Episode 273 - Falling for You

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Welcome

00:00:24Oliver Spake: Welcome to episode 273 of the parkrun adventurers podcast. I am Ollie Spake, and I'm joining from Dharawal Country.

00:00:32Melissa Ellis: And I'm Melissa Ellis, and I'm coming to you from Wurundjeri Country. Hello, Mel. How are you? I am really good. How are you, Ollie, Mr. Tourist?

00:00:42Oliver Spake: Yeah, well, I feel like you're not going to let me into Palm if I haven't got a few more events. I mean, I've got my Adventurers Club membership, but yeah, just trying to have something to talk about.

00:00:55Melissa Ellis: You're going to be on that International Tourist Club report before you know it, 30 to get onto there.

00:01:03Oliver Spake: Oh, well, there we are.

00:01:04Melissa Ellis: Yes. What are you up to?

00:01:06Oliver Spake: I'm at 32. Oh.

00:01:09Melissa Ellis: My goodness. Well, there you go. I'm listed. You are. You're official.

00:01:13Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:01:14Melissa Ellis: You're all grown up now, Ollie.

00:01:16Oliver Spake: Yeah, yeah, that's right.

00:01:18Melissa Ellis: So why don't you tell everybody where you were on Saturday?

00:01:21Oliver Spake: Okay. This Saturday, or parkrun day just gone, I jumped, I dare say, willingly this time, Mel. And for clarity, that means no bags on heads were required. Onto the bandwagon of some increasingly serious fronding by the local adventurers all around Sydney and southern Sydney and a little further afield. I went to Menai parkrun, which I have for a long time meant to go to. It's not been my Nendi, but it may as well have been.

00:01:52Melissa Ellis: I don't really know a lot about Menai.

00:01:55Oliver Spake: Yeah, I think it's a fairly understated parkrun in the south of Sydney. It is a double out and back, and I should add it's on part of Dharawal Country. I think it's the land of the Norongarigal. And I apologise for the pronunciation because I had to read that. But it's located in sort of Sydney's southern area in the Shire. And it's a fairly built up area. So it starts in a park, leads across, well, through some woodlands and over an overpass alongside, I suppose, a fairly wide track. But you go out and back twice. There's a surprisingly large amount of elevation there.

00:02:34Melissa Ellis: Okay.

00:02:35Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:02:35Melissa Ellis: Also was hilly.

00:02:36Oliver Spake: It was hilly, which you wouldn't expect from, you know, sidewalks and overpasses or maybe the overpass side of things. There were a few hairpins as you go up and down the ramp. So I did say to the others I felt a bit like a Mack truck turning hairpins, you know, just slowing down for the curves. But it was a good fun and just fantastic to get to enjoy a parkrun with many of our adventurers.

00:03:00Melissa Ellis: That's great. You had a big frond heading out there and I saw you came fourth.

00:03:06Oliver Spake: I did manage to come fourth. Yeah, lots of support. That's what helped. That's what made the difference. There was cheering. It felt like I was in a stadium at one stage with the Tail Walkers. They make a racket, I should say, Sam and Bec, who were tail walking. And yeah, lots of support.

00:03:21Melissa Ellis: Or were you showing off?

00:03:25Oliver Spake: I'm always trying to show off. Did you Zoom? I'm pretty sure I Zoomed. There were a few Zooms going around for that matter. And, yeah, look, some fantastic efforts, some fast times across the field. Some celebrities did pop up. What? I'm sure that some of those were mentioned at Dazza's. And I finally got the chance to meet Ingrid in person. I hadn't met Ingrid in person. And Paris. And a dog the size of Paris, yes. But Mel, that's another one. That's three for the year. Three tourists for me for the year. Another one coming up in a couple of weeks. But I do believe you managed to also visit a new event.

00:04:03Melissa Ellis: I did, Ollie. I went to Lewis Park Reserve parkrun that is in the land of the, wait for it, Wurundjeri and the Bunurong peoples. I was at event four of Lewis Park Reserve parkrun with fellow adventurers Brendan and Jodie, Lynn and Sally, as well as Chris Rise, Andrew Johnston and Martine Barrot, who I unfortunately didn't have the pleasure of chatting to because I didn't know they were there. Lewis Park Reserve was profiled last week by TOC, so I won't add anything to that. Suffice to say, it was my eighth parkrun birthday. Yeah, which I actually kept forgetting about.

00:04:48Oliver Spake: But happy birthday, Mel.

00:04:49Melissa Ellis: Thank you. Yes, so I think the 15th of February 2014 was my very first parkrun. So, yes, that was a nice milestone to celebrate. We joined a group of travelling Westerfoldians and afterwards went to brunch at nearby Vermont General Store. Sunday was my junior's fun day for event 32 of Eynesbury Heritage Trail. We had 29 kids attend our beautiful forest course, which was large numbers for us as we typically attract between 15 to 20 kids.

00:05:28Oliver Spake: It's a great showing.

00:05:29Melissa Ellis: It was. Another fun morning there. So lots to celebrate this last weekend, Ollie.

00:05:36Oliver Spake: And I didn't get a chance. I did pick up, of course, Abby sharing her milestone achievement last week. So congratulations to Abby.

00:05:44Melissa Ellis: Yes, that was always nice. For our little superstar, our little contributor, we appreciate everything she does. Sometimes she has to be encouraged a little bit. Takes a few ice cream bribes, but yeah, she's a superstar, our little Abby.

00:06:01Oliver Spake: Yeah, she's a big part of the podcast family and we always appreciate her help. So I'm sure she earns those ice creams, just as I hope I earn my ice creams.

00:06:11Melissa Ellis: But to recap last week, Ollie, Erkan's interview proved to be very popular.

00:06:18Oliver Spake: Yes, there's a... I think, you know, a great Sydney and New South Wales parkrun community there, Mel, dare I say. I think I remember listening back to past episodes of the podcast and always hearing this, Queensland's better, Victoria's better. Do we have a new challenger? Mm.

00:06:36Melissa Ellis: Let's address that later.

00:06:38Oliver Spake: Okay, okay. But thank you again to Erkan. It was a pleasure to speak and to hear about his experiences. And I believe we had a few submissions to the Informants Challenge last week too, Mel. Yes.

00:06:54Melissa Ellis: Yeah, the informant asked the listeners to guess how many Aussie New Zealand parkrunners had joined the Cowellell Club with 100 different parkruns, which obviously is what the Cowellell Club is.

