Episode 313 - #getyourfeetwet

Welcome

00:00:18Oliver Spake: Welcome to episode 313 of the parkrun adventurers podcast. I am Ollie Spake and I am joining from Dharawal Country.

00:00:28Melissa Ellis: And my name's Melissa Ellis and I'm coming to you from Wurundjeri Country. Nice, fine, mild Wurundjeri Country.

00:00:36Oliver Spake: Mild this time of year.

00:00:37Melissa Ellis: Mm-hmm. Yes, we haven't had any rain for a little while. So, yep, we're having a respite from the strange weather that we've been getting. But anyway.

00:00:53Oliver Spake: It feels a little more steady at the moment. I think that's just because it's been all over the place for so long and I'm not aware of any extreme conditions here and there. Had a fantastic storm last night, which was nice.

00:01:04Melissa Ellis: Stayed nice and dry in your house? Yes.

00:01:07Oliver Spake: Yes, no leaking house, thankfully. Leaking house has been resolved. So it did stay nice and dry and the potential hail didn't eventuate. So it was nice just to lay back, watch the lightning with the girls and then see them stay up half the night because they were quite anxious about the storm. But that's right, that's the fun of kids, right? Yeah. Speaking of which, and the fun of kids, I believe one of yours was having a little more fun than usual.

00:01:36Melissa Ellis: They were. So it was Zoe. She celebrated her 13th birthday on Saturday. Happy birthday, Zoe. Yes. She had a parkrun birthday. Not that she went to parkrun. I was about to say. Yeah. Yeah, so that was a big thing. I've got a teenager again. Yay.

00:01:55Oliver Spake: Oh, that's fantastic.

00:01:57Melissa Ellis: Yeah.

00:01:57Oliver Spake: So it was a good day?

00:01:59Melissa Ellis: Yes, absolutely was. I had been assured I had permission to nick off to parkrun in the morning because being a teenager, she wanted to have a sleep in.

00:02:10Oliver Spake: All the things, all the good things you want on your birthday. We each want a few different things, but that's okay.

00:02:16Unidentified speaker: Yeah.

00:02:17Melissa Ellis: Yeah, so I had all my kids around on Saturday, which was, it doesn't happen often enough, Ollie.

00:02:23Oliver Spake: Yeah.

00:02:23Melissa Ellis: Have all five in the one place. And we had lots of big smiles on Zoe's face. She loves it when her siblings are over.

00:02:29Oliver Spake: Oh, that's good.

00:02:30Melissa Ellis: That's good. In your household, though, assuming there's been some late nights.

00:02:36Oliver Spake: Yeah, I'm a bit jealous of that sleeping. Yeah.

00:02:39Melissa Ellis: Heavy eyelids.

00:02:41Oliver Spake: Very heavy eyelids. They are propped open with toothpicks right now. I haven't stayed up every night. I haven't stayed up every night. I do have work to think about as well, which has also had some late nights too. But, yeah, yeah, I'm enjoying the World Cup. The football. That's right, the kick-yay World Cup.

00:03:02Melissa Ellis: Oh, please explain.

00:03:05Oliver Spake: But kick yay, being the round ball game, look, I've been a football fan for decades, but when my two younger ones were little, I'd play a little game with them with a ball and while they're laying on their backs, unable to do much else, I'd encourage them to kick and we'd all scream yay when the ball went away and they kicked it. So that was kick yay. And so naturally when they could stand and play, kick yay just... continued. So, kick, yay, as distinct from other forms of football.

00:03:40Melissa Ellis: Is there a special name for AFL?

00:03:43Oliver Spake: Quite come up with the right name for AFL. Rugby League is the other one that has the strong naming convention in the household. In our house, we're called Rugby League Cuddle Ball. Cuddle Ball. Cuddle Ball.

00:03:56Melissa Ellis: That's cute.

00:03:57Oliver Spake: Yeah. Yeah. So, the girls have a I think they have a soft spot for cuddle ball. We don't watch it much, but just seeing the players grab the ball and duck and weave and then run and then everyone cuddles. And then they start again and run and then everyone cuddles again. Was there recently a Rugby World Cup as well? A Cuddle Ball World Cup. That's right. Yes.

00:04:21Melissa Ellis: We've been discussing that here as well because there's been these cars driving around Meltown with flags everywhere. out their windows. And even my lovely mother-in-law, because she's been driving me around a bit with my foot being out of action, and we've spent a bit of time seeing these cars with this unusual flag. And she was like, what country is it, Mel? Can you please look it up on your phone? So I had to like try and Google. It was a red flag with some, well, it was hard to establish if it was blue or purple, but it had the Southern Cross. So I knew it was a a country from, you know, our neck of the woods. Samoa? And it turns out it's Samoa. Yeah. And then we're like, okay, why are all these cars all of a sudden driving around with Samoan flags? So we did a bit more Googling and, you know, Samoa festivals and all things. And, yeah, and then we discovered Samoa. They were in the final with Australia. They were. For the Rugby World Cup.

00:05:26Oliver Spake: That's right. They knocked out the English in the semis too. Yes. Yes. Yeah.

00:05:30Melissa Ellis: I wonder if we have any Samoan listeners. Good question. Probably not. There's no parkrun in Samoa.

00:05:36Oliver Spake: That's true.

00:05:37Melissa Ellis: But there might be Samoan parkrunners in Australia.

00:05:40Oliver Spake: That's exactly right. Please get in touch if that's the case.

00:05:44Melissa Ellis: Really?

00:05:44Oliver Spake: Yeah, so look, I look forward to sleeping in about three weeks, Mel.

00:05:49Melissa Ellis: Is that how long the PKI goes for?

00:05:51Oliver Spake: Yeah, that is right. I mean, if Australia, I mean, it's not going to happen, but if Australia doesn't make it to the knockout stages, then I might sleep a little earlier. But we had a good win, so I'm obviously still running on adrenaline from Saturday night, and I'll continue to do so when we win through to the next round.

00:06:10Melissa Ellis: Hopefully, Australia keeps with their success.

00:06:13Oliver Spake: Yes, it's quite rare, but we can dream. Yes, but nonetheless, you had a parkrun adventure, Mel, and that's what this podcast is about. It is, isn't it? Yes. I think it's time we shifted our focus. How was your parkrun adventure? Yeah.

