Episode 356 - All power to the editor

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Welcome

00:00:23Oliver Spake: Welcome to episode 356 of the parkrun adventurers podcast, a podcast about life if your life is all about parkrun. I am Ollie Spake and I'm joining from Dharawal Country.

00:00:37Melissa Ellis: And I am Melissa Ellis and I am back home on Wurundjeri Country. And my quads are screaming at me, Ollie.

00:00:46Oliver Spake: I'm sure an X number of hours driving in the car, possibly didn't help that situation, Mel.

00:00:55Melissa Ellis: Yeah, that's a point. That wasn't a good recovery. I didn't really get a walk it out.

00:01:00Oliver Spake: But you are, of course, referring to the fact that you had a light jog up a mountain.

00:01:06Melissa Ellis: Yeah, it was good to see you, albeit briefly.

00:01:10Oliver Spake: Brief as it were. And look, I jest in calling it a light jog. You smashed it, Mel. Well done.

00:01:16Melissa Ellis: Thanks. Should I launch into my recap? Should I jump straight in? Yeah.

00:01:20Oliver Spake: Yes, yes, because for those that haven't been listening recently or aren't familiar with the dates, we are, of course, talking about the Panorama Punish at the beautiful Bathurst in New South Wales, which is a very good state. So, Mel, please tell us about it. How did you find it?

00:01:37Melissa Ellis: Well, this weekend was brought to you by the letter O and then number 8, but more on that later. On Friday, I took my Barina North once again for the long journey to Bathurst to meet a small group of adventurers at the Bathurst Showgrounds. The journey was thankfully uneventful and I managed to be the first of our small contingent of campers to arrive, affording me the luxury of choosing the camping spot. It was to be a two-night stay, which in my rules of camping calls for my small tent and inflatable airbed, quick to set up and pack away when less gear is required for short stays. Our camping group consisted of myself, Chris Fraser, Ingrid and Jazz Botha, Bec Bailey and Gaillyn Cooper, at least until you made your appearance, Ollie, but you can talk about that point yourself. Saturday morning saw our group head off in two different directions as Bec and Galen headed to Mudgee parkrun while the rest of us journeyed 50 minutes northwest to Orange parkrun on the lands of the Wiradjuri people. There we met with more adventurers in Luke Schroder, who completed his namely, Catherine O'Connor and friend Lynn, Helen Rubin, who completed her alphabet, Michelle Fyfe, I believe, did her half Cowell, Tanya Pollard and Michael Charlton, who was volunteering on finish tokens. There were 187 participants on the day and most of us took the option of walking to rest our legs for the following day's event. It was event 303, which I apparently needed for my postcode, and numbers were only slightly up on their average of 152, likely due to the visitors in town for the punish. We had perfect mile conditions for the run, which is located at Gosling Creek Reserve, starting and finishing at the children's playground. The course itself is predominantly clockwise with much of the route alongside the reservoir and largely a loop with a couple of offshoots. Parts of the trail are quite gravelly and there's also some undulations to navigate. The reserve itself has a no dogs policy. And in addition to the playground, there is barbecue area with gas barbecues and also toilets. After the run, we headed off to the Groundstone Cafe, which was a recommendation from the lovely event team to enjoy the sunshine and a spot of brunch. But as for Sunday, we were all in town, of course, for the Panorama Punish, and we do have some mail coming up which will speak more to how that all went. So I will keep my recap more specific to my own experience. Since the pandemic, I have backed off the organised running events I attend, preferring to focus instead on my parkrun tourism. So aside from City to Surf, the Panorama of Punish is the only other event I choose to run. You might ask why? Why? And maybe I don't really have an answer for that. But what I do know is that Jen and Steve have built such a wonderful and iconic event that has a fun family atmosphere. Of course, running a hot lap of the famous racetrack is exciting and the challenge to get up to the top of the mountain, whether you are racing your previous time or trying to avoid the sweepers, adds to the experience. The views from the top are breathtaking and then zooming down the other side makes all the effort worthwhile. I know, Ollie, that you and I were both successful in Zoomy race photos. But the lift I felt as I rounded that last bend, searching for then spotting the group of adventurers cheering me on, helped me find a burst of speed to hold off the fellow runner who had me in her sights. I knocked eight minutes off my time from last year. So on a personal level, I was really pleased. But the thing that brought me the most joy was the coming together of so many adventurers and the different achievements they celebrated. Our group was evenly spaced throughout the field from those who placed in the age categories to those who managed to avoid being picked up by the minibus. Ollie, I just felt like we were the proud parents on the day. All our adventurer kids did so well. And I wonder who will join us next year. I think we need to challenge the Running Riot team for that trophy.

00:05:37Oliver Spake: I think so. And echo that sentiment, Mel. Proud dad here. It was really special and I was just... over the moon to be able to make it, albeit late, as we say, to make it, to witness and to savour some great experiences on the day, a beautiful day.

Emails

00:05:58Melissa Ellis: But we had some mail that came in, just late mail. So I thought we'd read that out now. It's from Stephen Jackson, one of the race organisers. Perhaps you want to read that one, Ollie?

00:06:11Oliver Spake: I would love to. And I'll be your plus one for this mail. So Stephen said, hello, Mel, plus one. Who is it this week? It was marvellous to see the nearly 20 adventurers finish the Panorama Punish yesterday so close to the largest team. If I had run it, it would have been even closer. Nice work to all those parkrunners who travelled far and wide to get to Bathurst for the parkrun. Punish double. Yes, we know many were at Orange, Mudgee, Parks and other parkruns close in bunny years to Bathurst. But in the country, a three or four hour drive is standard stuff. Particular admiration for Mel's long drive, Ollie's trains, planes and automobiles, Ollie's mum and her bongos, and she was out there drumming on the course, that's my interlude, as one of the volunteers, and for the Office Lady's stellar assistance over the weekend. Mel's recap will likely have covered this, but perfect weather, nearly 800 entries, including Bathurst Mare as a late entry and a brilliant vibe of the pits at the Mount Panorama racing circuit, parkrun the day before was a good turnout with 274 finishes, which is up on our average this year of 150-ish. Lots there for the double. Again, many thanks for the support you have shown and to all the family of parkrun, much appreciated. A very special group. As we unpacked last night, we found a rock in the bottom of one of the many boxes. Photos attached. Very special. More to follow, but we are both hoarse and weary. So a slower week this week. Cheers, Stephen and Jen.

