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Speaker 1: I love going out for a run. You hear me

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Speaker 1: say that very often.

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Speaker 2: In fact, I feel like I've been talking a lot

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Speaker 2: about running over the last few days. But we know

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Speaker 2: that park Run is a phenomenal event that happens right

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Speaker 2: around Australia, in fact, right around the world.

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Speaker 1: And there are a number of.

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Speaker 2: Park runs that happen around Darwin and Palmerston three and

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Speaker 2: hundreds of Territorians get out to those each and every weekend.

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Speaker 2: But it's looking as though there's going to be a

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Speaker 2: park run starting up in Catherine as I understand it. Now,

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Speaker 2: joining us on the line is a park Run participant

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Speaker 2: and running enthusiast. I think you'd have to say, Catherine resident,

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Speaker 2: Alan's gooding, good morning to.

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Speaker 3: You Allan good morning, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Alan.

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Speaker 2: Tell us a little bit more about well, park run

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Speaker 2: starting in Catherine.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So I've been in Catherine for about just over

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Speaker 3: three years now and we've been doing a little run

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Speaker 3: every Saturday morning as park Run normally happens, and we

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Speaker 3: called it not the park Run because it was absolutely unofficial.

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Speaker 3: That now a couple of local enthusiasts, local community members

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Speaker 3: have got together and persisted with the park run application

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Speaker 3: and yeah, a notification has come through that on the

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Speaker 3: eighteenth Saturday, the eighteenth and November is going to be

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Speaker 3: the first official park run in Catherine.

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Speaker 1: So that is so good.

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Speaker 2: I reckon, this is fantastic news. And I think that

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Speaker 2: anybody that's sort of been to a park run, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's great for you guys to have been getting out

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Speaker 2: and doing.

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Speaker 1: The not the park run on a Saturday.

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Speaker 2: But it does like it means that if tourists come

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Speaker 2: to town or you know, if people are traveling around and

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Speaker 2: they do a bit of a search, they'll be able

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Speaker 2: to actually rock up and do park run with you guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, and it would be greatful. You know that

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Speaker 3: the Darwin Runners if they if they're down in Catherine

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Speaker 3: for the weekend, you know, bring their running shoes and

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Speaker 3: join us on a Saturday morning. You know, every everyone's welcome.

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Speaker 3: As you said, it's a it's not only in Australia wide,

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Speaker 3: it's it's worldwide. So it's really exciting that little Catherine

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Speaker 3: is now becoming official, you know and actually being part

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Speaker 3: of that park run community.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon, it's so good.

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Speaker 2: Now tell me where is the course? Is it a

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Speaker 2: is it a flat course? Is there a few hills?

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Speaker 1: What's the situation?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so so we we start off it at the

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Speaker 3: Catherine Hot Springs most people know itice where the Pop

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Speaker 3: Rocket cafes, and you essentially run along the river bank

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Speaker 3: towards the Stuart Highway and yeah, you end up going

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Speaker 3: across the old rail railway bridge next to the Stuart

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Speaker 3: the bridge and then you come back again. So it's yeah,

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Speaker 3: it is a nice flats course and it's all along,

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Speaker 3: you know, a proper decent footpath and yeah, it's just

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Speaker 3: an out and back course. And then yeah, you end

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Speaker 3: back at Pop Rocket Cafe and you can, you know,

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Speaker 3: have a have a swim, have a breakfast, have a coffee,

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Speaker 3: stay in chat for a bit. It's how good.

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Speaker 1: Yea, hey tell me.

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Speaker 2: I think the question that a lot of runners will

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Speaker 2: be wanting to know is it a fast course?

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Speaker 3: Alan, There are a couple of fast people that have

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Speaker 3: joined us recently. So we've got a couple of younger

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Speaker 3: and they are pretty pretty quick, I must say, so. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: us older ones just enjoy it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, how many how many participants do you usually get

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Speaker 2: it the not the park run?

