 28, a 29, a 30 and a 31 to go makes you really tired. And I struggled. I mean, I probably was going to struggle for the rest of that week anyway, just because it was a lot for me. But it was a hard last week.

00:15:49Scott Trickett: Yeah, but you got through it. So did you have a sense of achievement on day 31 or were you just over it, glad it was done?

00:16:00Melissa Erbacher: It was a mixed bag. It was achievement mixed with relief that I didn't have to run the next day, that I didn't have to try to fit that in. I worked up a pretty decent sleep deficit while I was going, I think, and that was very evident in the first couple of days, like April 1st, April 2nd, that I was just still exhausted and From the energy. I probably hadn't, not just sleep, but I hadn't been eating enough to sustain the running and the breastfeeding and being a human being. So, I think possibly I should have eaten more or better or something.

00:16:44Lyndell Murray: Okay.

00:16:45Melissa Erbacher: So, yes, lots of lessons learned. Not the least of which is February is definitely the best month to do such stupid challenges because those extra three days, that's an extra 90 minutes that you didn't have to do or 90 kilometers if you're dumb enough to do a kilometer for each day.

00:17:02Scott Trickett: Yeah. So when Rowan committed, he thought it through. When you committed, you did it on the spot, spirit of the moment and not much opportunity to think things through when you do that. But lesson learned for next time, for next year.

00:17:18Melissa Erbacher: Was it though? Because I'm just that kind of stupid stubborn that I'm going to say stupid things and then I'm going to...

Roving Adventurers (roving reporter crossovers)

00:17:36Lyndell Murray: All righty, parkrun adventurers, it's Lyndell here. I'm checking in from the launch of the Kelvin Grove parkrun in a city suburb of Brisbane, just three k's from the CBD. Looks like it's going to be a pretty flat track, but I'll let you know afterwards. And I've already tracked down a few of my fellow Bunyaville parkrunners. Tara.

00:17:56Nick: Stuart.

00:17:57Lyndell Murray: And I've found Melanie, a very first-time parkrunner.

00:18:00Melissa Erbacher: Yes, yes, looking forward to it. So we just roped you in on the track, didn't we?

00:18:05Angie Gorey: We did, yes, sure did, and I'm going to be running today and getting into parkrun.

00:18:12Lyndell Murray: It'll change your life, Melanie, I promise you, and... Martin. Now, Martin, what's your story? You're a new farm parkrunner, but you're doing a bit of touristing?

00:18:20Martin: Yes, I'm nowhere in the league of the 200 pluses, but just starting to go around, and obviously Kelvin Grove's close. This is walking distance for me, so it might be my new home parkrun.

00:18:32Lyndell Murray: You just never know. You'll have to test it out and see. All righty, Scotty and Mel, I'll have another chat after the run. Alrighty, adventurers. I'm here with Cara. She's a long-time listener, first-time guest on the show. Welcome to the podcast. How are you going? Very well, thank you, Lyndell.

00:18:48Cara: How are you? Really well. How did your run go today? Really well. I actually got a PB. I got 22.10, so I'm stoked.

00:18:55Lyndell Murray: Well, thank you very much for waiting a whole other 13, 15 minutes something to have a chat to me.

00:19:02Cara: No worries, Lyndell. It's a pleasure soaking up the atmosphere. Excellent. Now, do you live close to Kelvin Grove? Will this be your home parkrun? No, I actually live in Annerley, so my home parkrun is Stones Corner.

00:19:14Lyndell Murray: Excellent. Well, that's a great event.

00:19:16Cara: And what's your parkrun story?

00:19:19Lyndell Murray: Do you get around to a lot of parkruns?

00:19:20Cara: Well, I actually only started in about July last year, so this is my 36th, but I'm trying to get up my 20 different parkruns because I think you get your name on a special part of the website. It's all part of the fun.

00:19:31Lyndell Murray: It is part of the fun, yes. It's the most events list. You'll be there soon, I'm sure. Now, holidays and going away, you were saying earlier?

00:19:40Cara: Yes, I do try and plan my holidays around parkrun. It's very important. I always look that up beforehand and I tell my partner it's got to be right near parkrun.