00:08:03Melissa Ellis: I forgot to put the photo attachment, Ollie, of the rock. But it was, you know, one of those painted rocks when people hide them.

00:08:13Oliver Spake: That's right. That's right. So one of those had the words, best wishes, Ipswich, Queensland, parkrun. And dmail, I think, 2023 was at the bottom of that. And parkrun this way with Snoopy. Snoopy. Out there with a chequered flag. So, yeah, just adding to the vibe and a nice little surprise for Stephen and Jen. Echo your sentiment. What a fantastic effort and testament to the wonderful community of Bathurst and its surrounds from Stephen and Jen and from everyone that supports them. And the other person mentioned in Stephen's email, the Office Lady.

00:09:00Melissa Ellis: She was busy, busy, busy, wasn't she? So she does a brilliant job both in supporting the podcast, supporting Team Gore and supporting the Panorama Punish.

00:09:10Oliver Spake: That's right. That's right.

00:09:12Melissa Ellis: So well done, Sam.

00:09:13Oliver Spake: yeah yeah yeah what a major effort um so a big thank you thank you very much and what about you Ollie you need to give us your little recap now yeah my recap um well it's been wonderful to relive a lot of the weekend that I did feel I lived somewhat vicariously that that I was able to catch online and to hear of people's experiences um but uh Yeah, as things turned out, since I was last on the podcast, I have had two parkrun days but not a lot of parkrunning. I've had one at home where I was multitasking back over a week ago, taking photos out whilst completing the course. Might I add that was before I went off to see the Hilltop Hoods at a music festival. I haven't seen Bliss and Esso yet though. But, yes, the parkrun day just gone. my plan was originally to come and join orange parkrun for my half Cowell. So, um, yeah, it was, was, uh, I think, um, I needed an O for my alphabet. I'm still in that neck of the woods. I still have a few letters to complete. Um, Mudgee parkrun was on the cards as an alternative, obviously, you know, granted some of the Shellharbour logistics that were available out there and the great help and support. But sometimes, Mel, life throws up a curveball and I found myself in Tassie after a bit of a family tragedy. And as it was, I was down the road on parkrun Day and in the days preceding from Kingston Park parkrun, which at as of Friday evening, was touch and go as to whether it was going to go ahead with some very bad weather forecasted of wind and rain. I was dressed in my parkrun gear, ready to go at about a quarter past seven, at about 7.30. No, hang on. Time's all wrong. We're talking Tasmania, aren't we? We're talking Lutruwita. So a quarter past eight, 8.30. And... Yeah, look, as it was, family first. And instead of joining the crew in some moderate to light rain at Kingston Park, I was about one kilometre down the road at a cafe with my sister, which was exactly where I needed to be. And the half Cowell will wait. And ironically, Mel, I think it might wait until I'm back down in a month's time where I might be doing Kingston Park parkrun. Yes, on the 18th of November. So not altogether a bad outcome. I will get that opportunity. And I was instead very fortunate to be able to do jump in the automobile, jump on the plane, jump on the train and make my way on the Bathurst bullet out to Bathurst to be picked up and brought to the showground, which I made just before 10pm on Saturday night. So wonderful to see you all and many of you whom I caught and to still get my dose of the Panorama Punish, which I cannot wait till next year to experience a little more in full.

00:12:36Melissa Ellis: Well, it was great to see you, albeit briefly, and I trust you had a good run.

00:12:43Oliver Spake: It was a challenging run, Mel. Look, congratulations to all our adventurer kids out there. Dad's a bit sore. I'm not sure what shin splints are, but this is probably how I would describe them. So, yeah, I was quite sore out there. And, yeah, it's not a bad situation when you see lots of your fellow adventurers out there running past you, having a great time out there with spectacular views behind. But I was... several minutes slower than last year. I had a great time, but I am hurting much like yourself, Mel.

00:13:27Melissa Ellis: At least we got good photos.

00:13:30Oliver Spake: That's right. Yeah, that's exactly right. We got the zoomies in there. Just maybe have a bit of training to do before I take on my next mountain.

00:13:41Melissa Ellis: Oh, okay. Well, I guess that's probably enough recapping of our weekend.

parkrun news bulletin

00:13:47Melissa Ellis: We have not a lot of news and discussion to bring up. Only I have seen in the socials, in the parkrun socials there, UK has put out some new merch. Yeah, hoodies, Mel. Hmm. The hoodies are out. The hoodies. Milestone hoodies, Ollie.

00:14:04Oliver Spake: Yeah, which look kind of cool. Not the season necessarily for us in most of Australia, but hoodies are good. I would be tempted.

00:14:17Melissa Ellis: I had a little look. I did go on the website just to confirm because sometimes we're not allowed to have things pasted, out here to the colonies um we have to find other ways to get our things from the UK but I did try to put something in my basket and it did appear that it was going to allow it to be posted to Australia so anybody out there who isn't UK based and is happy to convert 50 pounds to your currency of your choice and then pay postage it does appear to be possible yeah

00:14:50Oliver Spake: Yes, yes, that's right.

00:14:52Melissa Ellis: Maybe we can swap them from some umbrellas. Oh, yeah, yeah. Because we have the umbrellas in Australia.

00:14:58Oliver Spake: You think trade them?

00:14:59Melissa Ellis: Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

00:15:03Oliver Spake: Yeah. Oh, well, I would be tempted by a hoodie. Not immediately, but, yeah, maybe it goes on the Christmas list, something like that. Yeah.

00:15:14Melissa Ellis: Yeah. Alrighty.

Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew

00:15:17Melissa Ellis: Well, that said, moving on, we've got some roving reports this week, Ollie. We have heard from Sarah Jefferson, who was also in Tasmania, but you didn't know that.

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00:15:27Oliver Spake: Yeah, I had no idea. I had no idea.

00:15:30Melissa Ellis: And Lyndell the Legendary coming to us from North Lakes. So let's have a little listen.

Roving report Sarah Jefferson — Our Park parkrun

00:15:42Sarah Jefferson: Good morning, parkrun adventurers. It's Sarah here from the West Side, but I'm on the east side of Tasmania checking out Orford, so Our Park parkrun in Tasmania for their event 153 today.

Talking to Kendall — Run Director, Our Park parkrun (Orford, Tasmania)

00:15:54Sarah Jefferson: And I'm here with Kendall, the Run Director. Morning, Kendall. Good morning. Thanks for coming. Thank you for having us. The rain has mostly held off. Can you please tell the listeners a little bit about the course?