00:06:32Melissa Ellis: Another blooper to leave in. Oh, Mark, I like that one. So Saturday just gone, I headed out to event two at Prince of Wales parkrun in Ballarat on the lands of the Wadawurrung and the Dja Dja Wurrung people. In Wadawurrung language, Ballarat means bended elbow or resting place and is so named as it was located in a bowl or a basin which had plenty of trees, food, water, plants and medicines and was protected from the harsher elements of the weather. It was a short one-hour drive west from home on Saturday morning. I knew the Ideas Man was planning to be there and Dawn and the O'Connells, but was pleasantly surprised to discover Irene and Parth appear on the morning and also to meet Andrew Johnston and Martine Barrot, who are keen Victorian tourists and adventurers. The Prince of Wales course is two laps of a trail path around the perimeter of the Prince of Wales Park. Surprise, surprise. It's essentially an area of sporting facilities, including a baseball club, a hockey centre, croquet club, archery club, and the Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre, which offers parking and toilets for the visiting parkrunners. I did Park Limp in my moon boot for the second week, or as I should rather say, Parth Walk, as I had the pleasure of Parth's company for the duration of the event. There were 106 finishes down from 174 at the launch, and TOC grabbed an interview with EDRD Kylie, which we'll hear a bit later on. Proof that he hasn't stepped down from the news crew. I couldn't stay for brunch at In Exterior Cafe, unfortunately, so I had to head straight home for Zoe's birthday celebrations. But for adventurers considering a visit to the area, there's a myriad of activities to enjoy during your stay. Ballarat is a two-hour drive west from the Melbourne CBD and is the third largest city in Victoria after Melbourne and Geelong. Did you know that?

00:08:35Oliver Spake: I did not.

00:08:36Melissa Ellis: Known for its gold rush in the 1850s, it is now home to Sovereign Hill, a recreated gold township where you can experience life in that era. Also of note is Lake Wendouree, a man-made lake which hosted the rowing in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, its annual Begonia Festival, the Avenue of Bronze busts of Australian Prime Ministers and a vintage electric tramway. If that's not enough, there's an aviation museum, wildlife park, botanic gardens and even its very own Kryal Castle, which is a replica of a medieval castle built in the 1970s. Also having two parkruns because Wallaby Track is also in the Ballarat LGA, there's plenty to do if you want to come and visit.

00:09:24Oliver Spake: It's a place that I always feel is quite underrated and you've obviously described it quite a lot. I've seen about one hour of Ballarat and it was a long time ago, Mel, but I'm going to have to go and check it out.

00:09:36Melissa Ellis: There's lots to do for a family holiday. Not known for its brilliant weather, it does get very cold in Ballarat, so you might want to schedule a summer visit.

00:09:46Oliver Spake: It would get quite hot too, would it?

00:09:48Melissa Ellis: No.

00:09:48Oliver Spake: Okay.

00:09:52Melissa Ellis: It's also home to Steve Moneghetti.

00:09:54Oliver Spake: Oh, yeah.

00:09:55Melissa Ellis: And the running track around Lake Windery is named in his honour.

00:10:00Oliver Spake: There we are.

00:10:01Melissa Ellis: And what about you, Ollie? You were back.

00:10:03Oliver Spake: I was. I was back. Familiar story. I was Run Director at home. Really just a homely morning, to be perfectly honest.

00:10:13Melissa Ellis: That's good. That's what you need after an exciting week away. A bit of a rest and a familiarity and a low-key morning.

00:10:22Oliver Spake: A bit of rest before the next one. Now, we kind of had a little bit of feedback from the last episode, would you say, Mel?

00:10:28Melissa Ellis: We did.

00:10:30Oliver Spake: Not a lot, but I know... But thank you to everyone that did, yes.

00:10:35Melissa Ellis: But what we didn't mention in the last episode, Ollie, was who our special Obi presenter was because we didn't name them when we threw to them. They didn't name themselves. And then we didn't mention in the back announcing. So for those people that aren't familiar with The Voice, the presenter of the Obi last week was none other than Tim Oberg himself, the man who brought parkrun to Australia.

00:11:05Oliver Spake: That's right, Mr Obi himself. Mr Obi, yes, the namesake of the Obi Award. So, yeah, it's kind of nice. We underplayed it. So did he.

00:11:14Melissa Ellis: It was the element of surprise.

00:11:17Oliver Spake: It certainly was. It certainly was. And we appreciated his efforts in stepping in as our guest presenter as well.

00:11:26Melissa Ellis: So there's a bit of a theme going here, Ollie. The week before the Obi had turned up on a beach where the informants were, I still haven't found out what beach that was. Must ask James.

00:11:40Oliver Spake: I think they want you to find out. It's okay. Yeah.

00:11:43Melissa Ellis: And obviously then it turned up at Airlie Beach.

00:11:47Oliver Spake: Yeah, a bit of a theme. I think you're right.

00:11:51Melissa Ellis: Beach theme.

00:11:52Oliver Spake: Yep. But have we got more news, Mel?

00:11:56Melissa Ellis: Well, something else we forgot, Ollie. Not only did we forget to mention who the Obi presenter was, we missed Fibonacci Day.

00:12:03Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:12:03Melissa Ellis: This was only pointed out to me a day late. So we need to put it on the calendar. That's your job. Put it on the calendar for next year, Ollie, so we don't forget. Now, Fibonacci Day is the 23rd of November. Now, it might not seem relevant in the way that we announce the date out in this part of the world, but those Americans, they like to reverse things. And instead of saying the 23rd of the 11th, they say 1123. Is that how they say it?

00:12:36Oliver Spake: That's my understanding. Yes, absolutely. Yeah.

00:12:39Melissa Ellis: In which case, 1, 1, 2, 3 is the start of the Fibonacci sequence. Hence why it's Fibonacci Day.

00:12:46Oliver Spake: That's right. So, yeah, apologies we missed that. But it is on the calendar now. Excellent. Good job. It is there. We won't forget it next year.

00:12:54Melissa Ellis: And another thing to probably make note of is... The discovery that a certain young adventurer by the name of James Reynolds may well be the only junior to have parkrun in all three countries that junior parkrun exists in, being Australia, the UK and Ireland. So unless you... know of somebody else that has achieved this amazing feat, please write in and let us know. But to our knowledge and to the investigations of James's dad, it is what we believe to be the case. James is the only child in the world. So well done, you, James.

00:13:41Oliver Spake: That's right. It's fantastic. We do love celebrating our juniors at parkrun. So that's an impressive achievement.

00:13:47Melissa Ellis: And not only that, James and Andrew have volunteered in all three countries at juniors as well. And Andrew's one of my RDs at Eynesbury.

00:13:57Oliver Spake: Your source. Yes. That's it. But I think, as you mentioned, we do have at least one roving report. We have a few, Mel.

00:14:06Melissa Ellis: We do. We're going to hear from a couple now and we're going to hold one until a bit later on. So let's have a listen now to TOC and Johan.

Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew

Roving report Tony O'Connell — Prince of Wales parkrun

00:14:26Tony O'Connell: Howdy parkrunners, it's Toc from Inverloch or better known as A772279. I'm reporting in from the Prince of Wales parkrun today. We're here for week two and I'm with Kylie who's the Run Director today. Kylie, how's your crowd today?

00:14:40Kylie: Yeah, it's been great to see everyone come back again for the second week and everyone's having a great day.

00:14:46Tony O'Connell: Yeah, good numbers, a bit of sunshine which is a bit of a relief after the last week or two in Victoria. So, Kylie, give us a bit of a history of Prince of Wales. You're a relocated parkrun?

00:14:57Kylie: Yes, we are, yeah. So originally the team are from Ballarat parkrun, which we had the event there for a bit over seven and a half years. But, yeah, we've had to relocate to a new location and hence the new name. So, yeah, it's... new beginnings new beginnings and uh yeah no it's a really nice little park your course it's a on granitic sand so give us a bit of a description of of what we do on the course yeah so it's two and a half k um two loops uh so it's up near the baseball uh diamonds on prince of Wales park and yeah around it's sort of a horseshoe uh two lap course that we do

00:15:39Tony O'Connell: It's actually a really good course. I like the ones that are like that because you get to pass the other runners and there's a lot of good vibes out there today, a lot of people encouraging each other. I think that's one of the great things about parkrun is it gives people that opportunity to, you know, high-five or, yeah, just shout out. Yeah, absolutely.

00:15:55Kylie: Yeah, I agree. Yeah, it's nice that everyone can get to see each other on the course. Yeah.

00:16:00Tony O'Connell: And a little bit of your parkrun history, I think you might have volunteered quite a few times, judging by the badges on your hat.

00:16:07Kylie: Yes, just over 250 volunteers, yeah.

00:16:11Tony O'Connell: So you've been a core member in the Ballarat team mainly, it hasn't been?

00:16:15Kylie: Yeah, it has been, yep.

00:16:16Tony O'Connell: So have you been out and done many other parkruns around?

00:16:19Kylie: So volunteering, I've volunteered once at Wallaby Track, the other parkrun here in Ballarat, and then the rest of them have been at Ballarat.

00:16:26Tony O'Connell: Okay, so you've done a heck of a lot in the Ballarat group. Yes. And what about actually participating in parkrun?

00:16:32Kylie: Yeah, I've done just over 60 parkruns, so yeah, volunteer a lot more. And most of them have been Ballarat, but I have done some overseas and some around Australia as well.

00:16:45Tony O'Connell: Okay, so which other countries have you been to?

00:16:47Kylie: Paris, when Paris was still operating. London, recently. Boulder, recently. Vancouver.

00:17:01Tony O'Connell: Okay, so you've done quite a few countries. You're a bit of a tourist with it.

00:17:06Kylie: Well, yeah, if I'm in the area and I can do a parkrun, I'll do, yeah.

00:17:10Tony O'Connell: Yeah, make the most of it, yeah. Okay, look, it's been a lovely parkrun. You've still got quite a few people coming in. Yes. And good luck with Prince of Wales.

00:17:17Kylie: Great, thank you so much.

Roving report Johan Duvenhage — Melkbosstrand parkrun (spoken; show notes: Melkbosstrand)

00:17:21Johan Duvenhage: Good morning, goeiemorgen, molweni adventurers. It's a beautiful but rather windy day in Cape Town today, and I'll be Tail Walker at Melkbosstrand parkrun. Melkbosstrand is one of our most beautiful beach parkruns. As you work your way to the halfway mark, there are views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. And on your way back, you're treated with that stunning and iconic table mountain view. Talk to you later. Adventurers, I'm standing here at absolutely beautiful day at Melkbosstrand and I have two interesting parkrunners here that's been doing a rather interesting trip through South Africa parkrunning. It's Hoppy and Yvonne Hopkinson.

00:18:04Hoppy Hopkinson: Morning Hoppy. Morning Yvonne. Tell us about that. Okay, well we basically started, we sold up everything in Durban. We started in Margate, which we've done a couple there. And then we went through the Free State. We did a whole lot in the Free State, basically almost all of them. We were at Virginia. Then from Virginia we went to Bloemfontein where we met you. And then we did, I think it was four there, we did Kimberley as well. Then from there we went to East London for three months. Did the local ones around there. We travelled, we did the one with Tracy in Hogsback. Then we also went to Port Alfred and we went to Grahamstown. We then went from there, we went to PE. We spent four weeks in PE, did the local ones in PE. Had some nice windy days. From there we went to Mossel Bay. Spent four weeks in Mossel Bay, did all the ones local around there. Then we went to Hermanus, did the ones around there. We're now in Bellville. We'll be here for two to three months and we hope to do all of these and then we'll travel up the coast. So how long are you planning to be on the road? We're on the road almost a year. We'll be on the road another year at least. That's absolutely awesome. I wish you well in finishing the trip. Super. Thank you very much. Thanks.

00:19:20Johan Duvenhage: Adventurers, I've got with me the reason why I got to Melkbosstrand today and that is Chris Reeler who is celebrating a milestone.

00:19:28Chris Reeler: Morning, Chris. Hi, how's it going? Fine. And your milestone today was? 250th parkrun. So finally going from the black shirt to the green shirt.

00:19:39Johan Duvenhage: Awesome. Congratulations. And you managed to bring along quite a few number of people that we know.

00:19:45Chris Reeler: Yeah, thankfully a lot of friends joined in and I have a lot of family that live in Cape Town that managed to attend today as well. So it was great to have a big crowd coming to join. What's next in terms of parkrun? Well, the next one for me is the milestone of 200 different parkruns, and that hopefully will be completed in early 2023. So that will be a double South African Windgat, so that's quite an important milestone for me. And then I think things will calm down for a while.

00:20:16Johan Duvenhage: Well, I mean, with the current fuel prices, we need to temper our expectations a little bit.

00:20:21Chris Reeler: Yeah, and need to find ones that you can walk or cycle to.

00:20:27Johan Duvenhage: In terms of the challenges, what was your most interesting challenge that you've achieved so far?

00:20:33Chris Reeler: Well, there's quite a few that are annoying that I haven't completed. I've done like 23 or 24 bees, but I don't have a queen yet, so I haven't managed to complete that challenge. So there's going to have to be some concerted efforts. on trying to finish off some of those challenges. But finally completing my name was a big one because we were struggling a lot with the I in South Africa. But finally to complete the I of Chris took a long time to achieve.

00:20:59Johan Duvenhage: And how far is it going or how is it going with Stopwatch Bingo?

00:21:03Chris Reeler: Stopwatch Bingo, I've been on 59 since 176 and we just hit 250 today and I'm still on 59. I'm still missing the dreaded 34 seconds.