00:19:49Lyndell Murray: So what are some of the parkruns you've been to as a result of that?

00:19:52Cara: Well, I've done a few at the Gold Coast, just a few there. So Main Beach was excellent and I made a special effort to get out there because it's the first parkrun in Australia. So that was awesome.

00:20:03Lyndell Murray: Excellent. Well, thank you for talking to me. Thanks for listening to the podcast. And all the best. I can't wait to see you on the 20 events list, Cara. Thank you very much. Okay, so post one, I've tracked down a couple of volunteers today. I've got Stella and Christine. How are you going today? Very good, thank you. Great, thank you. And what have your roles been today?

00:20:23Stella: Scanning and helping Paul set up the parkrun before we started.

00:20:27Lyndell Murray: Barcode scanning and sorting the tokens. And also making sure we behaved ourselves pre-run, keeping us off the bike course. Oh, I did, yes. Good on you. Someone needs to keep us in line. Now, how did you get involved in parkrun? Is Kelvin Grove going to be your home parkrun? My home parkrun is Hobart, and I started there the day it started. So that's how I found parkrun. And I've been touring for 12 months now. Excellent. So you're on a trip around Australia. Well, I'm stuck in Queensland because you keep having more launches. There's a lot going on up here at the moment.

00:21:00Nicola: There is.

00:21:01Lyndell Murray: Now there's a new Compass Point in Tasmania as well. I'll be down tail walking for the brand new one that's launching in Bellerive in two weeks and I'll be getting my Q at Queen's Domain at the same time. Wow, that's awesome. So, do you run at parkruns or mainly volunteer? This is my 78th volunteer and I think I've done 102 parkruns. So a bit of both, bit in column A, bit in column B. Excellent, well that's wonderful. And where to next, Christine? I'm thinking of South Toowoomba's launch next week. Sounds like a great idea. Now Stella, you're here with your partner who's one of the run directors?

00:21:44Stella: He is one of the run directors with, he's Paul and his friend's Nick so they've set up the run and so being the supportive partner I've helped with some of the logistics along the way and with the trials and then this morning as well.

00:21:59Lyndell Murray: Excellent. And how did you get into parkrun? Apart from Paul, are you a runner?

00:22:02Stella: Yep, I am a runner. I've mostly done New Farm parkrun was my home until this one. And so it's always been a bit of speed training or a mid-long run that it's kind of been used for. And apart from volunteering for the trial two weeks ago, this is my inaugural volunteer experience. day.

00:22:20Lyndell Murray: Well welcome, awesome, well done. Do you think you'll do more volunteering or is that a silly question?

00:22:25Stella: I think it's a silly question. I think with Paul being a run director I think I'll volunteer more than I'll be a runner I think for the next little bit anyway.

00:22:35Lyndell Murray: Well I hope you get the community off to a bit of a start here. It's a great course. So have you run the course and how do you find it?

00:22:41Stella: This is my home running turf essentially so I run here probably at least two or three times a week and say We think it's a scenic course, shady, lots of trees. Fairly fast. There's only a few small rises, so other than that, it's a nice wide path and nice and fast. And yeah, this is definitely my home now.

00:23:02Lyndell Murray: Excellent. And flat, pretty much, which is uncommon in Kelvin Grove. Kelvin Grove being one of the hilliest suburbs in Brisbane.

00:23:10Stella: Yeah, well, you certainly think of Kelvin Grove as hilly, and as it turns out, the actual parkrun goes through four different suburbs. So it starts in Kelvin Grove and goes into... Newmarket, Ashgrove, and then back the other way to Windsor as well. So we get a variety of suburbs covered. But yeah, definitely fast and relatively flat is uncommon for Kelvin Grove.

00:23:31Lyndell Murray: Excellent. Well, thank you for talking to me, ladies. I better let you get back to your bar scanning. There's a bit of ding-a-linging being in the background. So thank you and well done. Thank you very much. Thank you. You're welcome. Righty-o, I've tracked down the run directors. I've got Paul and Nick. How are you going? How did the launch go today?