00:16:05Kendall: Best course in Australia, we think. So we're a trail course. We're a double out and back along the beach, which is lovely. A bit through the trees and a very big family friendly play area park at the start and finish.

00:16:20Sarah Jefferson: And for those of you who don't like running on the beach, don't worry. It's not on the sand. That's right. It's not on the sand. Can you tell us a little bit about the bay and I guess the surrounding area?

00:16:28Kendall: Yeah, so this is Spring Bay and from here we can see out to Maria Island. You can see almost into Triabunna, which is where the big marina is. And you can see on a very clear day, you can see just the end of the Coles Bay hazards, which is lovely.

00:16:44Sarah Jefferson: Beautiful. Well, we're hoping that the mist does clear so that when we head up to Wineglass Bay later on, we can get some views. But there is a birthday coming up, is that right? Yeah.

00:16:57Kendall: What is it, our third birthday? I can't remember how long it's been going for. Yeah, I think in about two weeks' time. Usually we go with the first run in November, yeah.

00:17:05Sarah Jefferson: And will there be cake? Will there be celebrations? Oh, we'll have to try something, definitely. Normally we go with chocolate because chocolate's one of my favourite things. Nice. So it's always chocolate on birthdays. Yep. You can always have chocolate for breakfast on your birthday, for sure. Absolutely. And why is it called Our Park parkrun, given we're in Orford?

00:17:20Kendall: Because that's the name of this lovely facility that we're starting at, the park is very family friendly as I said there's lovely big barbecue areas big playgrounds exercise equipment skate ramps there's a bike track for kids toilets plenty of parking it's just beautiful it is beautiful and I can only imagine in summer your numbers increase quite a lot yeah they do we often get um an influx of tourists in summer and all our people who live in shacks down here come down and and do parkrun more often which is fabulous

00:17:49Sarah Jefferson: Yeah, because I think today we've got about 14, don't we? I think so, yeah. Not too many today. I was eyeing off the holiday houses, thinking which one I would love to come and stay in when I come again. Yep, safety pennies. Yes. So thank you for having us this morning. It's a beautiful parkrun to check out. Thank you so much.

Roving report Lyndell Murray — North Lakes parkrun

00:18:04Lyndell Murray: G'day, parkrun adventurers. It is Lyndell, and today I have... Follow the bat signal out to the lands of the Yuggera people. I am at North Lakes for their heroes and villains themed 11th birthday. You guessed it. I am dressed as Batman. There are Wonder Women. There are purple minions. There are all kinds of characters here today. In amongst them are apparently some milestones. So let me see who I can track down after the run. I'll check in with you then.

Talking to Damien — North Lakes parkrun 500-milestone parkrunner and original first-event participant

00:18:42Lyndell Murray: Alrighty, I have caught up with one of our Milestoners and OG North Lakes parkrunners, Damien. How was your day today?

00:18:50Damien: Yeah, excellent. Thank you. It's a great privilege to do 500, especially doing my 500th on the anniversary of North Lakes' 11th birthday as well.

00:19:02Lyndell Murray: Very special, very special indeed. Now, are there any other blue-shirters here at North Lakes?

00:19:08Damien: There's one other guy that regularly does North Lakes that's done 500. He did it probably about 30 runs ago. Yeah. Yeah.

00:19:21Lyndell Murray: And there's a 400 here as well. And I may be able to speak to that lady. I'm not sure. Let's see how we go. Now, you did the first parkrun here at North Lakes 11 years ago.

00:19:31Damien: Yes, I did. That was the very first. I saw it advertised and went... I'm not much of a runner, but I'll give it a go. And 11 years on, I'm here with 500 runs.

00:19:44Lyndell Murray: Terrific. And is parkrun about the run for you? Is there more to it than the run?

00:19:49Damien: I guess it's a little, it started off just for fitness. And then I guess it became more of an addiction. And yeah, now everywhere I go, I do a parkrun. And the community spirit everywhere is just great. Everyone's welcoming, no matter which parkrun you go to.

00:20:08Lyndell Murray: Now let's get on to that. This podcast is for parkrun adventurers, people who like to go and try out different parkruns. So you said before you've done about 50 odd different ones. Have you got a top three parkruns from that 50 odd?

00:20:26Damien: I would say, well, North Lakes being my home parkrun.

00:20:29Lyndell Murray: Okay, three more?

00:20:31Damien: Three more, okay. I did really enjoy doing Merimbula in New South Wales, southern New South Wales, but there's closed now, unfortunately. But, yeah, it was a great little run across the boardwalk for a lot of it, which was only two pram widths wide and there was no handrails and, yeah, the water right under you. It was a good parkrun, then I'd say I really enjoyed I did Bairnsdale earlier this year in Victoria that was enjoyable as well and where else gee I'd say probably yeah Cottesloe over in Western Australia it'd probably be the next one I really enjoyed that as well

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00:21:20Lyndell Murray: Nice one. And you said that wherever you go, you try to fit a parkrun in. Have you had any misadventures or near misses with getting to a parkrun?

00:21:29Damien: No, always make sure I'm nice and early, especially going somewhere I've never seen before, just to make sure because I don't want to miss out.

00:21:38Lyndell Murray: Good on you. So you're organised in your adventuring. That's terrific. All right. Now, North Lakes, beautiful lap around the course. You said that it was one of your favourites. Tell us a little bit more about North Lakes.

00:21:51Damien: Yeah, North Lake's just, yeah, it's where I started. It's got a great community. Everyone's very friendly. You can get as involved as you want. Yeah, it's, the run itself is, yeah, three laps around and around the lake and different... How would I say it? When you go around, you get different people passing you at different points on the way because the fast ones catch up. If you're a middle-paced runner, you catch somebody else as well as someone. And you can gauge how you're going compared to previous weeks on where you catch people or where people catch you. And... Yeah, out and back courses, you've kind of only got that one time, but on the three laps, you get a few gauges on the way around how you're going. And during summer, at least around North Lakes, there's a bit of shade as well. So that's quite welcoming.

00:22:50Lyndell Murray: All right. Well, good on you, Damien. You're the hero today in today's Heroes and Villains parkrun here at North Lakes. Congratulations.

00:22:57Damien: Thank you very much.

Talking to Alistair — Co-Event Director, North Lakes parkrun

00:23:02Lyndell Murray: Okay, today's Run Director, Super Dave, has dobbed Alistair in instead of talking to me, but that's okay. Alistair, you're the Event Director here.