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Speaker 1: And how many do you think you might get to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I must say recently with the Raffi's joining

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Speaker 3: about twenty twenty five participants. So yeah, it's been really

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Speaker 3: great having them join us. And yeah, we just like

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Speaker 3: to encourage more people now that it becomes official.

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Speaker 2: And you'll always need volunteers as well. So even if

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Speaker 2: there's you know, you'll need volunteers. So if there's people

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Speaker 2: out there listening that are keen to potentially volunteer as well,

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Speaker 2: will you guys create a bit of a like, will

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Speaker 2: there be a Facebook page or something where people can

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Speaker 2: find out some more detail.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I'm sure they will be. But yeah, as you said,

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Speaker 3: you know, there is a requirement for volunteers, so yeah,

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Speaker 3: definitely get that up and running and call for volunteers.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, it's just yeah, well you've still.

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Speaker 2: Got about a month, still got about a month to

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Speaker 2: get it all organized, and of no doubt it's going

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Speaker 2: to be fantastic. I think, you know, I really love

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Speaker 2: seeing people get out there and get active, whether it's

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Speaker 1: But it's such a great way to start your weekend.

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Speaker 3: Oh absolutely. And you know it might be difficult on

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Speaker 3: the course, but once you finish the run, you know,

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Speaker 3: a good feeling. And yeah, it's good to get out there,

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Speaker 3: as you said, and do a little bit of exercise

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Speaker 3: first thing on a Saturday morning. It just gets your

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree.

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Speaker 3: Alan.

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Speaker 2: Now you and I we had a chat on Saturday

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Speaker 2: and you told me that your wife was running in

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Speaker 2: the marathon in Perth.

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Speaker 1: How did she go?

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Speaker 3: She absolutely did brilliantly. She did a PB personal base. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so yeah, she finished the marathon in three hours forty

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Speaker 3: two which was really good legend and yeah made it

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Speaker 3: was it was a really good effort on her. Behalf.

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Speaker 1: I reckon, that's phenomenal.

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Speaker 2: And you know we were chatting on Saturday, We only

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Speaker 2: really just met on Saturday and you were telling me

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Speaker 1: That's what I love about running.

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Speaker 2: Though, you know, and love about sport is that it

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Speaker 2: gives so many of us that common ground and you know,

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Speaker 2: something that we're all interested in and that you know

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Speaker 2: that we can we can chat about.

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, Yeah, it's really great in the community having

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Speaker 3: running events. I must say Catherine has one or two

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Speaker 3: during the year as well. And yes, it's nassing everyone

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Speaker 2: Yeah, really great, I agree, and to anybody out there

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Speaker 2: Park run starting November eighteen.

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Speaker 1: But you don't have to run. You can go down

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Speaker 1: there and walk as well, can't you, Allen.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, we do have a couple of people that come

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Speaker 3: that's already happening. So yeah, you don't have to run

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Speaker 3: at all. You can walk. You can walk a shorter

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Speaker 2: Good on you, Allen, and you know, thanks very much

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Speaker 2: for having a chat with us this morning. A big

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Speaker 2: congrats to your wife as well on doing that three

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Speaker 2: hours forty two for the Perth Marathon. That is incredible stuff.

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Speaker 2: And you'd said to me on Saturday she had to

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Speaker 2: run it fast because she had to be.

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Speaker 1: Able to get on the plane on time as well

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, Yeah, she had to hit certain markers at

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Speaker 3: certain times or else she was going to be late

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Speaker 3: for the pain. So yeah, an extremely good effort on

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Speaker 2: It certainly is really good to speak with you this morning.

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Speaker 2: Please keep us up to date with Park Round getting underway.

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Speaker 2: But I'm sure that any avid runner out there, November

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Speaker 2: eighteen is when it's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: It's all free.

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Speaker 2: It is an absolute community event, so something that anybody

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Speaker 2: can take part in.

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, and thank you very much for your time

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Speaker 3: on the radio this mornings.

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Speaker 1: No worries at all, Thanks Allan. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: again soon