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Speaker 1: If you know me, you know I love going for

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Speaker 1: Nightcliffe Park Run. One of the incredible volunteers Karen Strong,

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Speaker 1: Good morning.

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Speaker 2: Karen, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: It's lovely to have you on the show and always

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Speaker 1: love seeing your smiling face at.

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Speaker 2: Park Run and we love to see you on the

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Speaker 3: I've been a bit lazy of late, or not lazy.

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Speaker 1: But i haven't been for a while Karen, so I'm

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Speaker 1: very much looking forward to getting back there on the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Well, the fit's a bit like that, Katie. You've had

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Speaker 2: other things to attend.

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Speaker 1: To, yes, always keeping busy, but staying fit now, Karen.

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Speaker 1: Bit of a different theme this weekend for park Run,

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Speaker 1: isn't there? You want to get some people who've maybe

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So it's Valentine's Day this weekend, so we figured

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Speaker 2: if we invited people to bring a friend, so then

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Speaker 2: it's not quite a skill to try something new. And

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Speaker 2: Parkrun is free, it's fun, it's friendly, it's only five

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Speaker 2: kilometers and you don't have to be fast exactly.

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Speaker 1: You can actually walk if you want to, Like, I

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Speaker 1: think it's a bit of a misconception from some people

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Speaker 1: that you've got to run as fast as you can.

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Speaker 2: That's correct. Yes, no, you can walk. We try to

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Speaker 2: finish five kilometers in about the hour because it's run

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Speaker 2: by volunteers, so we don't want people therefore like all morning.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, if you can walk five kilometers in an hour,

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And look, it is such a great way to get

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Speaker 1: the fresh air and in a beautiful, beautiful space as well.

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Speaker 3: They're along the Nightcliff foreshore.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you don't have to be, like you said,

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Speaker 2: as much fun as us in the sun, in the

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Speaker 2: in the cool breeze on the foreshore.

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Speaker 1: That is a really good point to make as well,

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Speaker 1: because you know, volunteering is also a wonderful thing to do.

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Speaker 3: Karen, how many times have you done park Run?

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Speaker 2: I was a bit late to come to park Run,

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Speaker 2: so I'm only in the two hundred and so Saturday

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Speaker 3: That's a lot of park runs it is.

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Speaker 2: There's a few years worth, but it doesn't take long

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Speaker 2: to clock up. Once you get into that habit of

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Speaker 2: a Saturday morning out, getting a bit spit and having

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Speaker 3: It does.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 1: So you're a bit late getting into park run, you reckon,

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Speaker 1: But you're an avid runner, now, aren't you?

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Speaker 2: Now? I am, And as you know, we've done a

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Speaker 2: marathon and you just don't picture yourself doing things like that,

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Speaker 3: What a beautiful message, Karen. What made you go to

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Speaker 1: You know, to anybody listening this morning that's sort of

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Speaker 3: What made you go that first time?

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Speaker 2: Well, I just saw them running past my front door

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Speaker 2: before their birthday, which just happens to be this Saturday

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Speaker 2: How cool they did. That's how it is. You just

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Speaker 1: How would you say Park Runs sort of changed your

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Speaker 1: because it truly is such a wonderful thing to be

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Speaker 2: Oh the number of new friends that I've made just

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Speaker 2: the volunteering crew alone, it's just incredible. And you see

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Speaker 2: well I see you Saturday, and they're like, of course.

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Speaker 2: And then you see them at other events, whether it's

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Speaker 2: oh my gosh, I feel like I'm the runner, Like

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Speaker 2: I'm seeing people doing the same things.

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Speaker 1: I think.

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Speaker 3: It's awesome, you know, I just love.

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Speaker 1: I love the way everybody gets out there encourages each other,

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Speaker 1: you know, and has a good time and just getting

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Speaker 1: fit and healthy, which is such a great way to

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Speaker 2: It's the physical side as well as the mental side, Katie,

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Speaker 2: Like if you normally it's like sitting at home and

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Speaker 2: not really sure whether I can go out and make

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Speaker 2: a friend. Everyone's there for the same reason. You can

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Speaker 2: just come and be there in the environment and you'll

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Speaker 2: feel better. Let alone running and feeling better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, spot on, Hey Karen on Saturday, what time do

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Speaker 2: Yep, So if it's your first time, you're going to

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Speaker 2: give it a try. We have a Newbies and Newcomers

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Speaker 2: briefing at six forty five, So Saturday morning at six

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Speaker 2: and then five minutes later we'll do the event briefing

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Speaker 2: before everybody has looked for seven.

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Speaker 1: And people can jump online and register as well, can't

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Speaker 1: they Just so they've got their number for their times

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Speaker 2: That's right. You might think, oh, I'm only going to

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Speaker 2: try it once, and you probably won't. You'll get hooked

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Speaker 2: like the rest of us, So you might as well

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Speaker 2: register that first run, and then when you get twenty

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Speaker 2: five runs, you're eligible for this in LiOD all the

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Speaker 2: T shirt, and then you'll get to fifty runs and

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Speaker 2: you'll get the next T shirt. So you might as

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Speaker 2: well make this one count. So yep, go to allthwsparkrum

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Speaker 2: dot com dot au register. There's a couple of questions

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Speaker 2: contact person in case of emergency email.

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Speaker 1: And you get your barcode step and you're good to go,

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Speaker 1: and then you can literally do them anywhere in the world.

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Speaker 2: That's right, exactly right, You're done. Then you can plan

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Speaker 2: your holidays around park Room.

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Speaker 3: You know what, Only us running nerds will do that.

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Speaker 2: Whyon't we Karen, Yes, yes, that's correct. Yes, I love it.

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Speaker 1: And now before I let you go, obviously park Run's

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Speaker 1: birthday as well, in Nightcliff. Not this Saturday, but next Saturday.

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Speaker 3: How old are you turning?

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Speaker 2: We'll be turning eight and we've got a Neon theme,

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Speaker 2: So between now and next Saturday you need to get

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Speaker 2: your bright leg warmers and two twos and your Neon

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Speaker 2: colors together.

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Speaker 1: I love it, and you know I can't let you

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Speaker 1: go without saying the park Run Nightcliff volumeeers are so

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Speaker 1: awesome as well. I mean the volunteers right around the

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Speaker 1: top end when it comes to park Run. But you

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Speaker 1: guys just have such a nice core group of people

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Speaker 1: there at park Run Nightcliff. Always have smiles on your faces.

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Speaker 1: It's such a wonderful, wonderful event.

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Speaker 2: And people can do volunteering alone. You don't have to

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Speaker 2: run first. You can just come and be a volunteer,

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Speaker 2: or you can run and volunteer. Yeah, we love, we

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Speaker 2: love all of our volunteers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, such a such a good group, Karen.

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Speaker 3: It is lovely to speak to you.

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Speaker 1: We are all very much looking forward to park Run

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. There's some members of the Mix one O

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Speaker 1: four nine team or our crew here. They don't even

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Speaker 1: have proper sneakers, but they're ready to come and give

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Speaker 2: That sounds the way to do it, to go. Some

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Speaker 2: to come in red though, make sure they're in red in.

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Speaker 3: Read for Valentine's Day. I love it. Yes, Yes, Aaron,

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Speaker 3: wonderful to talk to you. As always. We'll see you Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Wonderful Saturday. Katie and everyone else