00:23:10Alistair: Yeah, I'm the Co-Event Director with Kate Vitha, so we're running it as a combo, and we have seven people in the RD team here. That's a nice, strong team, and your Co-Event Director is timekeeping, is that correct? Yes, she's timekeeping today, so we like, yeah, generally birthday parties, we all sort of end up doing something, so yeah.

00:23:29Lyndell Murray: Terrific. Now, 11 years here at North Lakes. What a terrific milestone.

00:23:33Alistair: Yeah, it's been amazing. Last year was 10 years and that was a huge event. And so come with 11 and we just keep, you know, I think we're sort of going from strength to strength at the moment. We had a bit of a dip post-COVID, but numbers are coming back, which is great.

00:23:44Lyndell Murray: Excellent. Now, your course here is a lovely course, isn't it?

00:23:47Alistair: Oh, yeah, I love the three-lap course. It's nice. It's all sort of all one way, you know. No too many choke points and everyone gets a wave as people go past, say hello. People say hello to the Tail Walkers. Yeah, it's a really nice community.

00:24:01Lyndell Murray: Personally, I don't like three lap courses, but this one's pretty nice around the lake here. Now, Alistair, on to you. You're an Event Director here. How did you get involved with parkrun?

00:24:13Alistair: My wife got invited to come along by one of her friends through the kids school and then she started going and then it's like I started going the kids were young so we used to take turns so one week would do it one week wouldn't and then one would look after the kids the other one would run and then we saw the kids got old we could both do it and then it sort of grew and then sort of started doing volunteering and then When one of the event, when one of the Run Directors stepped down, I sort of said, oh, you know, I'd be interested. And then started doing that and loved that. And then later on, the two of our longstanding Event Directors sort of decided to take a break. And then so Kate and I stepped up and became Event Directors. It's been, yeah, it's been great. Yeah, really love it.

00:24:49Lyndell Murray: Fantastic. Now, was that, have you done some volunteering before you stepped up to run directing?

00:24:54Alistair: Yeah, I did lots of volunteering. I used to, yeah, so I was doing photographer. I've done Timekeeper, tokens. Yeah, I've done pretty well most roles, yeah.

00:25:01Lyndell Murray: Do you have a favourite role?

00:25:03Alistair: Early on, I loved photography because I've done a bit of photography in the past. I also like sort of Timekeeper because I like the people cross the line. And one of my, actually my favourite, I think, is actually pacer. I actually really enjoy pacing because coming, I wasn't a strong runner when I first started. I've got better. And so going from someone who used to chase paces to have people run with you and help people get a PB and go, keep going, keep going. And, you know, it's really good. I love people cross the line and go, oh, thanks, you helped me get the PB. Like, that really makes my day. So, yeah. Perfect.

00:25:33Lyndell Murray: Well, that's a perfect segue to running and parkrunning. This podcast is for parkrun adventurers. So have you done much touristing or adventuring in your parkrun story?

00:25:43Alistair: I've done quite a bit of touristing. I've done a couple overseas ones. I've done one in Singapore. I did one in Des Moines in near Seattle in America. I was over on a work trip, um I was over UK for work trip but unfortunately couldn't get one over there but yeah and I've done a few locals and when I've travelled in the states I've done a couple down hobart yeah so travel around yeah and so is there a highlight from that or what we often ask is do you have a top three not including your home run here at north folks um I think doing the one near seattle was pretty amazing there was It was weird because I was still jet lagged. It felt for me like the middle of the night. And I turned up. Uber driver was late, so I sort of had to run to get the start. I missed the briefing. And I'm running up, and then the guy's turned next to me. He's gone. Oh, it's 1.6 miles all uphill. I'm trying to do calculations in my head and going...

00:26:36Lyndell Murray: It's 1.6 miles.

00:26:38Alistair: It's 2.5 kilometres uphill. It's all uphill now. So that was good. Singapore, I really loved. It was a great community. It was really... Hot. Hot, humid. I was over there for the... I'd gone over here for a trip to see the Grand Prix and I didn't think I was going to get it because there was actually thunderstorms behind, so they delayed it because there was huge thunderstorms and then they just... Yeah, no, like... they held off for 10 minutes and then it was cleared and it was like just a really great yeah and I think last year our 10-year birthday here I think that was just really special event um you know because everything shut you know come back everyone shut down after COVID actually The first run after COVID, that was really amazing, really emotional. Everyone realised how disconnected they'd become. Everyone come back as a community. There's a lot of emotion that day, so yeah.

00:27:30Lyndell Murray: All right. Well, you're not meant to name your home parkrun, but I'll allow that one because it sounds pretty special and it's reflective of the community that we have here. Here we are. I'm a slow runner. It's like 50 minutes in and there's still a whole bunch of people here hanging around, having a chat.

00:27:45Alistair: Yeah, I've become lifelong friends with people here, so... Like, we've done, you know, Sunny Coast Marathon last year and we had a gazebo set up and everyone's cheering each other and everyone's been doing times and checking in and, like, yeah, we have dinners afterwards and, you know, I catch up with people here running during the week and it's just a really nice, you know, friend, you know, got made some great friends here.

00:28:06Lyndell Murray: That's brilliant. All right. Alistair, thank you for speaking with me today. Is there anything else that you would like a bunch of crazy parkrun adventurers to know about North Lakes parkrun? Yeah.

00:28:18Alistair: It's a great community. Come try it. I mean, it's an unusual sort of three-lap course. Most drivers are out and back or something like that. But, yeah, so, yeah, just come in and try it. We're currently actually on our alternate course at the moment because they're doing building works over there. But we're not sure we'll even stay here because people seem to like the new set-up. So, yeah.

00:28:36Lyndell Murray: Brilliant. Well, thank you so much. And thank you for everything that you have done for parkrun and your community here at North Lakes. Well done.

00:28:43Alistair: Thank you so much.

Talking to Gwen — North Lakes parkrun 400-milestone parkrunner; Run Down Under participant

00:28:47Lyndell Murray: All righty, parkrun adventurers, I have hit the jackpot here with Gwen. Gwen, you've done a milestone today of 400 parkruns.

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00:29:08Lyndell Murray: So a little while ago, you've gotten to your 400. Now, you're sitting here with a couple of people with run-down-under shirts on, and I think you've got a bit of a story about that as well.

