parkrun adventurers podcast

Episode 110 - Paul Freyne

The parkrun adventurers are intercontinental this week! To celebrate, we speak to uber-adventurer Paul Freyne about some of the highlights he’s had on his way to 400+ different parkruns. And we have roving reports from Channel 5 News Crew regulars Grete and TOC who were on the ground at the Goolwa parkrun and Ocean Grove parkrun launches respectively.

Episode 109 - Sonia O'Sullivan

The parkrun adventurers experience history being made as the first junior parkrun Australia event launches on Aussie soil. Irish running legend Sonia O’Sullivan stops by for a chat about her middle-distance running and parkrun careers. Plus the Channel 5 News Crew are out and about in Victoria and South Australia this week with reports being filed by TOC and PK from Maribyrnong and make way, make way, Moana!

Episode 108 - parkrun Malaysia

The parkrun adventurers explore new climes and have some overseas adventures! We welcome Taman Pudu Ulu parkrun’s Co-Event Director Harneshpal Singh to the pod for a chat about parkrun Malaysia joining the global parkrun family. And Emma Nicholson files a roving report about some deadly runners and another prospective parkrun.

Episode 107

The parkrun adventurers rediscover the joys of volunteering and sail the seven C’s. Comm Games Fever is positively diagnosed as we catch up with Dave ‘Robbo’ Robertson for all the inside insights and roving reports from Main Beach and Albert Melbourne.

Episode 106

The parkrun adventurers are exploring the high country and reflecting on running the date. And we’re all about the roving adventures this week as Qld Channel 5 News Crew members Dave and Lyndell file reports from St George and Kelvin Grove parkruns, and Melissa Ellis submits another strong application from Pakenham parkrun.

Episode 105

The parkrun adventurers record LIVE with an outdoor studio audience this week! We bring you all the fun from Shellharbour parkrun, site of the inaugural parkrun adventurers listener meet-up, where special guests include Event Director Brendan Scollary, Run Director Oliver Spake, and parkrun adventurers Em Scollary, Simon Mackley, Brendan Peel and Sonja Pohlman! Also not to be missed, Channel 5 News Crew stalwart PK shares anniversary shenanigans from Mount Barker parkrun.

Episode 104

The parkrun adventurers are counting down the days until the inaugural parkrun adventurers listener meet-up and share our fave road-trip games to get the party started! Olympian, Commonwealth Games athlete and parkrun Australia record holder Liam Adams takes some time out from altitude training to give us an insight into the inner workings of an elite athlete in the lead up to Gold Coast 2018. Plus Channel 5 News Crew member Lyndell is back with a roving report from the launch of Forest Lake parkrun.

Episode 103

The parkrun adventurers are all about the minutes this week, and finding mojo we didn’t know we lost! And we’re back on the couch with Coach Dinneen who gives us training tips on aiming for parkrun PBs, hill running, shoe strategies and more.

Episode 102

The parkrun adventurers are tackled by training challenges. Our nutritional guru Kelly Hodges is back with heaps of inside tips on the best fuel for running. Plus Channel 5 News Crew legend Lyndell hits the trails and shares the fun with a roving report from White Rock parkrun.

Episode 101

The parkrun adventurers go West and rock out! We speak to parkrun UK Engagement Officer Rowan Ardill who tells us all about ‘running the date’. And we have a roving report from the Northern Territory with our man on the ground Mark Connolly reporting in from the launch of Nightcliff parkrun.