00:07:06Unidentified speaker: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

00:07:07Melissa Ellis: And we have an answer for them. I actually haven't surveyed the responses to see who won, Ollie. Note to self, that would have been good, but in true informant style, the answer has only been late to hand. LAUGHTER We won't bother everybody with the envelope sounds. But the answer was, I believe, what's the catchphrase, Ollie, with regards to how accurate the answer could be?

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00:07:43Oliver Spake: I'm not sure, Mel.

00:07:44Melissa Ellis: What do they usually say? Results are only current at time of recording.

00:07:48Oliver Spake: Oh, yes, and may differ from other statistics you do look up.

00:07:54Melissa Ellis: Yeah, that's what I was alluding to. So anyway, what I am led to believe is the answer is 137. And he believes there's more than two in New Zealand. He thinks six. So maybe we can ask him to get back to clarify that number.

00:08:13Oliver Spake: Yeah, so we'll have to check our responses. And I think I know who was closest.

00:08:19Melissa Ellis: Do we need to get back to that in the outro?

00:08:21Oliver Spake: I think so. I think so.

00:08:23Melissa Ellis: Maybe we'll quickly message the informant and ask him to provide a winner.

00:08:28Oliver Spake: Yeah, well, he should at least respond relatively quickly.

00:08:31Melissa Ellis: Yeah. Now, we also had a midweek social media post, Ollie, with a reader question from adventurer Faye. Now, Adventurer Faye messaged us and said, I have a question that other podcast listeners may be able to help with. I'm a parkrunner but also a volunteer with Rail Trails Australia and I am trying to get a list of rail trails that also get used for parkrun. So far, I have parkruns in South Australia, which are Copper Trail and Clare Valley, Victoria, Timboon, Coonwarra and Grand Ridge Rail Trail. I have cycled most of these, but have done only one parkrun at Clare. Grandridge may be a tough run uphill all the way to the finish line. Any others would be a great help. Thanks. So it was great to see a big response from our listener community and we won't read out all the responses, Ollie, but it did occur to me that if other listeners have a question they would like to put to everybody that they could let us know. Please submit questions. that you would like help answering.

00:09:45Oliver Spake: And we will harness this collective brain power.

00:09:48Melissa Ellis: Exactly. Exactly. Because we all know our listeners, they love to put their two cents worth in.

00:09:55Oliver Spake: And I have to apologise, Mel, I just got a little distracted there. Every time I'm hearing the word cycle now, it's just a little distracting. But as you're saying, yes, let us know your questions and we'll crowdsource.

00:10:10Melissa Ellis: Something else we'll come back to later.

00:10:12Oliver Spake: Yes, yes.

00:10:14Melissa Ellis: I didn't speak to you about that prior to the recording. Oh, okay. In the next break.

00:10:21Oliver Spake: I'm jumping at shadows. I've slept about three hours since last week's podcast.

00:10:27Melissa Ellis: But lots going on this week, Ollie.

00:10:29Oliver Spake: Very much so. And it's just going to get busier, Mel.

00:10:31Melissa Ellis: It is as we approach our palm. Oh, my goodness.

Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew

00:10:34Melissa Ellis: We're counting down. But, Ollie, anyway, I think it's time to throw to our roving report. So let's have a listen to Tracy at Bargara and PK at Oaklands Estate Reserve.

Roving report Tracey in a Tutu — Bargara parkrun

00:10:54Tracey in a Tutu: Good morning, parkrunners. It's Tracey in a Tutu, and I'm checking in from beautiful beachside Bundy. It's Bargara parkrun. Now, you've heard of the troll from Wagi Bridge, and you've heard of Fluffy from Nemble. We've got a new character for you. I've got Carla here. Carla, who have I got?

00:11:12Carla: It's yet to be named. We've put it out to all our followers on the Bargara parkrun page and our little turtle friend will have a name and he too will go on adventures. You've very much inspired all of us. Now Katie, can you tell us what we're holding here? We are holding a loggerhead turtle. Yes, loggerhead. Loggerhead, yes, that's right. It's a female, I believe. It's a female, okay.

00:11:33Tracey in a Tutu: Well, that's probably because Bargara is known for nesting turtles, which would make sense why one would be out of the water and on the land at Bargara. Right, because we are close to a nesting area here. Yes, yes, we're renowned for it.

00:11:44Carla: Mon Repos is actually a conservation park, which is just down the road.

00:11:47Tracey in a Tutu: Right, and when do we expect a name for this? Are we waiting for results from the parkrun community? Absolutely, yeah. We're diverse, like that. We're putting a poll up. We're putting a poll up. I like that. Okay, that's fantastic. Thank you very much and good luck with the event today, guys. Thank you. You're welcome. Okay, you heard it here first at Bargara parkrun. We have a new little character here waiting for naming rights. I really think, Tracey, the tutu-toasting touristing turtle would be a good fit, though. Oh, and on that note, can I just say that if you put a tutu under a skirt, it becomes a petticoat. A p-p-petticoat. Just saying for anyone who's going to palm. Okay, Tracey with a turtle, not a tutu today. Signing off. See you on the V-side. Bye.

Roving report Paul Kitching — Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun

00:12:32Paul Kitching: G'day, parkrun adventurers. This is PK checking in for another roving report. Two weeks in a row. Can't believe it. Wonders will never cease. I'm not sure if you can hear me okay. I know, but it is a bit echoey because that is because, hey, check out these tunes for a sec. Yes, very nice, these listening tunes. I am just going to exit the room that I've just been in because I am, that was the toilet, mind you, and they had a bit of easy-to-see music, which was very nice, here at the Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun, which we've come to check out. This is their third week that they've been going, so there's quite a few people here to come and check it out. Quite a few people keeping their statesman status alive, which is great to see. Shout out to Errol and Ros and others. I better shut up so Kevin, I can listen to the RD. Better go and do the right thing. But this looks like a beautiful course. Let's go and get amongst it and then chat with some legends afterwards. Well, I've just done the awesome Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun. I nearly called it the Oakland's Reserve Estate, but that's okay. It's the Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun, and I'm now with the lovely Jen. G'day, Jen. How are you doing?

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00:13:41Jen: Fantastic. Great to be here.

00:13:42Paul Kitching: Yeah, and what's your role with this parkrun and also today?

00:13:46Jen: Okay, so parkrun, I am a part of the core team that's helped put Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun together. Well done. It's been fantastic.