00:23:47Paul: It's Paul here. I think it went pretty well. We had numbers of what we were thinking around about 270 or so. No hitches, no problems that we could see. People liked the course. Great day to be out running and I think it was a good turnout, so happy days.

00:24:02Lyndell Murray: Excellent. How about you, Nick?

00:24:04Nick: Yeah, I really enjoyed it. I had lots of people turn up. Lots of people seemed to enjoy the course. Got a nice bit of shade here by the creek and yeah, everything's gone well so far.

00:24:15Lyndell Murray: Excellent. I have to say, well done on finding a flat track in Kelvin Grove, very hilly suburb. How did you get into parkrun and how did you get into run directing?

00:24:25Paul: I've only done a handful of parkruns myself but I sort of like the concept and I thought there's a bit of a gap as far as locations or events in the Brisbane City area. So I live in Kelvin Grove and I run this path all the time. It's a very flat path and wide and it's very underused I think. So I thought there was a good opportunity there to start something new and to challenge myself as well as a person. So about almost a year ago we started mapping things out and working out how we could do this With the help of Steve Rayner, we got it off the ground, got funding, got approvals, and the dream's come true today. On my birthday, too.

00:25:02Lyndell Murray: Oh, happy birthday! Thank you. April Fool's Day!

00:25:05Paul: Well, tomorrow's April Fool's Day. No, tomorrow's April Fool's Day. Today's the 31st.

00:25:08Lyndell Murray: Excellent. Alrighty. And how about you, Nick? How did you get involved with parkrun and with Kelvin Grove parkrun?

00:25:14Nick: So I've been parkrunning for just over 10 years now. Started parkrunning in London at Wimbledon Common.

00:25:20Lyndell Murray: With the Wombles.

00:25:21Nick: With the Wombles. And occasionally the Wombles do turn up every year on the parkrun before the London Marathon. They have a little training run at Wimbledon Common. Is that right? I'll have to get there. So, yeah. And I actually heard about this parkrun with Steve Rayner, was interviewed on parkrun Adventurers. And I got in touch and said I'd be interested in helping out. And here we are, about three months later, I think. How many parkruns have you done, Nick? 205 parkruns.

00:25:48Lyndell Murray: Wow, so you're not far off the elusive, is it the blue shirt for 250, green shirt?

00:25:53Nick: Yeah, I think it'll be a while. So I probably haven't done as much volunteering as I should have over the last 10 years, so I'm going to fix that now, being an event director. So I'll be doing a few more volunteers, and it might take me a bit longer to get to 250 than it did to 200.

00:26:10Lyndell Murray: That's great, excellent. I'm sure you'll love volunteering. Now this event as well is part of the Embracing 2018 program. funded in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games. I tell you what, blokes, you only just got it in in time. The Games start on Thursday.

00:26:26Paul: Very lucky. I'm so grateful to have their support. So I think we got funding there for a good six months or so, which is fantastic. And without those sort of programs, these sort of events wouldn't kick off. So it's really going to help the community in this area, get people fitter, healthier, and get people to meet new other people and challenge themselves at the same time.

00:26:47Lyndell Murray: Yep, excellent.

00:26:48Nick: And it's just really great that the Commonwealth Games will provide a legacy across the whole of Queensland. I think they've got, they're supporting 20 parkruns. And yeah, I'm going down to the cycling on Friday. So looking forward to that. And then the swimming on Monday. So yeah, looking forward to the games. It should be good fun.

00:27:07Lyndell Murray: Awesome. Well, guys, thanks so much for talking to me. Well done. And good luck on your volunteering adventure, given it's a bit new to both of you, I think.

00:27:16Paul: Mm-hmm. Yes, so fun times ahead, I think. So it worked out well today. We had a very quick first place time as well. So 15 minutes, 20-something seconds. So it's a fast course. I think people will like coming down and having a good hit out. So thanks, Lyndell.

00:27:31Lyndell Murray: I agree. Awesome. Well done, guys. Enjoy. And hopefully I'll be back here sometime at Kelvin Grove parkrun.

00:27:37Nicola: Thank you.

00:27:38Lyndell Murray: All right, Mel and Scotty, that's it. I think that's a wrap from me from Kelvin Grove parkrun. And a wrap from me too. Who are you?

