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Speaker 1: We know that the city to serve it is just

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks away, well about.

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Speaker 2: A week and a half.

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Speaker 1: I guess it is Darwin's most iconic road race and

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Speaker 1: hundreds are expectable, if not thousands. We'll find out just

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Speaker 1: how many to take part in three different races including

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Speaker 1: the twelve k, the four k and the one point

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Speaker 1: six kilometers for kids. And joining us on the line

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Speaker 1: for an update on how the preparations and the registrations

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Speaker 1: are going. It is the CEO of Athletics here in

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory, Lian Chin.

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Speaker 3: Good morning to you, Good morning Katie, thanks for having

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Speaker 3: me on this morning.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show, Leanne. How are

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Speaker 1: those registration numbers looking?

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Speaker 3: Registrations are looking fantastic. Where with eleven days to go

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Speaker 3: we've got fifteen hundred entries. We know that all of

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Speaker 3: the school's entries come in later this week, so we

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Speaker 3: really are on track for record numbers again in twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty four.

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Speaker 2: Awesome stuff.

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Speaker 1: It is a wonderful event and one which so many

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Speaker 1: people love getting involved in. Lean And I understand you've

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Speaker 1: had it officially mapped out to see just how far

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Speaker 1: it is because there's sometimes a bit of conjecture about

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Speaker 1: whether it's twelve ks, whether it's twelve point three, twelve

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Speaker 1: point five, exactly how far well.

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Speaker 3: It's officially been measured at twelve point five kilometers. I

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Speaker 3: know that that will not dispel all of them out there,

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Speaker 3: because everybody's garment and Strava are going to measure it

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Speaker 3: differently depending on which corners you cut. But it is

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Speaker 3: officially twelve point five with a slight change to the

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Speaker 3: start line starts, a slight change to the finish line

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Speaker 3: to ensure that especially in the finish line. You know

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Speaker 3: there's that spend rna at the end there that really

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Speaker 3: kills the ankles after after that far so we've changed

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Speaker 3: that into a straight so can that can be fast

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Right, So a little bit of a change where

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Speaker 1: so where exactly will it start and end?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 3: So it will still start near the double tree hilt

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Speaker 3: in the esplanade, ye, closer to where the car park

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Speaker 3: entrance is rather than where the entrance to the hotel is,

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Speaker 3: So it's it's officially two light poles back and then

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Speaker 3: we will the finish line will be near the public

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Speaker 3: toilet that is at nightcliff for sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, so I guess a bit of a straighter

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely. You know, we knew that putting that little

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Speaker 3: s bend at the end was always going to be challenging,

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Speaker 3: especially for when you know people are wanting peeps and

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Speaker 3: they just want that straight run home, and so we've

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Speaker 3: sort of listened and made that change this year.

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Speaker 2: Wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 1: And the twelve point five kilometers isn't the only race

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Speaker 1: that you can run. You can also do the four

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Speaker 1: kse and there's the kids race, which is the mile.

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Speaker 2: Now that's right.

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Speaker 3: So we had a new sponsor to come on board

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Speaker 3: for the mile, so MACAZV generously sponsored that, and so

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Speaker 3: we've made it a mile. Hopefully one day there in

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Speaker 3: mile standalone event. So that is also officially measured, and

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Speaker 3: the four kilometer walk or run as also officially measured

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Speaker 1: Means it's something for everybody, which I think is excellent.

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Speaker 1: But I love the kids rays too, and it does

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Speaker 2: Really do sort of try to encourage their students.

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Speaker 3: To take part absolutely gingerly standing out this year with

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Speaker 3: one hundred kids registered, so that's that's amazing. But I

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Speaker 3: anticipate we're going to have approximately five hundred kids on

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Speaker 3: that rape Oh.

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Speaker 1: Good, oh well, that is good to hear, Leanne.

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Speaker 2: I will be there helping you this year.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be MCing because the beautiful Sarah Paslik

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Speaker 2: So does that mean I'm going to like, am I

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Speaker 1: Those thousand kids that are potentially going to run?

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Speaker 3: Yes, you will have to wrangle them onto the start line.

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Speaker 3: But you know, I'm hoping that you will be able

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Speaker 3: little bit of heckling of those people that you know.

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Speaker 1: Well, I will know a lot of people, you know,

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Speaker 1: I love my running. I will know a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: So I did wonder is it am I allowed to

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Speaker 1: jog next to them and interview them at the same time.

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Speaker 3: Look, I'm not sure whether they will appreciate that. Fortunately,

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Speaker 3: we won't be online radio, so you know, the expleted

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Speaker 1: I'll try to be kind. I'll try to be kind

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Speaker 3: Definitely, that sounds like a plan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it's going to be a lot of fun.

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Speaker 1: It's a fantastic event, and I know that there's so

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Speaker 3: Leam.

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Speaker 1: Let's see just how many people do take part in

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Speaker 1: the city to serve for this year? Where can they

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Speaker 3: So online registrations are via our website, Ntcity, serf EU

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Speaker 3: and regiros will be open until three pm on SAT.

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Speaker 3: Day afternoon, so you'll be able to if you come

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Speaker 3: down to the Double Tree Hilton Esplanade for race pack

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Speaker 3: pickup and you haven't registered. In the past we've had

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Speaker 3: to do pay per forms. It's time consuming on my

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Speaker 3: have you this year. We're going to have regios still

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Speaker 3: open so you can wait in line for your BIB,

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Speaker 3: do your registration and pick up everything on the spot.

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Speaker 1: Oh good stuff. That is nice and easy for people.

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Speaker 1: Lian Chin, it is lovely to catch up with you

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Speaker 1: this morning. We will see you at the city to

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Speaker 1: serve in eleven.

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Speaker 2: Days, no worries.

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Speaker 3: Thanks so much for having me on Katie.

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Speaker 2: Thank you