00:13:58Paul Kitching: Excellent. Yeah. And so third time and looking great. Beautiful area. So how did it come about? I mean, it's always interesting. Was it locals that wanted to do it or were people at another parkrun and thought they was getting too busy at that parkrun? How did this one come about? Yeah.

00:14:13Jen: This one came about, there was a couple of Run Directors from a couple of different parkruns that were really keen to become an Event Director. And they sought out this area. There wasn't a parkrun in the Oaklands, Marion Council area. And so they went about and looked at different areas and we came up with this. They came up with this.

00:14:38Paul Kitching: Well, it certainly is a fantastic, beautiful location. It's one of those ones which it's just like I had no idea. I drive past, you know, down the roads all around here and had no idea that this even existed. Yes. Are you finding that's the case with a lot of people?

00:14:52Jen: Absolutely, yeah. It's like this hidden gem and it's the first O parkrun in South Australia. Oh, my gosh.

00:15:00Paul Kitching: We've done our O. Well done. Yay. That is so good. But well done. Thank you so much, Jen. Love your work. Thank you for everything that you've brought us here at the beautiful new parkrun. Congrats.

00:15:13Denise: I am the silent Event Director.

00:15:15Paul Kitching: That was Denise, the silent Event Director. And Rebecca, who are part of the core team here today. And you were just telling me about Aldinga that you've been at before.

00:15:29Denise: Yeah, I was the original Event Director from Aldinga Beach. Awesome. Helped to set that one up.

00:15:34Paul Kitching: Awesome. And is that what inspired you to come here, I suppose, or is this close for you as well?

00:15:39Denise: No, this isn't close. What sort of inspired me for this one is my mum lives in this area.

00:15:45Paul Kitching: Awesome.

00:15:45Denise: And I guess for me, parkrun is my second family. Nice. And the amount of people that have come into my life through parkrun... and enhance my life is what made me so mum lives in this area and I thought it and my dad passed away a couple of years ago and so I thought this was something that that the community needed uh it was nice and close for my mum so when it got to the point where she couldn't drive anymore perfect um and also because of the area and having been to Singapore parkrun I wanted this one also to be an environmentally friendly parkrun and isn't it encouraging it's It's trees and encouraging people to bike here. And you can see by the number of bikes that are here, parkrun in a park is just absolutely stunning.

00:16:32Paul Kitching: It is gold, isn't it? You are absolutely right. And we were just saying the same thing and the shade and everything. So congrats, Rebecca. What does parkrun mean to you?

00:16:40Rebecca: So I started parkrunning after the birth of my second daughter when she was about one or so. And my dad and my brother dragged me out to this thing called parkrun in the city at Torrens. And yeah, it just soon became a habit every Saturday morning. That was my space to lead the kids at home with the husband and get out and do my run. And when Christie's launched, then I got involved down the other way, Christie's Beach, because that's near where dad lives. And that's been great. Just fantastic. Regular place where I've run and been a part of the core volunteer team there. Beautiful. Catch up with the family every week.

00:17:09Paul Kitching: Nice.

00:17:10Rebecca: But then I heard about Oaklands Estate Reserve. That really appealed to me because, like Denise has said, it's local. And so I'm one of the people that's hopped on my bike. And I also think that being so close to home, I'm more likely to get those little kids up running now. They're not so little anymore. They're seven and nine. I love it. So I think it'll be a whole family event Saturday routine.

00:17:29Paul Kitching: Beautiful. Well, yeah, lots of families here today. Lots of locals, I would say. Saw a few familiar faces, you know, probably keeping their statesman status, I was saying, up. Lots of them. Oh, well done. Congrats. I'm going to go and find coffee somewhere. The O. That's right. Yes, Jen was saying, if you want to do an O, it's the only O you can do in South Australia. So come and get amongst it. There's Roger, Roger Lowe, the legend. Speaking of O's, Lowe's. Anyway, well done, legends. Thank you, Roger. Thank you, Rebecca. And thank you to Denise. All right, that's enough of me yabbering away. I will sign off now. And I promise not to finish this the way I started. I'm not even sure if you could hear me before yes I was in the loo um but I had to do my recording because there was easy listening music in the background which was hilarious anyway better go and have a coffee this is pk signing off for another roving report from the awesome Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun see ya

00:18:28Oliver Spake: And thank you to Tracey and PK there. Mel, I hear firstly, I like the challenge from the team there at Bargara parkrun for their new turtle adventurer. So jump on the back of what Tracey's inviting. If anyone has any suggestions, send it through to Bargara, but they may have already decided by then, of course.

00:18:49Melissa Ellis: The loggerhead turtle, Ollie, is that the same from Finding Nemo? Was it Squirt, the little loggerhead turtle?

00:18:56Oliver Spake: You're testing my memory. And the number of times I've watched Finding Nemo as well, that should not be in question.

00:19:01Melissa Ellis: Your kids are younger than mine.

00:19:03Oliver Spake: Yeah, it's got to be.

00:19:05Melissa Ellis: Oh, my goodness. 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.

00:19:08Oliver Spake: Oh, yeah. I've certainly had that etched in the brain.

00:19:11Melissa Ellis: But Tracey had a good reference to a costume potential for harm to use your tutu underneath a skirt, which then becomes a petticoat and starts with P, which...

00:19:25Oliver Spake: is maybe a little more passable than a patootoo, which was, I think, my suggestion. No, that was someone else's. I can't take credit for that. Not even that.

00:19:36Melissa Ellis: I did actually look it up, Ollie, though, because I was like, oh, would that pass for a petticoat? But yes. Tracey, I looked up the definition of a petticoat and it is a woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist worn under a skirt or dress. So totally acceptable.

00:19:56Oliver Spake: It passes. Thank you, Tracey. I appreciate the costume idea. And also congratulations and well done to the team at Oaklands Estate Reserve. I really like what they're doing in encouraging everyone to come along in a sustainable way to parkrun and use active transport to get there.

00:20:13Melissa Ellis: Absolutely. Sounds good to me.

00:20:15Oliver Spake: Yes.

Emails

00:20:16Melissa Ellis: But now we have mail.

00:20:17Oliver Spake: You've got mail.

00:20:19Melissa Ellis: I was very surprised to see the inbox, Ollie. We had two emails and they weren't either of them Eman.

00:20:26Oliver Spake: That's not a dig, Eman.

00:20:27Melissa Ellis: No, we love our emails from Eman. But, you know, to have a couple of new people messaging us was equally as nice.