00:29:18Gwen: Yes, I've done run-down-under going around Australia. One whole time? No, twice. Nearly twice? One whole time, and I'm doing a second lap, going in the opposite direction, and I've got about 550km to go. And you were telling me that you were going to finish just in time for Christmas, so what a great present that's going to be. On the 23rd of December, I'm going to finish, and Travis from Rundown Under is going to come up and see me finish. And it's all going to happen right here at North Lakes Park on the 23rd of December. Well, that is brilliant, Gwen. Thank you. I am absolutely in awe of that.

00:30:06Lyndell Murray: Now, this podcast that I'm interviewing you for is... The people that listen to it like adventuring around parkrun and going to different parkruns.

00:30:17Gwen: So you've been to a few different ones as well? I've completed the alphabet. Which one was my last one? Dalby was my last one. Dalby, yeah. Yes, so we've travelled quite extensively to get all the alphabet books.

00:30:35Lyndell Murray: You do. You have to travel for a few of them. You have to travel for a J. Yes. And you have to travel a bit for a D. And there's a few letters that are a bit hard to combine, South East Queensland.

00:30:44Gwen: Well, we came from Canberra originally. Yep. And one opened up not far from Canberra with a J. Yes.

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00:30:52Unidentified speaker: It was called Jerrabomberra. Yes.

00:30:53Gwen: We went down and did that. Excellent. I had to go to Victoria. And visited family at the same time. Yeah. Yeah. That is brilliant. Now, is there anything else on your parkrun radar? Any other challenges? No more challenges at the moment. No? You're just happy with your 400 and you've got another big milestone in a couple of months' time? Yeah, because my health is not great, so I'm going to have a bit of a rest. Okay. Well, it sounds like you deserve it. Yeah.

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00:31:21Lyndell Murray: You're a remarkable woman, Gwen. So thank you so much for talking to me, Gwen. That's okay. I've really enjoyed meeting you, and when I grow up, I want to be like you. Yeah. All righty, parkrun adventurers, I reckon that is about it from me. Just one extra little hidden bit of trivia about Gwen, who I interviewed. She let it drop after I stopped recording that she was an Olympic torchbearer back in the day. So she carried the torch in the relay before the Sydney Olympics back in the day. What a star. So there you have it. I have had a ripper of a morning here at North Lakes parkrun. Not only because of the dress-ups and the cake, but because I met some fabulous people in Gwen, Damien and the co-ED Alastair. Alrighty, this is Lyndell signing out for the Channel 5 News crew on the parkrun adventurers.

00:32:10[background music]

00:32:25Oliver Spake: Thank you very much to Sarah and Lyndell for the roving reports. Lyndell at a very well, I think, appreciated Heroes and Villains 11th birthday there, Mel. And I have had now the opportunity to look at some of those images and it does seem like it was a pretty good time had by all. And Yeah, as we mentioned before, Sarah down in Tassie at what I would call a special spot. And that's probably just something unique to me because for some reason, I've actually dreamt of the bridge that's around the corner from Our Park parkrun for my entire life. I've come to it every couple of years and I have this recurring dream and I would not have been across that bridge more than maybe half a dozen times in my life, but it just pops up. So I do look forward to getting to Our Park parkrun and seeing the bridge across what I think is the Prosser River around the corner there.

00:33:26Melissa Ellis: Oh, wow.

00:33:27Oliver Spake: Yeah. That's cool. So, yeah, I hope you had a nice time down in Tassie.

00:33:32Melissa Ellis: And I bet Lyndell, was she dressed up as a villain? Because that reminds me of when she was at the Cops and Robbers, didn't she? She probably did roving reports then too. And she was the robber. I remember her dressed up in the black.

00:33:44Oliver Spake: Yes, yes. Look, amongst the Channel 5 News crew, we have some pretty impressive, yeah, fancy dress pros, I have to say. And, yes, Lyndell is most certainly legendary in that respect. So that's where it was at, clearly.

Emails

00:34:04Oliver Spake: But, Mel, we've got some mail. You've got mail. And in addition to the email that we did focusing on the partnership share earlier in the podcast, we received an email from Jeff Club following a bit of a discussion we had around launches. So if I may, Mel, I'll read this one out.

00:34:26Melissa Ellis: Thank you.

00:34:27Oliver Spake: And I want everyone to visualise a spreadsheet when I get to the appropriate point because that's how I visualise life, not just post-its. Jeff said, hey, team, I think Mel mentioned last week that the launch numbers in Australia are down. She's right. I put together this spreadsheet, there we are, of every 5K launch and divided it by year. Australian launches are as follows. So I'll try and group these to paint the number picture. In the first three years, 2011 through 13, we had three, then five, then 36. I think that's 15. Yeah, we did have 15. That's absolutely right. See, that's why you don't trust me with this worksheet. 3, 15 and 36. And then... 2014 and 2015 were both on 42 launches, up to 49 in 2016 and then a jump to 64 in 2017 and the jump continued in 2018 to 75 before we saw a bit of a dip in 2019, right down to 35. As we know, 2020 was all kinds of everything and we had 16 launches that year in Australia and 2021 saw us return to 30 and then 40 in 2022. But here we are at 2023 with 23 launches. So I was right.

00:36:00Melissa Ellis: You were. Can we all just appreciate that?

00:36:04Oliver Spake: Yes, yes, yeah. And so I've gone and I've charted Jeff's numbers just to appreciate those numbers. And you'll be pleased to know that I did put 15 in my chart. So that's just my inability to read and talk at the same time. But Jeff went on to say, from 2017 to 2019, there were over 200 launches worldwide each year. I know that parkrun's five-year plan is geared more towards stabilising existing events rather than launching new ones, but it does seem like the number of launches has slowed considerably. Would be interesting to know what kinds of hurdles ambassadors and event teams are running into down there. Here in the US, we have numerous barriers to growth, but the largest of which seems to be landowners trying to charge us fees for permits. FYI, We have a launch this week in the US in Portland, Oregon, Mary S. Young parkrun. And Jeff shared the website there. It'll be our 65th event and 12th launch this year. That's just over half Australia. So way to go, the US. Love the pod and look forward to it every week. Keep up the good work, Jeff.

00:37:18Melissa Ellis: Thanks, Jeff.

00:37:19Oliver Spake: Yeah.

00:37:20Melissa Ellis: Thanks for doing the stats for me. It brings me back. They're the best sort of listeners, Ollie.

