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Speaker 1: Tell you what, I'm pretty excited because the territory's largest

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Speaker 1: fun run is going to be returning to Darwin later

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Speaker 1: this year. More than two thousand people are expected to

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Speaker 1: pound the pavement for the city to serve. It's happening

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, June twod and the organizer's Athletics MT are

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Speaker 1: gearing up for the fifty first event and are hoping

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Speaker 1: to bolster that interstate interest this year. The Executive Officer

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Speaker 1: of Athletics here in the Northern Territory, Leanne Chin, joins

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Speaker 1: me on the line.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Leanne, Good morning Katie. Thank you for having

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Speaker 2: me on this morning.

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Speaker 1: Olly, and we are excited. Tell us a bit about

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Speaker 1: what we can expect for the city to serve for

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Speaker 1: this year.

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Speaker 2: Well, I suppose the biggest thing this year is that

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Speaker 2: we are going to solve the great debate how long

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Speaker 2: is the city to serve? Is it twelve kilometers? Is

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Speaker 2: it twelve point three, is it twelve point seven? Who

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Speaker 2: actually knows? But this year we are going to solve

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Speaker 2: that debate. We are having the course measured so it

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Speaker 2: will be internationally recognized and one day, hopefully we'll get

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Speaker 2: the events. World athletics are credited as well.

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Speaker 1: Well. This is exciting because every year people are like, oh,

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Speaker 1: well I did a PB based on my time from

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Speaker 1: last year. But you cross the line and you're like, oh,

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Speaker 1: my Garman or my Apple watch is telling me it's

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Speaker 1: a slightly different distance. Liam, What are you? How far

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Speaker 1: do you reckon? It is?

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, I'm going to hedge my bets and say

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Speaker 2: it's twelve point five, because you know, it's all about

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Speaker 2: stride patterns. It's all about how whether you cut the corner,

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Speaker 2: you know, So there are so many variables in the

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Speaker 2: mix that I'm not going to commit to. Is the

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Speaker 2: exact distance?

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Speaker 1: Did ye?

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Speaker 2: I'm tell I have my friend Jared measure it for

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Speaker 2: me at the end of April.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So how does he do that? Does he just

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Speaker 1: kind of what does he do? Go around with one

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Speaker 1: of those what do you call those little wheels that

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Speaker 1: you go around with? Or how does he do it?

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Speaker 2: Well, No, he doesn't walk the twelve kilometers. No, he

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Speaker 2: actually rides there on a bike and his bike has

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Speaker 2: a special counter on it. It's called a Jones wheel yep,

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Speaker 2: and it will that will measure it. He will put

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Speaker 2: kilometer markers down and you know, to get that exact

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Speaker 2: twelve kilometers. We may have to move the start line

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Speaker 2: just to smach. We might have to move the finish

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Speaker 2: line just a smidge to to make sure we get

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Speaker 2: it right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, So you want to make sure this time

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Speaker 1: around that it is twelve k Let's see how we

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Speaker 1: wind up. Leanne tell us talk us through the different

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Speaker 1: categories that you've got for this year. It's always plenty

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Speaker 1: of fun.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, we're taking the advantage of this year with

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Speaker 2: the Aimes Measurer coming to visit, so idiot will be

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Speaker 2: the twelve kilometer run walk, the four kilometer run and walk,

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Speaker 2: and this year where we're really mixing it up, So

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Speaker 2: we're extending the marathon for Kids event to a mile

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Speaker 2: and we're fortunate that Macas are coming on board, so

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Speaker 2: it's the Macas Mile this year.

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Speaker 1: All good stuff. That'll be heaps of fun and the

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Speaker 1: kids always love that the kids event, they all take

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Speaker 1: partner love it when the schools get involved as well

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Speaker 1: and you have big groups of kids turn up from

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Speaker 1: the different schools.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, the mile event will be promoted through our primary

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Speaker 2: schools and anyone who registers with their school will be

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Speaker 2: able to do it for free. So that's a great

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Speaker 2: activity for them to do early on a Sunday morning.

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Speaker 2: Mum and Dad can do it with them. A real

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Speaker 2: family orientated event, that one.

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Speaker 1: It surely is, Nellie and tell us you're hoping around

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Speaker 1: two thousand people this year.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we're really pushing for interstate participation this year. We

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Speaker 2: think we've got a great event, We've got a great

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Speaker 2: more people from interstate come. It's a great idea enjoy

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Speaker 2: what the territory has to offer.

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Speaker 1: Great time of the year as well. It's not too

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Speaker 1: hot or hopefully it won't be too hot. It should

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Speaker 1: be a beautiful dry season morning on during the second

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Speaker 1: So the perfect opportunity to come to the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: and go for a twelve point something kilometer.

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Speaker 2: Run exactly exactly, why do you know, pigeonhole ourselves into

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Speaker 2: an exact distance. Let's just make it up as we

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Speaker 1: Perhaps no, I love it, I never, you know, like

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Speaker 1: I don't mind. I just I have over the years,

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Speaker 1: just tried to improve on whatever my time is the

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Speaker 1: year prior. You know, don't worry about what your garment's

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Speaker 1: telling you in terms of the distance more just try

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Speaker 1: and do a PB from the year before or Leanne,

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Speaker 1: that's my advice to people.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right. It should all be about your personal

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Speaker 2: best and what you're doing and making sure that you

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Speaker 2: train for every distance. Yes, and to do your best.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me in terms of all abilities, is it

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Speaker 1: going to be an all abilities course again this year?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. We have had for the last few years Clive

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Speaker 2: in his hand cycle participate and we've already been advised

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Speaker 2: this year that we have an interstate representative coming up

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Speaker 2: and we'll do it in a racing chair. So a

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Speaker 2: racing chair.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff, Leanne. Lots of people listening this morning going

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Speaker 1: to be wondering, Okay, how can I nominate? What do

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Speaker 1: I need to do? Are those nominations opened already?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely. We had searched interests early on this year

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Speaker 2: that we opened entries back in February. Instead of normally

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Speaker 2: we would do it, we would launch the event entries

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Speaker 2: would be open. So entries have been opened since February.

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Speaker 2: Head two ntcityserf dot com dot au to register and

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Speaker 2: don't forget you can get the bus to and from

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Speaker 2: before and after the event and watch this space. Our

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Speaker 2: new singlets will hit very very soon and I think

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Speaker 2: people will like them.

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Speaker 1: Lovely wonderful stuff. Lean Chin. Always great to catch up

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Speaker 1: with you. Thank you so very much for your time

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Speaker 1: this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, and I'll look forward to seeing you at

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Speaker 2: the finish line on the second of June, are you.

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Speaker 1: Most certainly will and yes, hopefully I'll be running faster

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Speaker 1: than last year.

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Speaker 2: Leanne, Absolutely you will, I know it.

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Speaker 1: Good on you. Thank you so much for your time

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Speaker 1: this morning.