00:20:36Oliver Spake: It was a lovely surprise. And shall I read our first one? Oh, please. That was from Leanne. So she went to say, Hey, Mel, Ollie and adventurers. Long time listener. First time e-mailer. In brackets, can't write it without hearing Danny and Nicola. Likewise. I just wanted to recognise how cool it was to hear our local superstar Erkan on the pod this week. What a great ambassador. My local parkrun is Parramatta and I have to agree with your sentiment that our area is becoming another region of parkrunners. We're spoilt to have three fantastic scenic courses so close together. Wentworth Common is beautiful as are Rhodes and Parramatta that follow the Parramatta River. We appreciate how lucky we are. Boo hoo. I was looking forward to coming to Palm this March, but have had another event rescheduled. Thanks COVID to that Friday. As the event is in Sydney, I won't make it in time for Palm, but hope the stars align and I can make next year's. Ooh, as I type, I hear my name mentioned as we were at St Peter's last week. Anyhoo, it was just meant to be a quick one to say hi and thanks for entertaining us. Have a great week. Leanne, A467161, in brackets, Leigh Cabarita on Facebook. That's my porn name.

00:21:57Melissa Ellis: Leigh Cabarita. Does that mean she comes from Cabarita Beach? I'm excited about that because I stayed there just before Palm last year. Maybe Leigh can let us know if that's where she hails from.

00:22:08Oliver Spake: Yes, and we can all find our name.

00:22:11Melissa Ellis: So, yes, just more proof that Erkan was very popular in his interview. So well done on that interview too, Ollie.

00:22:19Oliver Spake: And we will miss you, Lee. We will miss you at Palm. But nonetheless, there is always next year, hopefully.

00:22:25Melissa Ellis: Yeah, we don't know where that is yet. Please don't ask. Lots of time to make those decisions. But, Ollie, we also heard, excitingly, from Johan Duvenhage. And he said, Hi there, Mel and Ollie. Greetings from Bloemfontein and Heidedal parkrun, where I will be RD tomorrow. Just wanted to drop you an email to see that we have been thoroughly enjoying throwing the South African parkrun Pronunciation Challenge at you over the past few weeks. The snippets have been travelling over WhatsApp to the enjoyment of quite a few and hopefully there are also a few new listeners. You were saved this week by the results processing gremlins at... How do you say that, Janet? Hi, Mel. Your personal Google translator says Kralenberg parkrun outside of Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Which caused that entry to only get onto the Consolidated Club report on Tuesday. However, my main reason for writing is following the discussion about the various apps and extensions and their challenges and the fact that the majority of the challenges on them tend to be very UK centric. I use most of them and I love them all because each has something unique they bring to the table. It is understandable they tend to focus on UK or worldwide type challenges due to the larger demographic. However, I wanted to commend one of the app's running achievements, also known as Smadges, for being particularly sensitive and receptive to including regional country challenges. The app is also home to many niche challenges specifically for the World Tourist parkrun group. So I wanted to acknowledge the lot of time and effort that Ford puts into developing the app and adding challenges with a local flavour. Some challenges are available in multiple countries, but the achievement is linked to your home country, making it much easier to achieve. But there are also challenges unique to some countries as they get requested. For example, in South Africa, we have the Noah's Ark Challenge that tracks your completion of parkruns with animal names. Australia has the Peel Club for those who complete a run in each of the states and territories of Australia. And I'm sure that there are many more challenges out there that would be great contenders for inclusion. So let the developers know of your ideas. Thanks to all the developers of all the apps and extensions for the time and effort they put into this. Sometimes all they see are the bad reviews when something goes wrong instead of acknowledgement for the fact that most of the time things work perfectly. And what a great sentiment from Johan, Ollie.

00:25:06Oliver Spake: I think it's lovely. And I heed Johan's comments and would encourage everyone to share some positive reviews. He's absolutely right. The effort that must go into these and particularly, you know, the different home country or I suppose country of origin challenges would take quite a lot of that effort. So yeah, jump on there. Give them a good review.

00:25:27Melissa Ellis: Yeah, absolutely. And isn't it the first thing we check after we've completed our parkrun, our results are uploaded, we jump onto these apps and we check everything out and, yeah, we don't always think to say thank you and we maybe only notice when things don't go right. And this is the same. So Paul in Victoria, my husband Paul, he does a little report every week for the Victorian Tourism Group. sends out an email and compiles stats. And I kind of know as well, I know people appreciate it because they will tell me in passing that they love Paul's report and they really look forward to it. It's their second best email every week after their results email from parkrun. But He doesn't necessarily hear the feedback unless people email him when he's made a mistake. So I can kind of see how that positive feedback for these apps would be probably really appreciated by them.

00:26:31Oliver Spake: Yeah, and I think probably the time to do it is just after you've checked it after your parkrun. Yeah.

00:26:36Melissa Ellis: Absolutely.

00:26:37Oliver Spake: I don't know about you, Mel, but that's when the endorphins are high and particularly if there's a bit of caffeine involved as well. It's definitely time for a positive review. Definitely. Yeah, thank you, Johan. It's wonderful feedback and I particularly like the pronunciation challenge. Oh.

00:26:53Melissa Ellis: Don't go there. Goodness me. We are going to lose that challenge, Ollie. We are using all our strategies to get through that.

Dazza's

00:27:01Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:27:02Melissa Ellis: But should we move on to Dazza's?

00:27:04Oliver Spake: I think we should. So at Dazza's this weekend, we celebrated Valentine's Day with Dazza's saying, Dazza's love shack. Dazza is feeling all the love today as he eagerly awaits his Valentine's messages. Did you feel the love today at parkrun? Did you have an extra helping of ice cream on your pancakes to celebrate? Did you share it with your significant parkrunner or head home to enjoy your parkrun day spoiling yourself? Anyway, you spent it. We hope it was amazing. Share your stories with us.

00:27:33Melissa Ellis: And it was a very interesting Dazza's this week, Ollie. I'm very happy to report that we heard from Steve's bike, who said, Dazza, lovely to roll in and see you all again. Today I headed to a parkrun that was a bit repetitive. It was an awesome time with a welcoming crew. Can you believe I was issued a challenge? I think I'll need a chocolate milkshake to help me provide some additional clues. Clue number two, I met a fellow adventurer late last year. One could say I even scored a PB. Clue three, I am a member of the parkrun adventurers Strava Club and will join the Consolidated Report in the near future, but will sadly miss meeting everybody at Palm, hopefully next year. Happy parkrun Day. A non-bonus clue, if you look for a Steve, you are heading up the wrong path. Much love. He's very mysterious, our Steve.