00:37:28Oliver Spake: That's it. Justification, Jeff. Yeah. Yeah. But look, it's some interesting numbers, certainly, and true observations. I know that we do have, I'm sure, you know, challenges similar to the US, but I would hazard a guess that it's funding, it's event teams. Yeah. I'm not sure, Mel, what other challenges you would have noted from Australia.

00:37:59Melissa Ellis: Just picking up, I've obviously got a few friends that are ambassadors around the place and I get the sense that HQ is a lot stricter with the courses than they previously were and they're knocking back a lot more courses these days for safety reasons, be it proximity to major roads, narrow paths, you know, those types of things. They're just saying unsuitable and... events are having a lot more trouble trying to find something that will tick all the boxes. So I'm thinking that's in Australia might be having a bit of a impact. Could be wrong.

00:38:42Oliver Spake: Yeah, yeah. No, look, I do understand examples of that to be the case, absolutely, and certainly speaking as an Event Director and our own risk assessment reviews where we had a course change. It wasn't triggered by such a change in approach, but it was absolutely a consideration and I respect there are a range of factors that drive that, but... But, yeah, it is making it just that little bit more challenging to identify suitable locations. There are some great ones out there. We know it. And as I was alluding before, you know, some of the challenges of finding the willing and committed event teams I've found, you know, maybe contribute as well, speaking from a region where we have three parkruns. Sorry to leave you out, Husky, but yeah, it would be good to see that 23 grow.

00:39:44Melissa Ellis: And then we did have a few, well, I don't know if it was a few, I can think of one example of coming back from the pandemic where an event that had previously been approved was no longer deemed safe and had to relocate completely. So, of course, speaking of Merimbula parkrun.

00:40:04Oliver Spake: Yeah, so look, I guess my personal view is any parkrun's better than no parkrun, but as always, appreciate the great efforts of the event teams out there and everyone behind the scenes to bring us these parkruns and particularly where there are those challenges, those risks to consider. Yeah.

00:40:26Melissa Ellis: But, Ollie, we also had an email.

00:40:29Oliver Spake: That's right. I was going to fire you for this one. No, no, no.

00:40:30[crosstalk]

00:40:32Melissa Ellis: I read this one. This one's my favourite.

00:40:35Oliver Spake: Yeah.

00:40:35Melissa Ellis: This one's from Greg Garner and he said, Hi, Mel, Ollie, TOC, Simon and the Office Lady. As a Collingwood supporter, I have been enjoying the recent endings to each podcast with the Collingwood song and it continues to bring back great memories from their recent premiership victory. As reigning premiers and until next year's grand final, where I'm sure they will go back to back, I think that it is only fair to continue to play the song at the end of each podcast. I'm sure Renee Jackson would be happy with this. Continue to keep up the good work and, of course, go Pies. Regards, Greg Garner. Is that where I insert the crickets? Yes.

00:41:17Oliver Spake: Well, look, well said, Greg. I think we might have some mixed feelings amongst the adventurers family around our closing music. Remember you barrack for Collingwood now, Ollie. Have you forgotten? Absolutely. Yeah, but I'm also diplomatic usually. But... No, look, it's great to see the victory celebrated, Mel. It absolutely is.

00:41:41Melissa Ellis: Maybe I'm just trying to give some incentive for somebody else to learn how to edit. Because until such time, everybody's got to depend on me. And that means I can do whatever I like.

00:41:54Oliver Spake: Never a truer word.

00:41:56Melissa Ellis: And I think Greg's got a really good point. I might just leave it in there until the next grand final.

Dazza's

00:42:04Oliver Spake: Well, we'll slowly make the switch across now to Dazza's because at Dazza's he said it's International Sloth Day. Dazza is celebrating by working at sloth pace. So come on in. Tell us about your morning. Place your order, but please don't expect to receive it in a hurry. Sorry. Gosh. Sorry, everyone. Don't adjust your sped-up podcast so it will resume at a normal pace now. But popping in, Mel, popping in was Craig Ryan, who said, after a small detour following the cancellation of Fountains Abbey, Rebecca and I headed to Roundhay parkrun in Leeds. We had the honour of meeting the lovely Christine Imbert one very enjoyable morning at a beautiful park. And Craig shared the photo of Rebecca. Christine... And Craig himself with the Roundhay pop-up. And special call-out, I believe they also, Craig and Rebecca, that is, made it to the Socceroos game at Wembley Stadium. So, yeah, living the life.

00:43:33Melissa Ellis: And I'm not really sure what the reason for the cancellation at Fountains Abbey is, but I do know the UK had some really terrible storm happening last weekend, which I think resulted in a lot of cancellations around the place. So we can only assume I guess that was the reason. But we also heard from Graham Wilkinson and he said, finally got to run Jersey parkrun and complete the Jordan Challenge. And in brackets, one parkrun in every region of the UK. A little wet and windy, but reasonably warm and enjoyable even through the puddles. Bonus was seeing how many challenges this one run came up on. So I guess the Jersey parkrun ticked a lot of boxes. That's what Graham's trying to say. Anyway, Graham shared a photo with himself and the Jersey pop-up wearing his cow beanie. Did I call that the cow bob? Is that what they refer to as the cow bob?

00:44:25Oliver Spake: I can't actually remember. But, yeah, congratulations, Graham.

00:44:29Melissa Ellis: Hmm. A little Regionnaire challenge. No, not really. It's like a Peel Club.

00:44:34Oliver Spake: Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And, you know, certainly there's quite a lot to it. But, Mel, someone who was very excited, Natalie Soper, popped in and said, after a long 16 weeks without parkrun while on my adventures through Central Asia and Middle East, I'm finally back again. In a parkrun country, Farfalle parkrun in Italy was a lovely four-lap course with lots of tourists around for a run in Venice tomorrow. The volunteers put on drinks, fruit and cake to top off a wonderful parkrun. And Natalie shared a photo of herself there in the selfie frame.

00:45:18Melissa Ellis: 16 weeks. That's four months. Wow, feeling traumatized oh well done Natalie I hope you enjoyed it we also heard from Chris Gore who said Karen and I along with our nephew Trent and his son headed down to our local at Bibra Lake parkrun as I had to head off to work afterwards Karen volunteered and I went for a run We will certainly be working at sloth pace over the next couple of days as we keep our eyes glued to the social for Big Dogs Backyard World Championships, where Phil, that's adventurer Phil, will be defending his world record, Go Team Gore. Chris shared a selfie with himself and Karen and Trent and Trent's son. And we wanted to also take the opportunity to wish Phil all the luck in the world. Well, he doesn't need the luck because he's a professional. But, yes, definitely go Team Gore. And I should mention that the Schroders were wearing their Team Gore tops at the Punish yesterday.

