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Speaker 1: Now the NT City to Surf. It's on again next

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Speaker 1: month and organizers are hoping for another record breaking year.

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Speaker 1: Last year a massive two eight hundred and ninety seven

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Speaker 1: people took part That was nine hundred more than the

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Speaker 1: year prior, with interest growing from locals and indeed interstate Entrance.

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Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line is the events executive officer,

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Speaker 1: lean Chen.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to.

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Speaker 3: You, Good morning Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, very well, and of course the executive officer of

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Speaker 1: Athletics here in the Northern Territory, Leanne remind us of

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Speaker 1: what is involved in the city to serve which distances

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Speaker 1: people can take party.

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Speaker 3: We have the twelve point five kilometer run starting on

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Speaker 3: the Esplanad, finishing a night with the four kilometer run

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Speaker 3: or walk, and of course our one point six kilometer

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Speaker 3: MACS mile.

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Speaker 1: And how many people so last year about twenty eight

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Speaker 1: hundred and ninety seven peak. Have you had plenty of

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Speaker 1: registrations so far?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. We decided to open registrations a little bit earlier

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Speaker 3: for the twenty twenty five event, so we opened them

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Speaker 3: in December. So you know what a way to start

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Speaker 3: the year with gifting your partner or entry into the

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Speaker 3: city to SERF, so we opened them a little bit

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Speaker 3: earlier and we've seen a steady growth online with last year,

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Speaker 3: so entries to just probably about thirty minutes ago were

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Speaker 3: about twenty one hundred and fifty people, so we really

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Speaker 3: are on track for another bumper year.

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Speaker 1: Well, we know that the people of Darwin usually register

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Speaker 1: for things late as well, so absolutely, I reckon you

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Speaker 1: probably have a busy week.

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Speaker 2: When do people need to have registered by?

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Speaker 3: Okay, So registrations are open until Saturday next week three pm.

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Speaker 3: There'll be no on the day registrations this year, so

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Speaker 3: don't wrap up on the morning of thinking that you'll

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Speaker 3: be able to get registered. That's a really important message

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Speaker 3: to get out this year.

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Speaker 1: So do not rock up on the morning thinking that

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Speaker 1: you're going to be able to register. You've got to

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Speaker 1: do it beforehand, Ley and what's the best way to

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Speaker 1: do it. And I know that everybody always needs to

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Speaker 1: try and get their bibs beforehand as well.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, so we'll be doing bib pick up from a

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Speaker 3: double Tree by Hilton on Friday and Saturday next week,

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Speaker 3: so we really encourage people to come down from eleven

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Speaker 3: am on Friday and nine am on Saturday next week

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Speaker 3: to pick up their bibs nice and early. If they're

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Speaker 3: coming on the morning of, just make sure you're giving

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Speaker 3: yourself plenty of time to get to pick up your

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Speaker 3: bib on the morning. It's always nice to come in

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Speaker 3: on a Saturday, pick up your bib, stay in town

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Speaker 3: for lunch and then prep for the run on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Leanne tell us is the is the track the

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Speaker 1: route the same as what it was last year?

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Speaker 2: Has there been any changes.

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Speaker 3: There's been a very slight modification to the to the track.

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Speaker 3: We're still going up unfortunately, we're still going up down

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Speaker 3: High Hill. We've still got that really long steep climb

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Speaker 3: up to Fanny Bay. Still going around the back of

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Speaker 3: Nightcliff Willies, but once you sort of get past Wallies

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Speaker 3: and why have you? We're actually going onto the road

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Speaker 3: this year. So so we're finishing on the road. We're

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Speaker 3: hoping it'll be a more spectacular finish, you know, a

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Speaker 3: wider finish, so rather than being on the bike path

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Speaker 3: really narrow, hopefully let feel the way, Oh.

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Speaker 1: You can sprint finishes and for people to.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I think I think we will. I think we will.

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Speaker 3: But you know, the other thing is we're to ensure

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Speaker 3: everybody's well being. On course, we've got an extra aid

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Speaker 3: station this year. We're going to have Wicked Energy are

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Speaker 3: going to provide some hydration and electrolytes on course, so

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Speaker 3: if you're feeling a little bit weary, make sure you

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Speaker 3: grab some water or some electrolytes. On course an extra

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Speaker 3: aid station too, as in first aid. So again we're

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Speaker 3: really encouraging people to make sure they hydrate the day

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Speaker 3: before and the late days leading in to make sure

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Speaker 1: And leand for those that aren't running the twelve point

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Speaker 1: short of four kilometers or the Macas Mile for kids.

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Speaker 1: Is that all in the same location as last time

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Speaker 1: round last year?

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Speaker 3: Yes, definitely. We're still at the beautiful Nightcliff Foreshore, but

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Speaker 3: our events have a slightly different start time. So the

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Speaker 3: four k run we'll start at six point fifty, the

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Speaker 3: walk will start at seven am. They'll start on the

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Speaker 3: the Nightcliff Jetty so and then again everyone will come

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Speaker 1: How great now, Leanne in terms of you know, people

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Speaker 1: catching buses and whether they should drive to Nightcliff.

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Speaker 2: What's your advice for them?

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Speaker 3: Okay, so in twenty twenty five we are offering a

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Speaker 3: free bus, but this is only post event, so we're

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Speaker 3: really encouraging everybody to in the twelve and a half

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Speaker 3: kilometer event, park in the city and jump on the

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Speaker 3: free bus or a rain maybe carpool to get into

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Speaker 3: town in the morning, so that you know, we're trying

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Speaker 3: to reduce the congestion of cars in that Nightcliff area.

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Speaker 3: Those guys have so many amazing events and you know,

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Speaker 3: let's for one day give the residents a little bit

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Speaker 3: of a break for cars. Of course, we can't stop

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Speaker 3: that for the four kilometer event, they start and finish there.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, for the twelve and a half k park

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Speaker 3: in town and catch the bus back. Buses will start

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Speaker 3: from eight point thirty and run roughly every ten to

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Speaker 1: Well, Leanne So anybody out there listening that hasn't registered,

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Speaker 1: they can still jump online and do so.

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Speaker 2: Can't they?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely? Registrations are still open, as I said, they'll be

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Speaker 3: open till three pm on the thirty first of May

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Speaker 3: and get registered. Because our prizes this year have jumped up,

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Speaker 3: so we're looking forward to that information going out this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff for lean Chin. Always great to catch up

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Speaker 1: with you. I know it's going to be a wonderful

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Speaker 1: event it always is. And yeah, wonderful. Crack the three

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Speaker 1: thousand people this.

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Speaker 3: Year, well we do, We actually do have a cap

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Speaker 3: of three thousand people.

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Speaker 2: So only three thousand.

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Speaker 3: Yes, we don't want to get caught out with not

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Speaker 3: enough metals and not enough items to hand out at

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Speaker 3: the end.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome, that'd be an awesome number.

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Speaker 3: It were a nice round number, I.

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Speaker 2: Agree, Leanne.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to catch up with you. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: your time and good luck for the week. I know

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Speaker 1: it'll be a busy time.

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Speaker 2: For you all.

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Speaker 3: Fantastic Thanks Katie, thank you, thank you,