00:27:47Nicola: What's your name? What are you doing here? Nicola. And I love launches. And this is my 52nd different one. And I love parkrun. And what's your home parkrun? It's in transit now. It used to be South Bank. I've done 70 there. And now I'm going to start being a St. Lucia parkrun girl. Oh, righty-o, Nicola. Oh, I can walk there now. And, hey, the launch was last week. I heard it was a bit hectic. It was mighty hectic with 800 avid runners on the beautiful ring road by the Brisbane River.

00:28:22Lyndell Murray: it is a beautiful course i'll get out there sometime soon scotty and mel and do a roving report from st lucia um but that's it from me from kelvin grove um i'll finish off with that I don't think there's much more to say. Pretty fast, pretty flat track, the middle of Brisbane, inner city. So hopefully it might take a bit of pressure off some of the other ones in South Bank and New Farm and Kelvin Grove might get a bit of a following here and a lovely story with our friends Paul and Nick taking up volunteering to start this run. Good on you blokes. Well done. I'm sure you've got a lovely future here at Kelvin Grove and I hope to be back here sometime soon. See you later guys. This is Lyndell signing off

Channel 5 News Crew

00:29:04Melissa Ellis: for the channel 5 news crew on the parkrun adventurers good morning adventurers it's melissa here coming from packenham parkrun easter theme parkrun this week packenham is a little town about 50 kilometers southeast of melbourne and it's one of the events that's part of the gippslander parkrun group um there's a sea of bunny ears here today and i can see the easter bunny as well he's come for a special appearance possibly with a basket of eggs for the finishes it looks like so we'll see who we can chat to after the parkrun So we've just finished the Pakenham parkrun here and I've found Andy. Hi, Andy. Hi. And you're a regular Pakenham parkrunner? Yes, every week. And you got a prize this morning. Tell us what that was for. I got a drink bottle full of Easter eggs for best dress up for Easter. Congratulations. Do you enjoy getting into the spirit of things? Oh, definitely. I quite enjoy dressing up. And have you done many parkruns? I think this is my 23rd parkrun now. Wonderful. Congratulations. And have you been to any other courses? No, not yet, but I'm planning to try Berwick and maybe when at Christmas time I'm going to Queensland. So I think I might try one up there. You definitely have to. You can't go to Queensland and not try one of their most beautiful parkruns.

00:30:31Stella: I might drag my sister along to that one.

00:30:33Melissa Ellis: Yeah, do that. We're like new recruits. Congratulations and thanks for talking to me today. Thank you very much. Okay, now I've found one of our volunteers from today, Mark Caldecourt. Hi, Mark.

00:30:45Mark Caldecourt: Hi, Mel. How are you?

00:30:47Melissa Ellis: I'm good, thank you. Now, you were a pacer today because Pakenham put on the pacing. How did that go?

00:30:52Mark Caldecourt: Yeah, it was a bit warm today. I was doing a 22-minute pacing. We had a good little group who managed to keep together all the way to the end. I think we just dipped under the 22, about 21.54, so quite happy with that today.

00:31:04Melissa Ellis: Well, that's pretty spot on. So you are an adventurer. I happen to know that. And I think you've been doing it for a while. Would that be correct?

00:31:11Mark Caldecourt: Yeah, adventuring I've been doing for a while. It's a bit late coming to parkrun itself. But I think I've done 75 Aussie parkruns and about another nine globally, Singapore, UK and New Zealand. So, yeah, getting about a bit.

00:31:27Melissa Ellis: So going by the accent, did you start in the UK?

00:31:30Mark Caldecourt: Well, funnily enough, I used to run with Paul Sinton-Hewitt before he even had the idea of parkrun back in, I don't know, the early 2000s. We were both members of the Stragglers Club in West London, so Paul came in one Thursday evening to the... to the club rooms and said he had this idea which everyone at the time poo-pooed and said no one's going to get out of bed on a Saturday morning for a 5k and I was one of those so um it's a fair play to Paul he stuck to his guns and uh you know here we are today so you know full full credit to Paul

00:32:00Melissa Ellis: Oh, yeah, that's amazing. And have you got some adventures planned in the coming weeks?