00:28:38Oliver Spake: Yes, very. And as I alluded to earlier, single-handedly driving the coffee industry in Australia at the moment because of the number of skim lattes I'm having to buy to keep myself awake and not getting any rest thinking about this one. I don't have a clue.

00:28:53Melissa Ellis: You don't? No. Okay. I've got a few of our fellow adventurers on the job trying to track him down.

00:29:01Oliver Spake: Okay.

00:29:02Melissa Ellis: They're working around the clock, so we're on the case. Won't be too long.

00:29:06Oliver Spake: Well, it can be hard to catch a bike. They move quickly. But... Moving on, getting the most likes today, I should say this week, Ingrid Botha. I met a parkrun celebrity, the Wagi Bridge Troll at Menai parkrun. I really enjoyed meeting some pod listeners, proving that sometimes it is a good idea to meet up with people you've met on the internet. And Ingrid did share a photo of a dog the size of Paris with a troll that was almost about the size of Paris.

00:29:36Melissa Ellis: Oh, good to see Paris adventuring.

00:29:38Oliver Spake: Yes, it was good to see Paris adventuring. In the fur. Also, we heard from Grette Wilkinson at home. Takeover day at Mount Barker. The local Mount Barker district athletics took over all of the volunteer roles. As many of the kids from the club came and ran the course, some super speedy juniors. A lovely morning.

00:30:00Melissa Ellis: Very good. Nice to see some activities at home at Mount Barker. Next, we heard from tourist Helen Davis. Hi, Dazza. We felt the love today at Sale. We had a warm welcome from the team, even though the weather lacked any warmth. Brekkie and a coffee at the Wedge was awesome and the group chat very friendly. And Helen shared a photo of them on the course, plus highlights from brunch.

00:30:27Oliver Spake: Now, we also heard from Bec Bailey reporting on the frond, Mel. Dazza definitely was not alone today. Some may say I even organised a bit of a thing. Got a few like-minded interested to tick off our nendies. Got in a carpool with Shellharbour locals and I also needed an M. Next thing you know, there was a whole frond of adventurers out at Menai parkrun this morning. Sam and I tail walked and cheered on the team of zooming adventurers around the two-lap out-and-back course. We both picked up a finish token number, and it was so nice to meet some faces to the names. Definitely we'll be organising another frond one day soon. And Bec did share some photos of the, I should say, frondly visitors, the Nendi chasers. And in the comments I did also notice, just a special shout-out, a modest 3.5 sausage roll image from Chris Fraser. Just as part of the fun there.

00:31:28Melissa Ellis: I'm really happy to see your little group of New South Wales friends slash Shellharbour Adventurers getting together and having a little tourism group. It's good to see, Ollie.

00:31:40Oliver Spake: Oh, look, it was lovely. And, look, thank you to Bec. I felt very privileged to be a part of that little group. So I did get the fun of, I didn't mention it before, but riding up in the car with Bec and Patrick Shymitzek and meeting up with some of the others, the likes of Michael Gentle, Chris and Kerry Fraser, Ingrid I mentioned, even bumped into a... A parkrun adventurer friend from Wagi Bridge. The troll? Well, and one of the troll's friends. Right.

00:32:08Melissa Ellis: Very good. Excellent. Well, we also heard from Alison our New Zealand pick of this week. I left my house for the first time since I was discharged from hospital just over a week ago. I was Timekeeper at Perenga as we got to restart under red. So long as we have under 100 finishes, we can keep going. Today we had 43. We're supposed to be wet, but the rain cleared. So awesome to be with my parkrun family again. And a photo of Alison in the chair, leg up, giving others a leg up. Good to see Alison out. Yes.

00:32:44Oliver Spake: Yeah. Bit of a cold theme over in the UK. Christine Imbert reporting in cold and very windy at Land's End in Cornwall. Hot chocolate and cake to warm up and Cornish pasties to take home for lunch. Pasties. Christine did share a photo up in front of the sign there at Land's End and the spectacular Cornish coastline. We also heard from Janet Reid with a bit of an anniversary. Hi, Dazza. We celebrated our 300th event at Lochiel today and we held our first Pacer event too. I was RD and loudly celebrated the achievements of 303 happy, smiling parkrunners as each one crossed the line. The Pacers were brilliant. 46 new PBs with at least another 30 who got very close to a PB. No red lines when I process results. Winning. It was a fabulous morning aboard the mothership. But Dazza, could I please have a glass of hot water, honey and lemon juice? I have no voice left after all the cheering, but my heart is overflowing. Love my parkrun family. And evident in the photo was Janet's love where she was posing with coffee and the chalk celebrations of what was obviously a fantastic morning.

00:33:58Melissa Ellis: They get some great chalk art there at Lochiel, I have to say. Yes. They get that on the water tank, don't they?

00:34:05Oliver Spake: Yeah, yeah.

00:34:05Melissa Ellis: Did I see Charlie Brown? I'm pretty sure.

00:34:08Oliver Spake: I don't know. I don't know. Also, touristing. Phil Olson didn't go to Valentine's parkrun today, but I did finish Stopwatch Bingo today at Beckenham Place after just 260 runs. So I'm a happy bunny. Bit too early for Easter. So latte and cakes all round, please, Dazza.

00:34:28Melissa Ellis: Oh, he's got it in 260. Well done, Phil. Well done, Phil. Yes, I am still chasing that elusive last bingo number and I am on 315. Woo!

00:34:42Oliver Spake: I've got hope.

00:34:43Melissa Ellis: I'm going to get noted. When I finally get it, I'll be on the informants report as the slowest. And anyway, lastly, we heard from Sonja Pohlman with a retro milestone. We thought we'd read this one out because it was a blast from the past. Mine is a throwback to six years ago when Peter did his 100th run at our Warwick parkrun Valentine's Day run and tripped us over in the Cape. And Sonja shared a series of photos, brilliantly taken, I would say, by the parkrun photographer of the day, showing the series of events leading to the Pohlmans ending up on the ground laughing in a tangled pile of cape.

00:35:32Oliver Spake: Yes, falling for one another, clearly.

00:35:35Melissa Ellis: Absolutely on Valentine's Day.

00:35:38Oliver Spake: Yes. A good memory, I think.

00:35:40Melissa Ellis: I think so, yes. Yes. So that's it this week from Dazza's in, again, our abridged version. Thank you to everybody who visited and shared their experiences.