00:21:14Johan Duvenhage: Well, that's exactly the same seconds I think I'm missing as well. So let's hope for 34 seconds somewhere in the future. Chris, congratulations and all the best. Thanks, Johan. Thank you. Adventurers. I've got someone here that you may have picked up on the stats recently. And that's Wilna van Eminens, our local stats lady. And also the driving force after our not parkrunners in South Africa. Morning, Wilna.

00:21:41Wilna van Eminens: Good morning, Johan. Thanks for the introduction.

00:21:44Johan Duvenhage: Tell us, this week has been quite an interesting week in terms of Not parkrun and you've been keeping an eye on the stats, so what's happened?

00:21:52Wilna van Eminens: Yes, the first six participants have reached the triple eight this week, starting with the German and one South African having done theirs on the 19th and then our friend in Australia did his.

00:22:11Johan Duvenhage: That's TOC ladies and gentlemen, if you didn't see that.

00:22:15Wilna van Eminens: and then uh we had our local Lynn Brennan reaching her triple eight and then followed Johan and myself it's been a wild ride over the last two and a half years yeah no surely it was it was rough but it brought some positive stuff for us as well because we actually have met number of the people along the road so it was positive for us.

00:22:42Johan Duvenhage: Adventurers I can confirm that because was it not for not parkrun I would never have met Wilna. Well maybe parkrun would have made us meet somewhere in the...

00:22:52Wilna van Eminens: Yes it would have probably have come somewhere along the line but The lockdown actually speeded it up for us.

00:23:01Johan Duvenhage: Wilna, thank you very much for keeping an eye on the Not parkrunners and cheering us on along the way. We so appreciate the logos and the memes that you send us when we do our arbitrary milestones like 888 this week.

00:23:14Wilna van Eminens: Thank you. It was part of my lockdown survival strategy. So it's just a bit to give back to my friends.

00:23:25Johan Duvenhage: Thanks and have a nice day. Thank you, Johan. We had 192 finishers at today's event and a huge cake for Chris at the end. Even the Tail Walker could get a piece. I must admit, I was glad to be tail walking today as the headwind back to the finish was a punisher. Talking about punishment after the post-parkrun breakfast, we were off to volunteer at one of the Ultra-Trail Cape Town aid stations, where a few hundred ultramarathoners are participating in the 100-mile and 100-kilometre events today. Until next time, happy parkrunning and mooi loop. [Afrikaans: ""Mooi loop" — literally "walk well"; an Afrikaans farewell meaning "go well" / "travel safely"."] [translation uncertain]

00:24:12Oliver Spake: And thank you very much for our two roving reports there. TOC, and nice to hear from our ED and RD on the day. Again, sounds like a lovely parkrun there, Mel.

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00:24:26Oliver Spake: It's so action-oriented. It is. Very energising. And Johan at, what is it, Melkbostrand? Melkbostrand. Melkbostrand. I don't know. We're making it up. But it's on a beach, Ollie. A beach with views, with serious views.

00:24:41Melissa Ellis: I know, right. Cable, no, Table Mountain in the background.

00:24:46Oliver Spake: That's right. Cape Town with Table Mountain.

00:24:49Melissa Ellis: Yes.

00:24:50Oliver Spake: Yeah, and it does look like nice sand.

00:24:53Melissa Ellis: Firm sand, which is good for running. Yeah. Lots of runners in their parkrun photos in bare feet. So, you know, they're vibing the beaches out there at Melkbosstrand.

00:25:06Oliver Spake: I think so. And some impressive milestones mentioned there.

00:25:10Melissa Ellis: There was. So not only the Travelling Hoppies doing their tour around South Africa, the 250th milestone for Chris Reeler, which was why Johan was out there, and Wilna, who has been keeping track of all the notties, Ollie.

00:25:30Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:25:30Melissa Ellis: Because people are still going with their notties.

00:25:33Oliver Spake: I am in awe of this. Yeah, you all know who you are. That's something else. That is incredible.

00:25:41Melissa Ellis: Seems to have been embraced by the Southern Hemisphere because the South Africans and the Australians are all over the notties. Yeah, why is that? I don't know. Got no idea. In any case, yeah, so the first six people in the last week reached 888 on the (not)parkrun statistics apparently, and three of them were there at Melkbosstrand.

00:26:04Oliver Spake: Wow, that's quite a concentration. What do you call a group of notties?

00:26:08Melissa Ellis: Oh, no, I'd need time to think about that.

00:26:11Unidentified speaker: Okay.

00:26:12Oliver Spake: No problem. But again, thank you very much to our Channel 5 News crew members there for the roving reports. And as we mentioned before, we do have another roving report coming up after Dazza's, so do stay tuned.

Dazza's

00:26:25Oliver Spake: But as I've just suggested, we do need to cut to Dazza's. And, Mel, at Dazza's this week, he said, did you know that it's peanut butter lovers month?

00:26:36Unidentified speaker: Yes.

00:26:36Oliver Spake: Didn't know which word to add the intonation there, but are you a peanut butter lover? Do you prefer crunchy or smooth? Come on in and tell us all about your peanut butter preferences and your parkrunning adventures.

00:26:50Melissa Ellis: And apologies to any people with nut allergies that may feel offended by the peanut butter theme this week. I am a peanut butter fan, Ollie, and I like crunchy. Just thought I'd add that in. But firstly, we heard from Carmel Roll and she was at home this week and she said, extra super crunchy for me at Yowie Kilcoy 4515, which I assume is their postcode at Kilcoy. But Carmel had a photo of herself in the selfie frame at Yowie 4515. With a peanut butter jar. Now that's taking her adventurer passion to the next level.

00:27:31Oliver Spake: It's prepared. That's excellent. That's excellent. And I vote for extra super crunchy too. Yeah, what sticks out in my mind is the never oily, never dry and the old cowboy peanut butter ad. But anyway, I move on. A very much liked entry to Dazza's this week from Sonja Pohlman, who said, it takes a lot of little nuts to make a jar of peanut butter. Happy eighth birthday, Beaches. with a big love heart to follow that. And Sonja did share a photo with P1 and P2 in T-shirts saying hashtag get your feet wet and an awesome beach-themed cake. And what was that, the link to the song about peanut butter too?

00:28:21Melissa Ellis: Yes, I believe it came from Sesame Street maybe a million years ago. And I did listen to it. It is a little bit of an earworm.

00:28:31Oliver Spake: But happy birthday, Beaches.

00:28:32Melissa Ellis: Happy birthday.

00:28:34Oliver Spake: Yes. Yeah. What a cake. It was.