00:32:05Mark Caldecourt: Not in the coming weeks. I'm sort of going to take a bit of a break for the next few months. The next one would be I'm planning on going to Crissy Field for Christmas and then flying the same week to do Invercargill. I'm going to try and do the two. as far apart as I can. So that's my next one I've got planned, really, those two big ones there.

00:32:24Melissa Ellis: Yeah, that's a pretty big one. That's pretty impressive. All right, well, thank you for talking to me today, Mark. It was lovely to meet you.

00:32:29Mark Caldecourt: Yeah, same. Thanks very much, Mel. Cheers.

00:32:31Melissa Ellis: Okay, so that's all from Pakenham today. We've had a successful morning. Say goodbye, Irene. Bye. See you. Zoe. No. Bye. Thank you. See you next week.

00:32:43David Moss: Hello, we're out at St George in western Queensland, southwestern Queensland, and I'm talking to... Angie Gorey.

00:32:51Angie Gorey: I am co-event director with my husband, Jamie Gorey.

00:32:55David Moss: And when did the parkrun start up here?

00:32:57Angie Gorey: We started on the 2nd of December in 2017, so I think we must be up to about our 15th or 16th event, and it's Easter weekend.

00:33:06David Moss: It is indeed. It was very quiet in town yesterday.

00:33:09Angie Gorey: Yeah, public holiday.

00:33:10David Moss: And what gave you the incentive to start off a parkrun out here?

00:33:16Angie Gorey: Yeah, well I was part of a parkrun in Roma. I actually ran the first parkrun in Roma maybe three or four years ago. And I became part of the community out there and I loved it. And I really missed it when I moved to St George. I started training for a marathon and it was a bit lonely running. So I got quite motivated to get parkrun St George up and going. So yeah, I'm really, really grateful for Embracing 2018 who gave us the funding to get going. It was really important for us, especially being a small town.

00:33:48David Moss: Yeah it is and like Roma the parkrun here runs alongside a river but this one's slightly bigger.

00:33:55Angie Gorey: Yeah yeah it is. The water from the Bungil actually does run into this river so yeah you could say it's nearly the same place but this is yeah the beautiful Balonne River it is gorgeous along here. This water actually eventually runs into the Murray so you're part of a very big catchment here.

00:34:10David Moss: That would take a few months to get down from here.

00:34:12Angie Gorey: Yeah a little while.

00:34:13David Moss: Very very much.

00:34:13Angie Gorey: Quite a few years in between.

00:34:16David Moss: And what would you say are the highlights of St George parkrun?

00:34:22Angie Gorey: For me it's been people that have never run that have started running we've got a few of those and what I love and especially this is the best bit about being event director each week processing the results and seeing the PB for someone that was like really hoping for it so you really get behind everyone.

00:34:38David Moss: It is it's real positive incentive.

00:34:40Angie Gorey: It is I really love that bit and it's community we everyone stays around after every event and chats it's the nicest thing and we've got the same people turn up every week it's really good.

00:34:49David Moss: That's beautiful. Another thing that you probably don't notice, but I did, the bird life along here is actually great. It's exquisite. The parrots right down at the river's edge and up in the trees. Little things that are worthwhile looking at while you're huffing, puffing and wheezing.

00:35:04Angie Gorey: And the geese down the other end. Oh, I missed that.

00:35:06David Moss: We'll have to do it again.

00:35:08Angie Gorey: Yeah, no, it is good. No, it's a beautiful course with the bird life too. It's really nice. And some weeks you'll actually get people water skiing along as you're... Not today, but some days, yeah.

00:35:20David Moss: The other thing I was a bit surprised about, it's nice to see the number of visitors that have come out here too.

00:35:24Angie Gorey: Yeah, we do get a few.

00:35:26David Moss: It's a long way from the coast.

00:35:27Angie Gorey: Yeah, yeah.

00:35:28David Moss: And it's beautiful. Yeah. It's surprisingly nice.

00:35:31Angie Gorey: Yeah, no, it is. And thank goodness it has gotten a bit cooler. So, yeah, no, it is, it's lovely.