00:35:52Oliver Spake: Yeah, there were some fantastic tourist reports in there. So it looks like a fantastic weekend.

the Obi Award — Sonja Pohlman

00:35:58Melissa Ellis: Do you have the envelope for the Obi this week, Ollie? Yes.

00:36:01Oliver Spake: Yes, yes, I was going to use it to try and shoo away the cicadas, but it has been passed to me.

00:36:07Melissa Ellis: I haven't heard them.

00:36:08Oliver Spake: I haven't heard them tonight. I think some of our listeners may have, but we'll see. Let's just say it's very crowded here. All right, I have the envelope, Mel. Shall I open it? Please. And the Obi goes to... Sonja Pohlman. I would say it's probably our longest awaited Obi, given it was from six years ago.

00:36:44Melissa Ellis: But a nice Valentine's weekend tip of the hat to a couple falling for each other on a Valentine's Day parkrun.

00:36:56Oliver Spake: Yes, very sweet.

00:36:57Melissa Ellis: So, yes, thank you, Ollie. That wraps us up for Dazza's this week. And what are we up to next? We have to listen to one or the other or who knows what. Who even knows? Our informants who may or may not provide us with some content. I don't know. I give up.

00:37:16Oliver Spake: I'm sure they will.

the Informant

00:37:23The Informant: This is The Informant, coming to you live from Level 2 with a view. The view this week is... Well, we still can't talk about that. Can you believe I got another dressing down? This time from Mel. Apparently, talking about getting ripped on is also unprofessional. So I give up. I'm just gonna be me. So strap yourself in, because you're on a fast train to... Oh, nah. There's no fast trains around here. But whatever. Here we go. Last week in the Junior parkrun world, there were five events. 307 juniors participated, up 12, and there were 35 first-timers. 62 got a PB. Abby Verity, Hamish McAllister, Harry Vickers, Jack Mulvihill, Lucas Maguire, Matthew Stacey, Millicent Tilson, and Tessa Britton scored their half-marathon wristband for 11 events. Alicia Jenkins and Daniel Wilmot scored marathon wristbands for 21 events. Well good on yous! On to the 5k events. There were 422 runs held down under which is up 12 on last week. 410 of these were in Australia and 12 in New Zealand. This was out of 1,731 worldwide. Aussie New Zealand attendance is up almost 2,000 to 43,337. 213,000 ran worldwide up 11,000. There were three launches. Hamilton Park, way down south in New Zealand, could be the third most southern event in the world. Yeah, you can fact check me on that one. Nobody cares. Also, Gracepoint, which runs around church grounds in South Africa. In Forfar Loch, which runs around, well, a loch, of course, in the Scottish lands of the UK. Down under, we had 5,534 PBs, while 2,078 people participated for the first time. 117 juniors reached their junior 10 milestone, 209 people reached their 50 milestone, 102 reached their 100 milestone, and 14 people reached their 250 milestone. 20 people called bingo. Robert Hoskin was quickest with 153 runs, while Mark Everton was slowest on 321. There were 10 new statespeople. Michael Turner, Stefan Breeden, and Bren McPhee completed the ACT. Kyle Britton, Craig Leach, Ashley Gaddies, Shi Luo, Johanna Luck completed the Northern Territory. And Andrew Reynolds became a Victorian at Cyril Curtain Reserve, which has got to be the beigest parkrun name ever. In the top 20 most Aussie New Zealand events list, Robin Rishworth moves up to equal 6 after running his 181st different parkrun at Bega. Susan Ollie, Janice Whittle and Michael Blain are the biggest movers overall, jumping up 10 to be ranked 229. 144 people lifted their Windex this week. The biggest mover this week was Karen Price. Karen jumps from 26 all the way up to 65, up 39. Up north in the Northern Territory, Chris and Trish Reimer jumped 11 and 12 places to be 2nd and 3rd place in the Northern Territory Windex rankings. Hey Mel! If you want to go north to the Northern Territory, just turn left out of your driveway and keep going until you can hang a righty at Adelaide. Yeah, that was cheeky, but everyone else is doing it. Personally, I'd jump on a plane at Tullamarine and save a week of driving. Imagine Harry Hyde pants. He'd be three weeks in the Pulsar, even if it could make it beyond Ballarat. Hey, hey, we're back to the greatest segment on the Stat Show, Adventurer Clubs. And didn't I get some interaction? And they say I'm not professional? Although, I'm afraid there's not much action here on the spreadsheet. We had two people join the Cowell Club, Dave Blakey and Richard Bilton. And behind them, we had five people getting half Cowell. Or a cow, if Peter Pohlman isn't just pulling my leg. So I guess I've got to announce the winner of last week's quiz, eh? Well, I came up with 137 Cowell clubbers based in Australia and New Zealand. And therefore, my winner... entitled to the grand prize of a one-year supply of free parkruns valid worldwide, COVID and other cancellation reasons notwithstanding, is one of the latest Cowells herself, Wendy Glen, who gets 147. This week's quiz question, how many parkies have completed the Peel Club by running an event in each state of Australia? This one is a bit harder. I don't think there are any clues online or anywhere. While you think about that, you can check all my stats on the spreadsheet. The one that you can download from the informant.me. That's www.theinformant.me or search for the informant on Facebook. This has been the informant and my spreadsheet is even bigger than before.

00:42:23Oliver Spake: And thank you to our informant once again bringing all the information and the fun, Mel.

00:42:29Melissa Ellis: Well, we think so. We don't really know because we don't know what they said.

00:42:33Oliver Spake: I'm assuming it's fun. It's always fun from the informant.

00:42:36Melissa Ellis: But, Ollie, we have a special guest with us here to report and join us for our outro this week.

Interview Tony O'Connell — Roving reporter / co-host, here as organiser ("Party Planner") of the parkrun…

00:42:44Melissa Ellis: Welcome, Tony.

00:42:44Tony O'Connell: Howdy, parkrunners, and g'day, Mel and Ollie. How are we tonight?

00:42:48Oliver Spake: Excellent. Thank you. And thank you, TOC, for all of the amazing help you've provided for Palm so far.

00:42:55Tony O'Connell: I can't wait, Ollie. It's going to be a cracker this year. We've got some really great events to get down to and, yeah, get around and, yeah, a few little things in the wind as well. So it's going to be a great weekend.

Consolidated Club Report

00:43:08Tony O'Connell: Yes.

