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Speaker 1: oh four point nine. But there's a crew that are

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Karen.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katie, and happy park Run eve.

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Speaker 2: Whoo. Let's hope the rain stays away, Karen.

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Speaker 3: I know we get a little bit sweaty, so rader

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Speaker 1: Well, that's the biggest question that we've had this morning.

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Speaker 1: We both Krystal, my producer, and I've been getting text

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Speaker 1: messages from friends from listeners.

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Speaker 2: So I'm Katie.

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Speaker 1: Can we still go to park run tomorrow if it's raining?

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Speaker 1: So what's the what's usually the advice for people? Karen?

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Speaker 2: Yes, for sure.

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Speaker 3: The only time we're not allowed to host park run

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Speaker 3: if there is lightning, but otherwise it's all excellent.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, we will be ready tomorrow morning because

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Speaker 1: Nightcliff Park Run is celebrating your big birthday.

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Speaker 2: How old are you?

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Speaker 3: Would you believe we've been around for five years? Katie,

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Speaker 3: it's our fifth birthday five years.

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Speaker 1: Goodness me, that's a lot of Saturdays. That's a lot

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Speaker 3: A Saturday, it is, it'll be about two hundred and

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Speaker 3: thirty ninety then.

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Speaker 1: So yes, Oh, how wonderful now, Karen, I love going

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Speaker 2: But for you, what is it about park Run?

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Speaker 1: Do you think that the community loves.

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Speaker 3: Because everybody in the community can be part of it.

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Speaker 3: If you're not a runner, you can be a walker.

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Speaker 3: If you're not a runner or a walker, you can

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Speaker 3: be a volunteer. And it's for everybody, whether you want

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Speaker 3: we take anybody, and we'll even let you bring your dog.

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Speaker 1: Oh, and it's such a like It is such a

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Speaker 2: And the Nightcliff Park Run is.

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Speaker 1: Such a beautiful run along the foreshore there.

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Speaker 2: It's five kilometers.

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Speaker 1: How many people do you usually get there each weekend?

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Speaker 3: Yes, last week we had two hundred and seventy one.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 3: Week before two hundred and ninety eight the week before

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Speaker 3: three hundred and twenty four our most ever attendee.

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Speaker 2: Wow, I was gonna say, is that a record?

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Speaker 3: Three hundred and twenty four? Is we even had seventy

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Speaker 3: eight on Christmas Day and ninety one on New Yearsday?

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Speaker 3: So people come any day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Oh how awesome. So three hundred and twenty four, Karen,

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Speaker 3: Everybody? You don't even have to be a speedy runner

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Speaker 1: And that's what I love is that it doesn't matter

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Speaker 3: It has to be the people that come each week,

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Speaker 1: Oh how can Your volunteers are always pretty amazing as well.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: We often have the theme, so people that are coming

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Speaker 1: from three point sixty. We'll be there and as part

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Speaker 1: And what time should people turn up if they've never

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Speaker 3: Yep, so six forty five. There'll be a newbie brief

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Speaker 1: Well, I am thoroughly looking forward to it. I don't

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Speaker 3: That's what we're hoping.

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Speaker 1: Yes, big congratulations to you guys as well on turning five.

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Speaker 3: Thank you. I'll pass them on if they shouldn't be listening,

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Speaker 3: I'm sure they all are, and just a little listeners

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Speaker 2: Wonderful.

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Speaker 1: That sounds even more enticing, Karen, to get people down

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Speaker 2: It's my kind of exercise.

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Speaker 3: When you've done that first, you'll be just like the

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Speaker 1: It's so true, you know, because the first time I

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Speaker 3: Done Katie, Well, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Three years ago.

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Speaker 1: And I tell you what, that first time, it was

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Speaker 2: It's a wonderful event.

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Speaker 1: I enjoy going every weekend, and I would encourage anybody

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Speaker 1: be part of the community, because it's a really great

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just don't run too fast on your first run,

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Speaker 1: Do very very good advice. Good on you, Karen, lovely

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Speaker 1: to speak to you. Good luck, we'll see you tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Will do indeed, Thank you, Katie, thank you bye now.