00:35:37David Moss: Okay, thank you very much.

00:35:38Angie Gorey: No worries.

00:35:39David Moss: I might have a word with one or two others who actually did the run today as well.

00:35:42Angie Gorey: Yeah, no worries.

00:35:43David Moss: Okay.

00:35:45Angie Gorey: Sue Ann will talk.

00:35:51David Moss: Okay, I'm with Sam, who just ran the St George parkrun. Sam, how old are you?

00:35:57Sam: Ten.

00:35:58David Moss: Ten. And what do you think of parkrun?

00:36:00Sam: Feels pretty good.

00:36:01David Moss: Okay. What sort of speed do you normally go at on these?

00:36:06Sam: More like sort of between jog and sprint.

00:36:11David Moss: Okay, so you go fast and slow. Yes, at times. The change speeds is an undulating course. How many times have you run it? This is your first time? Yes. Oh gee, have you done any others?

00:36:23Sam: Not that I know of.

00:36:25David Moss: This is the very first one? Okay, Sam. Well done. Are you going to do it again?

00:36:29Sam: Or it depends on mum? Depends on mum.

00:36:33David Moss: Are you just visiting here?

00:36:34Sam: Yes.

00:36:35David Moss: Okay, where do you normally live?

00:36:38Sam: Brisbane and Queensland.

00:36:39David Moss: Oh yeah, okay. You've come a long, long way to come out here. That's 600 kilometres. Well done. Okay, well hopefully you get to do one or two down in Brisbane then. Thank you.

00:36:57Scott Trickett: A veritable treasure trove of roving reports this week, Mel. So much so that it's taken up the entire podcast. Episode 106 is all about roving reports. So thank you to Lyndell, who was at Kelvin Grove, another launch in Brisbane. We had Mel Ellis out at Pakenham putting in another solid... Application. Application for entry into the Channel 5 News crew. Not there yet. Melissa and Moss.

00:37:29Melissa Erbacher: We make them work hard for it these days, don't we?

00:37:32Scott Trickett: Yes, we do. And so we should, because it's an honour. It is an honour. And that honour was bestowed on Dave Moss many months ago, and he continues to file reports from St George. Now, tell me, Mel, what's happening in parkrun World this weekend?

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

00:37:50Melissa Erbacher: We've got one launch this week. It's in Queensland. Another... what should I say, jewel in the crown of Queensland, who dominates the Australian countryside with the most amount of events. It's going to be in South Toowoomba, also in great need for another parkrun up there because the The Toowoomba parkrun, which by all accounts is amazing, has got a lot of runners. And I think they've got a couple to spare. And I'm sure the new event will attract a whole bunch of new more runners too.

00:38:20Scott Trickett: parkrun is big in Toowoomba and only going to get bigger now in South Toowoomba. Anniversaries? Where's the parties happening?

00:38:28Melissa Erbacher: There are a couple of parties also in Queensland. One of those is in Kedron and another one is at Main Beach. The Main Beach one's a little bit special. Do you know why, Scotty?

00:38:38Scott Trickett: Well, it's the seventh anniversary at Main Beach, which also means it's the seventh anniversary for parkrun in Australia. And there is going to be a big party.

00:38:49Melissa Erbacher: Yes, and big announcements being made and lots of fun to be had. So if you find yourself in that neck of the woods, head along to Main Beach.

00:38:57Scott Trickett: I hope you've been following along, speaking of the announcements, you've been following along with the junior parkrun announcements in the last couple of weeks. All will be revealed on Saturday where the remaining events are and when they will launch. So that is itself exciting. I think the boss is going to unveil something else that's a bit exciting for the main beach event. So if you are in town and there are a lot of parkrunners in town for the Commonwealth Games, get on down to Main Beach. But if you're not in town and maybe you're in Lismore, you can head along to there.

00:39:29Melissa Erbacher: They're going to have some fun there too. Yeah. As are Traralgon in Victoria.

00:39:34Scott Trickett: Did you mention Kedron?

00:39:35Melissa Erbacher: Also celebrating an anniversary. Kedron was the very first one I mentioned. There you go.