00:43:09Melissa Ellis: It is. But let's start off with our Adventurers Club. Who wants to know how we're doing this week?

00:43:15Tony O'Connell: I'd love to know, Mel.

00:43:18Melissa Ellis: We are up to 113. It's only a small increase on last week. However, you know, doesn't matter. We had 104 members on our Consolidated Club Report. That was up considerably. In the UK, we had 11 events, which were Hull, Southampton, Beckenham Place, Rushmore, Ellesmere Port, Witney, Clapham Con... Clapham Con... I can't say it. Clapham Con... Ollie, can you say that? Clapham Common. Thank you. Land's End, Peel, the Cinder Track and Marine Parade. There were none in New Zealand this week. Boo-hoo. But we had one in South Africa, which was Homestead Lake. And, and one in USA and it wasn't Geoff. We had Cheryl, Cheryl Smit over there at Bear Creek in Greenbelt.

00:44:17Oliver Spake: Wow, international tourism. Who would have thought?

00:44:20Melissa Ellis: I know. Yes. So, Ollie, this week I decided to really have a look at the stats because I wanted to have a good idea of how we were going around the country with our adventurers.

00:44:33Oliver Spake: Oh, right.

00:44:33Melissa Ellis: So I studied it, okay. We had – well, maybe we should start at the lower end of the scale. There were two events we had representation with in WA – and two in Tasmania and two in South Australia. In Queensland, we had 10 events. So where do you think that leaves us? Victoria in New South Wales.

00:44:59Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:45:00Melissa Ellis: We were dead even.

00:45:03Oliver Spake: There we go. See, and I was talking earlier in the pod about a bit of a rising in New South Wales with the Adventurers Club and with the fronding.

00:45:12Melissa Ellis: Yeah, well, you'd be right. 14 events had representation in New South Wales and in Victoria for the Adventurers Club. So dead heat at the moment, Ollie. So neither of us can claim anything over the other.

00:45:27Oliver Spake: I'm just happy to be in the conversation.

the Frond — Oliver Spake

00:45:30Melissa Ellis: However, however, palm frond competition wise. So you had your little posse at Menai and I was out at Lewis Park Reserve. And the award goes to you this week, Ollie.

00:45:45Oliver Spake: Well, I mean, I can't claim it, but I'm happy to be a part of it. Absolutely. So nine adventurers appear. Go team Menai. Yeah.

00:45:54Melissa Ellis: Nine adventurers appeared on the Consolidated Club Report at Menai and only seven out at Lewis Park Reserve. But can I just say, Westerfoldians, what's going on? There were way more Westerfoldians, out at Lewis Park Reserve that perhaps could add us on their um club report we'll see but a good effort all round don't you reckon oh absolutely yep absolutely yeah we're doing really well so that's really exciting Ollie so that was that was our week that was and now it's time to look forward yes so time for TOC to come on board and give us an update on the plans for Palm

00:46:37Tony O'Connell: Rightio, guys. Well, Palm progress is going really good. As everyone knows, we kick it off on the Friday at five o'clock at Queen's Domain in the centre of Tassie. So nice and close or in the centre of Hobart, I should say, not the centre of Tassie. There's a fair bit of difference between those two places. Yeah, in the centre of Hobart. We'll meet at the Queen's Domain at five o'clock, do a Freedo. It's a lovely little course. For those that haven't done it, you've got the option. There's a bit of asphalt and there's some pine bark and you can run on either course there side by side. Following that up, at 6.30, we have our catch-up in at the Hope and Anchor Tavern in the centre of Hobart. The Hope and Anchor is apparently the oldest working pub in Australia. So a little bit of history. We have our own room there for those that attended yesterday. Up in Queensland last year, you'll know that we like to get our own little room so we can get our chat going. We make a little bit of noise that probably upsets the other patrons, so we do have our own space. A key thing this year that I need to stress is we will be putting on the event, so watch out for some updates, a bit of a menu. We're asking people to give us an idea of what they'd like to order for the night because the pub's only fairly small and they're giving us our own room. They need to have a bit of an idea, so... We're just asking people to make a selection early and make sure you've ticked your name on the event. I've seen quite a few people that I know are going, still listed as an invite. And one of those might have been one of the hosts of this very podcast has now ticked that she's coming tonight. But if you are planning on coming, particularly to the Friday night or the Saturday night, we would appreciate you going to the event and ticking on the event that you're going so we have an idea of numbers for the bookings there.

00:48:35Melissa Ellis: And they can find that, TOC, in the parkrun adventurers Listener Meetup Facebook page.

00:48:40Tony O'Connell: That's right. There's a page set up for it. And if you go to the More button on it, there's a button called Events. And all these things are down as separate events. So you can just tick off all the different events that we've got listed there, the ones that you're coming along to.

00:48:57Melissa Ellis: I think, Ollie, we should link this in the podcast post when we release the pod.

00:49:04Oliver Spake: Yes, we'll give you all as many reminders as we possibly can.

00:49:08Tony O'Connell: Following on from that, Saturday morning, we're getting together at about 8.30 at Bellerive for the parkrun. As the people that have travelled to Tassie before would know, Tasmania has a very civilised start time of 9am, so a bit of a sleep in there before your parkrun. Bellerive, for those that haven't been there, is situated right near the main cricket ground in Hobart, home of the Hurricanes, the Hobart Hurricanes, for those that follow the Big Bash. And after parkrun, that's where we head to. We head into the Hurricanes Cafe.

00:49:42Melissa Ellis: Well, that's convenient.

00:49:43Oliver Spake: It's very convenient. And I only realised today that purple was, in fact, the most appropriate dress code we could have come up with, Mel, and TOC.

00:49:52Melissa Ellis: I know. We're so clever.

00:49:55Tony O'Connell: Given it's the colour of the Hobart Hurricanes, and you've got to point out it's also the colour of Cadbury, so... Oh! Winning all round.

00:50:05Melissa Ellis: Yes. Something else the adventurers can do if they want something to do in Hobart, they can visit the Cadbury factory.

00:50:13Tony O'Connell: Yeah, you might need some excess baggage allowance on your way home though. Following on from the parkrun, obviously, we will have coffee and breakfast. That's probably one of the best bits of the day, followed by the ultimate best bit of the weekend, the podcast recording, and that's going to be at the Hurricanes, as well, so we don't have to travel anywhere between the events. The fun all stays in one area.

00:50:38Melissa Ellis: Just a quick change in the toilets into your purple.