00:46:23Oliver Spake: They were. Go Team Gore. Now, over in New Zealand, we heard from Brett Bailey who said, RD at Pegasus for my V50 today and pink theme for breast cancer awareness. Numbers were down to 85 as many stayed home to watch the All Blacks semifinal. Met Tricia and Chris visiting from South East London who know the pubs we used to live and work in back in the early 90s. Thanks for the cakes, Jackie and Tanya. And Brett's photo there in the pink tutu with a 50 shirt cutout and the cake. And Brett, thank you for volunteering. Congratulations on the milestone.

00:47:03Melissa Ellis: So was this behind, so the All Blacks, that's rugby? Is that rugby?

00:47:08Oliver Spake: Correct, the Rugby Union World Cup.

00:47:11Melissa Ellis: And this is related to why you had South African socks on? Well, yes. Are you mixing sports?

00:47:17Oliver Spake: I don't know. No, you are absolutely correct. So one form of cuddle ball and the All Blacks were indeed successful in the Saturday parkrun Day Semi, followed by the Springboks South Africa with a narrow win on Sunday morning. And I was, of course, fortunate enough to have my South African socks back from Johan to where in the morning?

00:47:42Melissa Ellis: That's right, that you didn't tell me to pack.

00:47:44Oliver Spake: Never mind. One job. Sorry, Mel.

00:47:48Melissa Ellis: We also heard from Simon Mackley. Had a great time at Kirra, as I have in the past. This time, though, I had fellow adventurer Roberta change her plans to meet me there and Schultzy, who is doing it tough but battling on, and Em taking photos. So I put this one in because Simon was posed with the giant koalas that we talked about last week and he found the camo one. Well, actually, he found the two and he shared photos with both. But, yes, a selfie of Simon and Roberta with the camo koala.

00:48:17Oliver Spake: Yes. Well, well-timed, absolutely, to bring the koalas into that. Now, Mel, we also heard from Chloe Bravos, who said Lucy slothed in the pram all the way around before showing off her brand-spanking-new adventurer's shirt at Aveley parkrun. And Chloe proved it by sharing the photo of Lucy doing a zoomy in her adventurer's shirt.

00:48:43Melissa Ellis: She's just the cutest little kid.

00:48:45Oliver Spake: LAUGHTER

00:48:47Melissa Ellis: We also heard from Sam Schroder who said, with fronds happening all around me, I skipped parkrun this morning to lend a hand to the Punish crew and hand out bibs. After we were all done and everything was loaded back into cars, I headed out for a freedom run of the Bathurst course. It was hot. And Sam shared a selfie of herself in her Punish top and cap on the Bathurst course. And a good time to thank her once again for all the wonderful help that she gave over the weekend.

00:49:16Oliver Spake: Is there anything that Office Lady can't do, honestly? Now, popping in, we also heard from Errol Poole, who said, cake day at Scribbly Gums with my daughter. And the photo shared by Errol was of himself and his daughter in the selfie frame. And congratulations on your 250th unique event.

00:49:39Melissa Ellis: Yes, well done, Errol. He wasn't at the punish. Because he's hanging out in Queensland these days, Kingsland.

00:49:45Oliver Spake: That's right. Yes.

00:49:47Melissa Ellis: I'm trying to think of his daughter's name. I don't know if she's a Chloe too. Could be wrong. But anyway, I saw her post proudly in the Aussie tourism page of Errol's achievement as well. So, yeah, always nice to share those occasions with family, isn't it, Ollie?

00:50:05Oliver Spake: Well and truly is, yes.

the Obi Award — Lucy Bravos

00:50:08Melissa Ellis: Now, I'm relying on you to have an envelope on your whiteboard.

00:50:11Oliver Spake: I do. It's stuck on by a magnetic, well, magnet, I guess, just to show that I have some levels of organisation. But with no further ado, the Obi goes too. Yes, the coolest adventurer out there, Lucy.

00:50:25[background music]

00:50:42Melissa Ellis: Yay! I voted for Lucy.

00:50:47Oliver Spake: Yeah, especially with the angle zoomie and everything. So congratulations, Lucy, and, of course, Chloe and, yeah, the gang.

00:50:56Melissa Ellis: Bravos, Dad, you mean Dave.

00:50:59Oliver Spake: I mean Dave, yeah, that's right. But, yes, thank you, everyone, for popping into Dazza's and sharing with us your parkrun Day experiences. Help me get my fix, even though I didn't get it myself.

00:51:14Melissa Ellis: Aw.

Consolidated Club Report

00:51:16Melissa Ellis: But let me help you get more of a fix, Ollie. The adventurers Consolidated Club report for Saturday, the 21st of October, 2023, of a total of 880. Oh, 800. Ooh. No, no, no, settle down, settle down. Of a total of 484 members, 391 took part on this date in seven countries across 197 locations. In the UK, there were adventurers at 30 events. In the USA, there were adventurers at three. There was two in Italy and South Africa and one in the Netherlands. But locally, we had adventurers at, now this one is no surprise considering the influx into New South Wales for the Punish, 42 events in New South Wales, 39 in the Greater State, 36 in Queensland, SA and WA both had 13, ACT, North Island and Tassie each on four, the South Island three and one in the Northern Territory.

00:52:22Oliver Spake: There we are. Okay, I was going to say you were reading from my spreadsheet earlier, Mel.

the Frond — Albert Melbourne (11 adventurers) — largest local frond

00:52:28Oliver Spake: But internationally, internationally, we had a frond at Southampton, home of the Saints in the UK, with attendance from Stuart Henderson and... Stuart Tamsin and Morgan Smith.

00:52:43Melissa Ellis: And locally, the largest frond was down here in Albert Melbourne, with 11 adventurers. It was Geoff Wiffen, Cosmas McHugh, Damon Young, Stephen and Helen Davis, Jason and Oliver Andrews, Mark Prowse, Amanda Lake, and Val and Steve Warwick. Now, remember, if you would like us to track your achievements, you can add the Adventurers Club as one of your five affiliations on your parkrun profile. This week, as far as we are aware, there were no Adventurers PBs, nor were there official Adventurer milestones.