00:39:40Scott Trickett: Wasn't paying attention. Now... Mel, were you paying attention, so this is fresh, this pod, to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony last night?

00:39:52Melissa Erbacher: We actually watched it. You got me a bit excited with the whole Comm Games fever. We went and we plugged the aerial in and we dusted off the remote control and figured out how to look through TV channels that aren't Netflix again. And yes, we found the Comm Games opening ceremony and put it on our television.

00:40:12Scott Trickett: So should we open up the kimono, peel back the curtain a little bit? This is take two of the outro, because last night I had the fever. I was all excited for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, so we wrapped up recording last night, being Wednesday.

00:40:27Melissa Erbacher: Super early.

00:40:28Scott Trickett: So we could rush off to watch the opening ceremony.

00:40:31Melissa Erbacher: And fortunately we didn't miss any of the, well I don't think we missed any of the stuff. The athletes hadn't started coming out yet when we sat down to watch it.

00:40:39Scott Trickett: Now one thing I overlooked... was that an opening ceremony and closing ceremony, in fact, is more about singing and dancing and not too much about sport. And I kind of like the sport. I'm not such a big fan of the singing and dancing, Mel. What about you? No? No.

00:41:00Melissa Erbacher: No. Well, I guess it really depends on the type of singing and dancing. It was certainly very interesting, some of the costume choices... by some of the performers were interesting. I don't know what the hell Delta was thinking with that blue flowy ensemble. Was it pants? Was it a dress? I don't know. She wasn't wearing shoes either. No, she wasn't, but that's fair enough because there was a giant sand pit in the middle of the arena. How long do you reckon it took the trucks to get all that sand in? And how long do you think it'll take them to get rid of it? Because I'm pretty sure it's not from the long jump pit.

00:41:40Scott Trickett: No, no. Well, there's plenty of sand on the Gold Coast. I think that was the message they were trying to get across. Do you? Like, I think we get that there's a beach... On the Gold Coast. Okay.

00:41:51Melissa Erbacher: So they want people to start getting used to having sand in everything. Yeah. For the next couple of weeks.

00:41:56Scott Trickett: Set the precedent early.

00:41:58Melissa Erbacher: I did like the nippers all walking out and carrying the boards around and introducing, like leading the athletes. I thought that was a nice touch.

00:42:08Scott Trickett: That was probably the best bit for me of opening ceremony, seeing the countries come out. It's a sort of a geography lesson. And I was watching with Kasia. I think this was her first opening ceremony and she was learning all about these countries. And there were a couple there, Mel, I've got to admit, I'd never heard of.

00:42:25Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, and well, Adam mentioned to me a few times, oh, I didn't know they were in the Commonwealth. So that was fun. I liked seeing all the different... ways that the athletes themselves were presented, you know, I mean, they all had their own team uniforms and everything. And some of those looked more country specific than others. Some of them looked like they were just trying to do the Hawaiian shirts because they were coming to the Gold Coast. Um, but some of them, you know, super got into the music and they were dancing and you could see how excited they were. And others were just sort of walking around meekly. There were a lot of phones, people taking, um, Video, I guess, and selfies while they were out there walking around. I don't know. Would you do that, Scotty? Do you think you would like Facebook Live it while you were there walking around or something? Or do you think you would just want to enjoy it?

00:43:19Scott Trickett: I think, well, I have history in this that I just want to enjoy it. I'll tell you a story going back over a decade. I had floor seats at the Los Angeles Lakers, like literally on the floor of the court opposite Jack Nicholson. And I thought, do I take a camera and do I photograph the whole thing or do I just sit and experience it and it lives in my memory forever? I chose sitting and experience it. I have no photographs of that night. So I think that's what I'd do. But any regrets?

00:43:53Melissa Erbacher: No, not really. You didn't meet like Jack Nicholson and like, damn it, I have no selfie with Jack Nicholson.

00:43:58Scott Trickett: Well, it was pre-selfies. It was pre-mobile phones even before mobile phones had cameras in them. Okay. Yeah, we're talking decades. But – I don't think you're that old.