00:50:41Tony O'Connell: That's it, purple theme. We'll have the bouncer on the door at that, will we, Mel?

00:50:48Melissa Ellis: Oh.

00:50:49Tony O'Connell: Or is the bouncer later?

00:50:50Melissa Ellis: The bouncer's later.

00:50:51Tony O'Connell: How many bouncers do we have?

00:50:54Melissa Ellis: Well, we could arrange that if we need to.

00:50:56Tony O'Connell: Perhaps you don't get a parkrun result unless you've joined the Adventurers Club. Ooh. Who out there wants to be an unknown?

00:51:03Melissa Ellis: Don't upset Ollie. He can't cope with that.

00:51:09Tony O'Connell: Following on from that, Saturday arvo, we've got a two o'clock, another freedom run. We're going to go out to Montrose Foreshore parkrun. Haven't seen a lot of the course other than it's got a bit of a boardwalk. And yeah, it follows the edge of the water there. So that looks really attractive and it's nice and close in again for those that need to get back into town quickly to get all their gear ready for the Saturday night palm party. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yeah, we know the Palm Party has a theme every year. This year is P, so we're looking for everyone to dress up in something that starts with P. Pohlmans, you've got it easy for the rest of us. Let's come up with something creative. Some of the costumes last year, you'd have to agree, were just absolutely outstanding. So I'm really looking forward to what people can

00:51:58Oliver Spake: can come up with this year based around a pretty easy theme of pee yes the more unique the more uh left of field the better yes yeah don't don't you love those uh it's several minutes you spend trying to work out a costume uh when uh when it was the Wilson index the whole time good work Tracy

00:52:19Tony O'Connell: That threw me for so long last year. You knew what it was. It was just perfect. Yes. Yeah. The ultimate parkrun costume.

00:52:29Melissa Ellis: Ollie, if only we had like a sponsor for a prize, that would be fabulous. Maybe we can work on that.

00:52:39Oliver Spake: If not, then the prize is satisfaction.

00:52:42Melissa Ellis: Correct. We'll give them an Obi. That could be the Obi, Ollie.

00:52:47Oliver Spake: Perfect. We're giving those out like they're going out of fashion, Mel. You must have a big cupboard of Obis at home, Mel.

00:52:57Tony O'Connell: Mel's trying to clear out. Yes. Right. And then Sunday morning, just to round off the weekend, we're going to have a go at another Freedom Run. We're going to go out to Risdon. and do the one out there. Now, for those that haven't been out there, it was the first parkrun in Hobart itself. It was the second in Tassie, but the first in Hobart. It was originally called Hobart. Then it changed to reflect the location a little bit more accurately. But it's what I would call A very flat course with some very big bumps.

00:53:33Melissa Ellis: I've heard that described a little bit differently, TOC. I've heard it described as like running up the side of a quarry.

00:53:41Tony O'Connell: My memory of it, Mel, is you run for like half K bursts dead flat and then you go over Mount Kosciuszko and then down. And then you run half K flat again. Right. No, it's a lovely course, beautiful course out amongst the trees. Yeah, so that'll be a great way to finish off the weekend.

00:54:01Melissa Ellis: I'm looking forward to my little sampler of Tassie parkruns very much.

00:54:05Tony O'Connell: Yeah, four of them in the two days is a good little sample. There are one or two other options in the area there if people want to venture a little bit further. Perhaps people are around Sunday Arvo still, they'd like to have a look at the likes of Kingston, which is just slightly south of Hobart. Or you could even jump in the car for a an hour or just over an hour and go out to Orford and do our park. That's another little gem of a parkrun. We've had the pleasure of doing that on a sad day and it's just a really gorgeous little parkrun and a great team out there.

00:54:42Oliver Spake: Yeah, that spot looks gorgeous.

00:54:45Melissa Ellis: Lots of options available, but I just want to be where all the people are.

00:54:49Tony O'Connell: Well, where all the people are will be at all these events and I'm sure everyone's going to jump on. and keep going so that we have a little bit of an idea and we're not surprised. It'd be really nice if everyone could do that for us, please.

00:55:04Melissa Ellis: Yeah, yeah. So please, everybody, go and find the parkrun adventurers Listener Meetup page. Click down on the events and do give us an indication if you intend to come to those so that TOC doesn't have a heart attack on the day. And we don't need the defib. We don't need to worry about having to bring the defib.

00:55:23Oliver Spake: That's right, that's right. And if there are any questions, if anyone's still contemplating coming along for that matter, if you've got any questions, you can reach out to us, you can send the message through to the page. It's going to be a lot of fun.

00:55:35Tony O'Connell: Yeah, no, look, as all the palms have been in the past, they only get bigger and better each year. You get to know people every year and it's just a really great parkrun connection. And you get to see the faces behind the voices that you hear so often.

00:55:50Melissa Ellis: on the podcast as well and that's a really cool thing as well yeah I do have to make a disclaimer um unfortunately abby's not going to be attending palm so I'm sorry about that to everybody but like we need to be up front with these type of things but we will however have the pleasure of abby's mom well there we go there we go we still got some star power then that's good

00:56:15Tony O'Connell: No, looking forward to it, guys. I think it's going to be a great weekend, a great parkrun weekend, just full of like-minded people having a heap of fun.

Sign-off

00:56:23Melissa Ellis: Thank you very much for joining us tonight, Tony. Thank you for staying up a bit late so that you could join us for a recording. We appreciate it very much. And again, thank you for everything that you've done to help us.

00:56:35Oliver Spake: My pleasure. Yeah, I'm not sure if there's much else to say. I mean, I'm excited now. So after not sleeping last week, I won't sleep this week either.

00:56:45Melissa Ellis: Gosh, Ollie, you're going to have dark circles.

00:56:48Oliver Spake: Yes, very dark circles.

00:56:49Melissa Ellis: By the time we get to Palm.

00:56:51Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:56:51Melissa Ellis: But that's it, I think, Ollie, for this week. As always, you can contact us via Facebook or on our email, which is parkrunadventurers at gmail.com. That's it for another week. We'll see you all next week for more adventures.

00:57:10[music]

00:58:02Unidentified speaker: Oh!

00:58:15Abby: Hi Mel and Ollie. Yesterday I went to a different parkrun and it was fun. After I did that parkrun I went to the beach and had ice cream. What flavour? I had strawberry and it was delicious. And today I came 23rd. It was so fun. And my friend Alicia got her milestone wristband. Bye, everybody. Stay safe.