00:53:16Oliver Spake: That's right. Just a whole lot of fun. But Mel, we had some launches. We had some new parkrun family members around the globe, not in Australia, but the first of whom was in Poland. And may I please read this one out, Mel?

00:53:32Melissa Ellis: Where's Renata?

00:53:36Oliver Spake: So the first of our new parkruns, Welcome to the Family Port, is at Zechner Sandomierz in Poland.

00:53:45Melissa Ellis: Wow.

00:53:46Oliver Spake: And this particular parkrun features a course where the route is two sections of two and a half kilometres each with a turnaround at the water gate on the canal to the Sandomierz Port, river Port a flat asphalt route along the vistula embankment completely away from car traffic it is a perimeter road along the embankment built in case of flood and they had 43 participants with three doing their first parkrun fantastic now we also had one at Carlingwark Loch in the UK I believe so how did you say it earlier yeah I said Carling Walk.

00:54:30Melissa Ellis: Okay.

00:54:31Oliver Spake: All right. I have no idea. No, you don't. I'm sorry.

00:54:34Melissa Ellis: Anyway, it's in Scotland and it is a three-lap journey following the tarmac paths in the park as well as over grass sections. They had 78 participants. 11 ran their first parkrun, including the first finisher.

00:54:49Oliver Spake: Nice work. And closing out the new parkrun family, Mary S. Young parkrun in the United States, as mentioned a little earlier in this podcast. So this is located in Oregon in the USA, as we said, and is a trail course on a surface of bark chips and gravel. It's a two-lapper running partially alongside the soccer fields. That's Kikiay. And then a loop through a heavily wooded area.

Launches and anniversaries"Where is the cake?"

00:55:18Oliver Spake: There were 58 participants in attendance and 12 volunteers. 36 of those ran their first ever parkrun, including three juniors, Mel.

00:55:28Melissa Ellis: Ah, excellent. So good first-timer participation there. Yeah. In the US.

00:55:34[crosstalk]

00:55:36Oliver Spake: Great to see. So, yeah, thank you. That did give me a bit more of a parkrun fix. But I think now, because we've been recapping a little bit, it's time to look forward. Belle?

00:55:48Melissa Ellis: Yes, yes.

00:55:49Oliver Spake: And we have a special mention.

00:55:50Melissa Ellis: We do, because we had the team at Wallaby Track let us know that they will be having their annual Scout Takeover Day. Now, it's not till the 10th of December, but we thought we would... We would mention it once early on so that if you, I don't know, if you've got a Scout in the family, you want to go along and encourage the Scouts, help them out, be part of the day or just be aware of it. Anyway, they wanted a shout out. So here it is, Scout Takeover Day at Wallaby Track.

00:56:24Oliver Spake: Thank you to the Scouts. I did have a Scout once. I did have a Scout.

00:56:25[crosstalk]

00:56:27Melissa Ellis: Did you?

00:56:28Oliver Spake: Yes.

00:56:29Melissa Ellis: Sorry, keep going.

00:56:30Oliver Spake: I was going to say she's no longer a Scout, but she was a Scout, yes.

00:56:33Melissa Ellis: Which daughter?

00:56:36Oliver Spake: The eldest, Hannah. The Hannah.

00:56:39Melissa Ellis: The Hannah.

00:56:40Oliver Spake: The Hannah.

00:56:41Melissa Ellis: I had two Girl Guides, and I'm trying to think. Yes, Jake did Joey Scouts.

00:56:46Oliver Spake: Yep.

00:56:46Melissa Ellis: Ah, there we are. So, yeah, no, we've been big supporters of the Scouting and Guide movement in our family, so, hmm.

00:56:54Oliver Spake: Yeah.

Sign-off

00:56:55Melissa Ellis: But, Ollie, next week, where are you going to be?

00:56:59Oliver Spake: Next week at parkrun. Well, look, I'm run directing. I'm run directing. So back home for me at Shellharbour and I have an eight-year-old who's currently a bit under the weather. She's down with COVID and hopefully recovering quickly. But she has a brand spanking new V10 junior, I'm not sure what order to say those words, but yeah, milestone shirt that she wants to wear. So we're going to have maybe a bit of a Halloween theme. That was a special suggestion from another wonderful junior volunteer from Shellharbour parkrun. So we'll see. But yeah. Yeah, I'm sure Ava will find a way to incorporate that into her outfit.

00:57:46Melissa Ellis: Excellent.

00:57:46Oliver Spake: Because she'll be better, knowing our Ava.

00:57:49Melissa Ellis: Yeah, kids bounce back.

00:57:51Oliver Spake: So, yeah, staying close to home, yeah. What about yourself, Mel?

00:57:54Melissa Ellis: Well, just for a change, I thought I might go somewhere.

00:58:01Oliver Spake: Well, I don't know. I mean, surely you've got a great state in mind to travel to. Going back to New South Wales. Excellent. I thought so.

00:58:13Melissa Ellis: I am flying into Sydney and I'm going to catch up with some cheetahs this weekend that are taking part in a bit of an ultra event on the northern beaches or thereabouts. Don't quote me on that. But anyway, it's on Saturday, this event, so I'm going to sneak off and head over to Greenway parkrun while they're busy getting their legs organised for their event. So, yeah, I don't know. I don't have any knowledge of Greenway parkrun other than I believe Catherine O'Connor, who I met again yesterday, at Orange parkrun this last weekend. I think it's her local, so I'm not sure if I'll see her again if she's in town, but anyway.

00:58:56Oliver Spake: Well, hopefully so. Hopefully we can say hi to Catherine, but it is a lovely course, I will say. And, Mel, it's not quite hilly enough for my liking, but the track, the park and the atmosphere there, the volunteers. You're very facetious, aren't you? That's right. They're wonderful. Wonderful.

00:59:09[crosstalk]

00:59:19Melissa Ellis: I do recall from my longest run year that a lot of your Sydney parkruns are very hilly. I've just got a helicopter going overhead. I wonder if that's going to come up in the audio.

00:59:32Oliver Spake: Perhaps so.

00:59:32Melissa Ellis: It's never a good sign when you hear a chopper. Anyway, over to me. I think that's it, Ollie. As always, you can contact us via parkrun adventurers on Facebook or our email, which is parkrunaventurers at gmail.com. That is it for another week. We'll see you all next week for more adventures.

00:59:45[outro theme playing]

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