00:28:37Melissa Ellis: I was very impressed. But we also heard from Errol Poole. And he said, can't beat crunchy peanut butter on toast. Great to run Shiraz Trail parkrun with my son. He was back into parkrunning again. And Errol and his son were there pictured with the finish flag. And Errol was looking decidedly ugly. But that's because he was in his Ugly Christmas Singlet. So we'll forgive him.

00:29:05Oliver Spake: We will.

00:29:05Melissa Ellis: Because he's not really ugly.

00:29:07Oliver Spake: No, that's right. And it's, well, it's getting that time too. But in New Zealand, across the ditch was Richard, who said, doesn't peanut butter sit atop Maslow's hierarchy of needs? parkrun related, I completed my fourth country to become a world tourist at Western Springs parkrun this morning. And Richard shared a photo with the Western Springs Lakeside Park sign.

00:29:36Melissa Ellis: Well done. Congratulations. Yes. Also, we heard from Claire Stutchbury, who was celebrating a milestone. And she said, things, things, things. Umbagong District parkrun to finish my name badge, regain statesmanship, and, of course, my 250th. And she shared a photo of herself with a 250 cake.

00:30:00Oliver Spake: Oh, congratulations, Claire. Well done on the 250 and, yeah, getting back to the territory to tick that last one off. That's huge. And Kristy Hill was also joining us. Now, the category guiding, this is a volley roll.

00:30:19Melissa Ellis: Did I pick that?

00:30:20Oliver Spake: This is a volley roll, I believe. Sorry, I think the sleep deprivation is kicking in. I seem confused. I'm just reading.

00:30:28Melissa Ellis: Did I write guiding? It was me. It's the volunteer one. Yes.

00:30:34Oliver Spake: So Christy said, it was smooth sailing for my first go guiding on trail at Jerrabomberra this morning and shared a picture guiding on course.

00:30:46Melissa Ellis: But also volunteering was Heather Hunter. Hi, Dazza. I love smooth peanut butter on a banana before my runs. I didn't run today. I had fun volunteering as Timekeeper at Forster parkrun's sixth birthday. And there was a photo of a unicorn timekeeping at the finish line. Assume that was Heather. Pretty impressive. Pretty impressive unicorn. It was one of those inflatable ones. So I don't know how that worked with the management of the timekeeping duties, but I assume all went well. And happy birthday to Forster.

00:31:22Oliver Spake: Yeah, well done, Forster. I reckon that could have worked getting my girls out there. I'll have to keep an eye out.

00:31:28Melissa Ellis: Is it Forster, not Forster? Forster.

00:31:31Oliver Spake: Yeah. Yeah, but it's got an R. Well, it's got two R's.

00:31:34Melissa Ellis: Well, it does.

00:31:35Oliver Spake: Yeah.

00:31:35Melissa Ellis: You're correct.

00:31:36Oliver Spake: But, yeah, I suppose in the Australian vernacular, we don't pronounce either of them. Foster.

00:31:44Melissa Ellis: Yeah, Foster.

00:31:45Oliver Spake: Yeah. There we are. Chloe Bravos, touristing. And said, mmm, a peanut butter smoothie, please, Dazza. Had a nice run at a very warm Overlea parkrun today. Summer is definitely close. And she shared a photo of the Bravos with a friend, but all in their apricot.

00:32:06Melissa Ellis: I love those family bravos photos, especially that little cute baby bravos. Yes. Bravos, bravos. Anyway, Helen Jane Davies was doing a challenge, and she said, definitely crunchy, salted, but not adulterated with sugar or other oils. Burley Griffin parkrun was fun with friends today as well. And there was a brunch photo of Helen, Steve, Cheryl and Mark, Michael and Tanya. Now, I have labelled this as a challenge because I've got inside information. I do happen to know that Helen completed her Queen Bee challenge.

00:32:45Oliver Spake: Ah, congratulations, Helen.

00:32:47Melissa Ellis: And I did see a photo of Helen and her husband, Steve, in a selfie frame holding a great big stuffed bee. But that was just because we're Facebook friends and she posted it on her private page.

00:33:00Oliver Spake: That's how we need to get the information sometimes. That's right.

the Frond

00:33:04Oliver Spake: Now, we also heard from Val Warwick, who was at a frond and said, we had a frond of four, although only one did the course at Bell's Parade. And our parkrun frond time has only just finished after nearly 10 glorious hours together. Brendan and Jodie and Steve and I have talked and eaten and talked and explored and talked and eaten and talked all day. Fantastic. With two big love hearts. And proven in the photos with Brendan and Jodie in the selfie frame with the Bells Parade mascot duck, plus some photos from Reliquaire.

00:33:44Melissa Ellis: Yeah, they were pretty groovy photos too. Yeah, yeah. It must be some maybe Alice in Wonderland themed brunch venue. Well, because, yeah, there was lots of photos of them standing over what looked like, you know, a hole, like Alice fell down the hole in the floor.

00:34:02Oliver Spake: And it was, yeah, it was really cool. Yeah, it's very much an optical illusion, isn't it? Yeah.

00:34:07Melissa Ellis: Now, Sarah Jefferson over in WA was also doing a challenge there, said, not a smooth morning here, but I'm a crunchy kind of gal. Event number 444 at Bunbury parkrun, a road trip from Perth with friends and a crazy adventure at that. And there was a pic of five with a doggo in the selfie frame. But wait, only Sarah appears on the Consolidated Club report. Hmm.

00:34:38Oliver Spake: Moving along, in South Africa, Johan, who said, Hi, Dazza. Awesome morning at Melkbosstrand parkrun to celebrate a friend's 250th parkrun. And three of the six people worldwide who reached 888 not parkruns this week were there. Lynn Brennan, Wilna van Eminens, and myself. The others were Nils Raff, Klaus Neumann, and Tony O'Connell. three parkrun adventurers and peanut butter sandwiches for all. And thank you, Johan, for sharing a photo with the friends there.

00:35:19Melissa Ellis: And we heard from Karen Hurrell over in the UK, and she said, at my home run, Haigh Woodland, for my 199th parkrun, crunchy peanut butter for me. And she shared a selfie wearing an adventurer's buff. So there's a few over there in the UK, and I happen to have seen some uglies turning up over there in the UK as well, some of this year's models.

00:35:44Oliver Spake: Oh, as in arriving already?

00:35:46Melissa Ellis: Yes.

00:35:47Oliver Spake: Oh, goodness.

00:35:47Melissa Ellis: Yes, yes, yes. Good news. My team, Slade, has got his. I've seen it. I've seen it on Twitter. I'm all over Twitter at the moment. I'm probably a bit late to the party because it's about to die. You're better late than never. But I am wondering if a 199th parkrun is a bit of a thing like the 99. Like, do you get an ice cream for doing your 199? I don't know.