00:44:12Melissa Erbacher: Well, I surprise you. We should figure out what year Rowan Atkinson started selfies. I'm pretty sure that was only late 90s. That's not that long ago, is it really?

00:44:22Scott Trickett: So yeah, I would be sans phone if I was going to do that, I think, because the memories looking back are of you holding a phone, and that's a bit lame. But each to his own, each to his own.

00:44:36Melissa Erbacher: So what was the highlight for you then of the whole show, do you think?

00:44:43Scott Trickett: I just think the fact that it's over and now they can start running and swimming and doing that. The highlight was seeing countries that they have a population of, like one of them said it's 1,600 people and they've got five athletes coming along.

00:44:59Melissa Erbacher: Yeah, isn't that awesome?

00:45:01Scott Trickett: But my suburb is a tiny suburb that I live in. I don't think we've got more than 1,600 people that live in research. So five of us could have gone to the Commonwealth Games. It doesn't seem right.

00:45:12Melissa Erbacher: Are you serious? Yeah. There seems a bit of an imbalance there.

00:45:15Scott Trickett: I guess they have to meet standards, don't they?

00:45:19Melissa Erbacher: Well, yeah, they have to qualify still. It's not just like, well, we'll just send anyone, you know, who's the five fastest whatever's on the continent and we'll send them. That's not how it works. They still have to, like, have qualifying times and things like that. Otherwise, they can't go. Do they? I'm pretty sure, don't they?

00:45:40Scott Trickett: I don't know. Someone needs to come and someone needs to tell us. I see our mate Robbo, he's like official at these Commonwealth Games. He's in the thick of it. Yeah, he's got a jacket. I think he's got a lanyard, an official lanyard as well. We need to catch up with him.

00:45:55Melissa Erbacher: That's all you need these days, jackets and lanyards.

00:45:59Scott Trickett: But enough about the Commonwealth Games, Mel. Tell me what you're doing this weekend. I'm going to be watching... the Comm Games, and run directing at Bright.

00:46:09Melissa Erbacher: What are you doing? I am going to be sailing another sea this weekend. Not going to tell you where. We've got quite the range of them in Queensland and around about the place. So I'll leave that till next week to reveal so I can give you the full account.

00:46:30Scott Trickett: Oh, it's a tease. It's a Mel Erbacher tease. I like it. I like it. Get people hanging out and listening to the next episode.

00:46:39Melissa Erbacher: Well, a long time ago, I think we discussed that we weren't going to tell everybody where we were going every week just so that, you know, they had to tune in before they realized that they didn't want to hear it and then stop listening. Okay.

00:46:52Scott Trickett: Good point. Well, I've already said I'm going to be a bright run directing. The girls are on. We're going to use the volunteer app. So that's all a bit exciting.

00:47:02Melissa Erbacher: Awesome. Well, try not to give everybody their second consecutive 59.59, won't you?

00:47:08Scott Trickett: I hope not. That's not going to happen. Don't jinx us. But it's going to be groundbreaking for the Trickets. We've never used the app before. And I think Yvonne is nervous. She's on the stopwatch. So if you're coming to Bright, say hi. And make you want to less nervous. Bring your GPS watch. Yep.

00:47:29Melissa Erbacher: Just in case. No, it's great. The app is super easy. You guys will have a good time.

00:47:34Scott Trickett: Okay. And you're going to do something that you're not going to tell us about. Love it. Love it.

00:47:39Melissa Erbacher: Well, I will tell you this. I did pop to my local craft store yesterday to buy accessories for a costume, which may or may not have included velvet and... Other things.

00:47:54Scott Trickett: Okay. That is vague enough for us to keep guessing all the way to Saturday. Can we check it out on Instagram on Saturday?

00:48:03Melissa Erbacher: Oh, yeah. Why not? Great. Let's bring Instagram back.

00:48:09Scott Trickett: No, we've been on Instagram lately.

00:48:11Melissa Erbacher: Have we? Yeah, we have.

00:48:12Scott Trickett: We haven't been paying attention.

00:48:16Melissa Erbacher: Well, I'm spending all that time on Strava these days. I've got no time. How many social media things can you honestly expect me to keep up with?