00:36:14Oliver Spake: Good question. But who have we got next, Ollie? We have Booz Dayton with a bit of fun. Hated peanut butter as a kid. As an adult, have been known to eat it from the jar with a spoon, perfect on toast after Wentworth Common parkrun, where Boobs on the Run took over volunteer duties. And thank you, Booz, for sharing the photo with the Boobs on the Run logo.

00:36:40Melissa Ellis: And, Ollie, I did look up Boobs on the Run so we could give a little bit of a description about what they were about. And I discovered Boobs on the Run started six years ago based in Sydney over 12 suburbs. Boobs on the Run started to help women feel good about themselves, get healthy and have fun while doing it. And they say our women-only programs nurture, support and guide women to become runners. Our focus is all about participating, not competing and, It doesn't matter how fast you go. It's about turning up, being active and committing to a better lifestyle. Women love our programs because it's about time, not speed. And that sounds like it aligns very well with a certain free 5K event I know of.

00:37:25Oliver Spake: Tim, yeah, love it. And well done to the whole Boobs on the Run crew for volunteering. Thank you.

00:37:31Melissa Ellis: And they couldn't get a better ambassador, could they, than Booz?

00:37:35Oliver Spake: That's right.

00:37:36Melissa Ellis: Now, Ollie, I do know where the envelope's going to end up this week. Oh, you do? Mmm. Oh.

00:37:47Oliver Spake: We're a little more informed this week.

00:37:48Melissa Ellis: That's good. So why don't we throw to our special guest presenters now.

the Obi Award — The Beaches parkrun

00:38:01Tony O'Connell: Hey Jack, what's this on the envelope stump? Howdy parkrunners, A772279 reporting in with a weird one. We're out for a walk with Jack tonight at the stump and we found an envelope under a block of caramilk.

00:38:15Jack: Let's open it.

00:38:17Tony O'Connell: What, the envelope or the caramilk?

00:38:19Jack: Both.

00:38:21Tony O'Connell: Alright. Bugger, I forgot my glasses. You'd better read this.

00:38:30Jack: Hey, this is tiny print. It says this week's Obi goes to... The beaches. From the stump to the sand, well done to the Beaches.

00:38:53Oliver Spake: Cool, now give me the chocolate. And thank you very much to our guest presenters and congratulations to the Beaches parkrun and, of course, everyone behind the scenes at the Beaches parkrun. A beautiful, beautiful spot and a lovely bunch.

00:39:08Melissa Ellis: And it was really nice to have the Inverloch Stump being involved to award that Obi this week.

00:39:17Unidentified speaker: Yeah.

00:39:17Oliver Spake: It was. It was. It does make me a little sad, Mel, because I was actually there the day before and I missed it. I went for a run on Thursday morning and I was looking at the Beaches parkrun, but I missed it.

00:39:31Melissa Ellis: Oh, what a shame.

00:39:33Oliver Spake: It would have been fun.

00:39:34Melissa Ellis: Yeah. But I hope they got to enjoy their caramilk. So the caramilk's still popping up everywhere. I don't know how the caramilk ended up on the stump. Everywhere. Now the caramel is travelling around with the envelope. My goodness me.

00:39:48Oliver Spake: That's right. Our informant's quit, gone on a road trip and has become a quasi Easter bunny with caramel or something like that, yeah. That's the inside scoop, yep.

00:39:58Melissa Ellis: Yeah, so much beach theme this week. But anyway, now it's time to throw to our next roving report, our final roving report for this week, which is Alistair, and let's have a listen to that now.

Guerilla Report

Roving report Alistair Buchanan — Casula Parklands parkrun

00:40:19Alistair Buchanan: Okay, g'day. This is Action Man coming to you live. Awesome. For parkrun adventurers. Guerrilla tourism. I'm here at... Casula Parklands parkrun. Cool. And who am I speaking to? Craig. Hey, Craig. And you are performing... Which role are you performing today? I'm the actual Event Director and I'm the Run Director here at Casula parkrun. All right, rock and roll. Now, talking about event directoring, I've been in the hunt for this parkrun for several months now due to trying to achieve my Rayfarer status. And I've achieved today's, Power to Action Man. But... What's been going on? Why have we... There's been some missteps over the last couple of years.

00:41:07Craig: We started in 21 and then we got hit with COVID. And then we've been hit with two floods. You have floods? So we've had over 9 to 10 foot of water over half the course. So we had to do a remapping. There's some sidance on the entry. So we've had to remap because of the start of the course. And also a car park was built where we start usually. Oh.

00:41:29Alistair Buchanan: Oh, that car park. Yeah. Because that's become like a restaurant art space thing.

00:41:34Craig: Well, it's the Powerhouse Museum.

00:41:36Alistair Buchanan: Heritage listed. I thought the Powerhouse was like the Ultimo way.

00:41:39Craig: No, no, that's Casula Powerhouse. That's Ultimo Powerhouse.

00:41:43Alistair Buchanan: Oh, okay. Oh, God, there's two Powerhouses. Sorry. My bad.

00:41:47Craig: Yeah, it used to be a Powerhouse, so it's our landmark here. Wicked. Wicked.

00:41:50Alistair Buchanan: Wicked.

00:41:51Craig: And it has a restaurant in there right next to Casula Station.

00:41:55Alistair Buchanan: Yeah.

00:41:56Craig: So we remapped the course and made it more family friendly up here at the children's playground.

00:42:01Alistair Buchanan: Yeah. I noticed how close this is to a train station. That makes life very easy to get into for tourists.

00:42:07Craig: That's the idea. Mind you.

00:42:10Alistair Buchanan: Sunny, what do you call it? Is it City Rail? Is that the word for Sydney Rail?

00:42:14Craig: Yeah, Sydney Rail.

00:42:16Alistair Buchanan: City Rail. City Rail was a great event today with their strikes. Yes, exactly. And I was on a little bit of a quick catch-a-light train-ness. I had everything mapped out and then my father-in-law told me otherwise last night. And I was like, oh, alright. But anyway, so... How many people do we get here usually, do you reckon?

00:42:36Craig: We're averaging around 50.

00:42:37Alistair Buchanan: How come we had more than that today, do you reckon?

00:42:39Craig: We might have had a few more today, which was good. But, yeah, we'd like to bump it up a bit more. Oh, who doesn't? Yeah. That way you get a bit more of a volunteer base. Volunteering, getting volunteers is always difficult. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you always want to encourage it happening and you get volunteers on the day if you need be. But it's always a battle and it's a struggle during the week. It's a bit stressful at times, but... We're here. We're doing it. That's the main thing.

00:43:05Alistair Buchanan: Cool. I've heard you're, like, I only heard it just then, though, but you're something more than just the event and Run Director. You are something else director.

00:43:13Craig: Yes, I'm also event ambassador for four other parkruns in Sydney. Are they the same region area? Oh, not really. There's Menai, Chipping Norton and Warrington Lakes and Rooty Hill. So they're a roundabout. Yeah, okay. But they're great parkruns and always, you know, good to work with them.

00:43:32Alistair Buchanan: I've been there. Actually, I've been to all of them. But I really liked Menai. Yeah. That was a sweet one. But, all right, cool. Well, is there any, okay, what are your three number one, not number one, three best experiences of parkruns?

00:43:46Craig: Here, I have to say here. Okay. I've been around the course a hundred times because remapping, I had to do it a lot. So, yeah, I enjoy it. Other parkruns that I've done, I've done one in Paris, which is very interesting. And in Venice, which doesn't exist now because they had to move it and rename it. Wow. So I did that in 2020. So they were probably the most interesting. There's lots in Sydney. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Narrow it down to one. Well, you can, right? Well, you can narrow down the ones that you don't want to do. No, no.

00:44:18Alistair Buchanan: Number one's here, right? Number one's here. Yeah. Cool. All right, man. Thank you very much. That was a great interview. Pleasure. Talk to you later. No worries. Bye. Thanks, Action Man. So, Cathy, or if that is your real name. Much like, you know, the comics, every comic book is someone's first comic book. So they might not know who you are, Cathy. Can you give us a quick rundown of who you are, why you're so important to the Sydney parkrun community?

00:44:48Cathy Ray: So I'm Cathy. I've been parkrunning for 11 years. I've done it 348 times at 110 different locations. I was the first female on the Australian Most Events list and the Global Most Events list. And I'm known as a Rayfarer because I was the first person to do all of the Sydney parkruns. And anyone that follows in my little footsteps is also called a Rayfarer.

00:45:13Alistair Buchanan: Awesome. That is what I'm doing today. So I'm pretty excited. Anyway, so talking about not so much city parkruns, but you went to some parkrun last weekend.

00:45:26Cathy Ray: What was that? Last weekend I was in Albert Park. So I actually visited there for the ninth time. So I increased my P index to nine. So I visited nine parkruns nine times. So that's a high number for someone that does tourist parkruns.

00:45:43Alistair Buchanan: That is a huge number. Nine different, anyway, sorry. Enough of me basking in your glory, but what do you think makes you such a hardcore parkrun tourist?

00:45:58Cathy Ray: I think I sort of fell into it. So when it started in St Peter's and it was the first one in New South Wales, I was there. And then six months later when Newcastle started, I was invited to that one. And then when Lake Mac started in February the next year, I was there and I just kept turning up to lots of the first ones. And without trying to, I did achieve doing them all in the state.

00:46:25Alistair Buchanan: Lake Mac's north of Newcastle, correct? Yes. Oh, it's in the... It's in the... In that area. Area, yeah. Cool, cool. All right. So, there's a lot of interesting little bits to parkrun. And what's the one with getting the numbers of races? Like, if this is... I think this is run 49 for Casula. What's that one of matching numbers? Because you came down to Canberra one time to get whatever number that was. I think it was, like, 87. What's that one called again?

00:47:00Cathy Ray: I'm not sure what that one's called. I was coming to Canberra to get all of the Canberra parkruns done, and then a new one started, so it wasn't about the numbers for me, but it just happened to probably be a number I didn't have.

00:47:11Alistair Buchanan: Okay. Yeah. Because I was a bit, I'm a bit unhappy today, because if I came next week, I'd get that number, because this week I already have that number, I think like three times, but you know, whatevs. I guess the question I always get told I'm supposed to ask from Marvelous Mark, what are the three parkruns of note?

00:47:34Cathy Ray: Well, I do like going to Albert Park, which is where I was last year. Not last week. Not last week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think some of the ones that are my favourites, because it's an experience and a weekend away, or I've been with my family. So when I've been to Melbourne, it's coincided with their birthday, which is today, or Remembrance Day. So I went for Remembrance Day last week. And I used to like Merimbula because I was on a boardwalk above the water. So that was unique. And, you know, I have to love all the Penrith ones because I've lived in Penrith all of my life.

00:48:07Alistair Buchanan: Have you been to Huskisson? That's on the boardwalk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like that one.

00:48:10Cathy Ray: Because I used to have done all of them in the state. Okay, okay.

00:48:14Alistair Buchanan: It's all right. Have you done the new... Is it Jindabyne? Has the new one? Jindy Racecourse?

00:48:21Cathy Ray: No, I haven't done Jindabyne, I haven't done Bowral, so there's some I need to catch up on. I'm about 15 behind in the state currently, but I have a great job in hospitality, so that impacts my travelling on the weekends.

00:48:32Alistair Buchanan: With that, if a parkrun is cancelled, will you never be able to get the state badge or whatever?

00:48:40Cathy Ray: No, because then that becomes, we were once their parkrun, so that's not still included on the list.

00:48:47Alistair Buchanan: Okay, cool. See, and that's why I come to you, Cathy. You know it all. You're like a fountain of wisdom. Anyway, that's all from Alistair. Talk to you guys later.

00:48:55Cathy Ray: I just want to finish off by saying congratulations, Alistair, on becoming a Rayfarer today.

00:49:02Alistair Buchanan: Woo! Thank you.

00:49:12Oliver Spake: And thank you very much, Alistair, there for the check-in from Casula. And, hey, it's good to hear them back.

00:49:20Melissa Ellis: Yes, they've been impacted by floods and new car parks by all accounts. And nice to hear from Cathy Ray, friend of the pod.

Consolidated Club Report

00:49:28Oliver Spake: Another big one. But is it time for a few more stats, Mel, with the Consolidated Club Report?

00:49:35Melissa Ellis: Yeah, well, I've been a bit light on the stats this week, Ollie. I haven't compiled much, but I can tell the adventurers that of a total of 339 members, 278 took part on the 26th of November at 142 locations. We just can't seem to crack that 150 again, Ollie. Hasn't happened for a while.

00:49:58Oliver Spake: But you know what we have cracked? We've cracked our target for the end of 2022. We did. Of having 210 members.

00:50:05Melissa Ellis: We smashed it.

00:50:06Oliver Spake: Yay. That's right.

00:50:08Melissa Ellis: Go us. And in the UK, there were 17 events. In South Africa, there were two events. There were two in the USA. Only one in Canada this week and one in Norway. Locally, we had adventurers at, are you ready? Yes. 32 in New South Wales.

00:50:30Oliver Spake: Hooray.

00:50:34Melissa Ellis: So we got knocked off our perch down here in the greater state, but that's okay. We were all fronding. There was 29 in Victoria, 25 in Queensland, eight events in South Australia, seven on the North Island, six in WA and Tassie, five in the ACT, and two on the South Island.

00:50:54Oliver Spake: Pretty good showing, everyone.

00:50:55Melissa Ellis: The largest frond was at PoW. With me, with me, Toc, Jacqui, Irene and Parthy, Ideas Man, Dawn, Andrew Johnston and Martine Barrot and John Graham. And a close second out at Jerrabomberra, there were nine at Jerrabomberra Mountain Reserve with Bill, Yvette and Alexandra Turner, Kristy Hill, Rebecca Gordon, Michael Gentle, Sara Jurek, Margot Colbrick and our guerrilla reporter, Alistair Buchanan. And I did use Yvette's group photo for this week's Consolidated Club report post.

00:51:33Oliver Spake: Nice work. And you've just reminded me I had one job, and that was to say that, of course, Alistair's report was from the week prior, in case anyone was wondering how he managed to get from Sydney to Canberra in the space of a weekend.

00:51:45Melissa Ellis: Ah, true, true. And I did say Margot's surname wrong. I think I said Coldbrick, but it's Colbrick.

00:51:52Oliver Spake: Uh-huh.

00:51:52Melissa Ellis: Sorry, Margot.

00:51:53Oliver Spake: That's it. We both had one job then.

00:51:55Melissa Ellis: Mm-hmm. But what can we look forward to, Ollie? What is coming up in the next few weeks?

International Ugly Christmas Singlet Day

00:52:03Melissa Ellis: Ugly Christmas Singlet and Shirt Day. That's right.

00:52:06Oliver Spake: Asked is on the 17th of December. So, yeah, I think we're all looking forward for those that haven't received their orders. I'm looking forward to receiving those, getting them ready. I'm sure we're all going to save them.

00:52:20Melissa Ellis: No. No. Adventurers like to be shown their ugly as soon as they receive it. I've already been wearing one ugly Christmas runner with my moon boot.

00:52:32Oliver Spake: Excellent.

00:52:32Melissa Ellis: So I'm looking forward to getting into two.

00:52:34Oliver Spake: Yeah, you're half festive already. That's great. Yeah, but it's very close. It will be here before we know it. Oh, Siri's excited too. Siri even wants to talk. But nonetheless, Mel, looking forward to that one. There's always that moment of confusion for the non-adventurers, those that don't necessarily feel too familiar with the Ugly Christmas Singlets or shirts and they come along to parkrun the week before Christmas Eve and they see people in Christmas gear and they get a little confused at least I'm speaking in terms of our local parkrun community who then would probably tend to dress up in Christmas gear the following week so lovely little bit of confusion there for them see Victorian adventurers we just wear them all year round and is that Siri still going uh no no no um we just smell oh

00:52:42[other]

00:53:29Melissa Ellis: We just wear ours all year round and people are always saying, I love your shirt. Where did you get it from? And they are so popular. And we have mentioned before, it isn't actually Ollie and I that organise the Ugly Christmas Singlet and shirts. It's the elves. And that's not a metaphor for us.

00:53:48Oliver Spake: That's right. That's right. It's not us.

00:53:51Melissa Ellis: It's not us. We do promote it because it is something that the adventurers embrace and enjoy. But if you do see somebody wearing an Ugly Christmas Singlet or shirt, it doesn't necessarily mean they're an adventurer or listen to the podcast. It might just be somebody who likes being really, really ugly. That's right.

00:54:12Oliver Spake: So I think the message there is try and sign them up to the Adventurers Club just in case.

00:54:17Melissa Ellis: Yes. Yes, that's a good idea.

Sign-off

00:54:20Oliver Spake: But Mel, where are you off to this week?

00:54:22Melissa Ellis: I can't get that far due to some time restraints this week, Ollie, so I've decided to head back to Puckapunyal. Okay, well, that should be lovely. I think I'll go and revisit Pucka, yeah. Yeah. And run the trails, get a bit of Pucka love. What about you?

00:54:37Oliver Spake: That'll be good. I hope it's a lovely day for you. Thank you. Well, I'm on holidays. So provided I'm awake, I have... Yeah, I've got a bit of an extended family holiday up north, so I am looking forward to a bit of parkrunning and hopefully a bit of barcode scanning too and celebrating Hannah's 50th.

00:54:59Melissa Ellis: Birthday or event?

00:55:02Oliver Spake: Event. Hannah's 50th parkrun, to get the terminology right.

00:55:07Melissa Ellis: Of course it's not birthday. What was I saying? It's getting late. Oh, my goodness. So did you say where you were going to be? Oh, no, I didn't. I'm off to Hamilton Island parkrun. That's pretty exciting.

00:55:20Oliver Spake: I'm very excited.

00:55:21Melissa Ellis: Is it on a beach?

00:55:22Oliver Spake: It has a bit of a beach. Wow. There's that theme again.

00:55:25Melissa Ellis: I know.

00:55:27Oliver Spake: All about the beaches. Yes, it is all about the beaches. If only I had a parkrun with a beach.

00:55:37Melissa Ellis: Well, one day, maybe when you grow up, you can have a parkrun with a beach. Yeah. But does that mean you're not going to be around next week, Ollie? Are you leaving me?

00:55:47Oliver Spake: Well, yeah, sorry, Mel.

00:55:50Melissa Ellis: Oh, well. Yeah, I am sorry about that. You're just off gallivanting the world, leaving me all alone here. That's okay. That's okay. I'll hold the fort while you're off having fun.

00:56:02Oliver Spake: Thank you, Mel.

00:56:02Melissa Ellis: I'll get you back one day. One day I might get one of those cool adventures. Oh, all the alerts are going on. I don't know. Is that all going to come through on the audio?

00:56:04[other]

00:56:10Oliver Spake: I haven't heard a thing. All I've heard is Siri. Oh, no, I heard that actually, yeah. There we are.

00:56:16Melissa Ellis: Right. Goodness, what a mess. Okay, so you're off to Hamilton Island, I'm off to Pucka, and that's it. That is it. As always, you can contact us via Facebook or our email, which is parkrunadventurers at gmail.com. That's it for another week. I've said that about three times.

00:56:36Cathy Ray: We'll see you all next week. Ollie won't, just me.

00:56:40Melissa Ellis: We'll see you all next week for more adventures. Music.

00:56:42[music]

00:57:49[other]

Siri

00:57:49Melissa Ellis: Hey Siri, who's going to win the Soccer World Cup?

00:57:52Craig: I don't have the odds for that one, but France has a better record than Tunisia.