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Ep 14: A Very Runbelievable Christmas: What Happens When You Take a Podcast to Parkrun

• Josh Rischin • Season 1 • Episode 14

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Nothing says Christmas like dragging your festive pudding to parkrun and sticking a microphone in people’s faces (we literally did that!).

In this very special Christmas episode of Runbelievable, Joshie and Matty take the podcast out of the studio and straight to their local parkrun for a festive vox-pop extravaganza. From milestone runners and volunteers to semi-elites and everyday legends who were just happy to still be standing in the Brisbane humidity, this episode captures the true spirit of the running community.

Along the way, there’s a Christmas quiz (yup... we call it Quizmas!) absolutely no one asked for, reflections on how and when you listen to the show, and plenty of moments that remind us why parkrun.

It’s light, chaotic, festive, and very Runbelievable.

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Joshie:

Hello everybody and welcome to a very run-believable Christmas. That's right, nothing says commercialisation more than a Christmas special. I'm your host, Josh Pranceran, and with me as always is my trusty co-host, Matt Dasher Perry. Given we exist to share what makes running a truly human experience, these two humans decided to drag our Christmas puddings down to our local parkrun to capture the hearts and minds of whoever we could cajole into sharing a few words. Maddie, welcome back. How did you find our very first Foxpop experience?

Matty:

Yeah, thanks, Joshy. Um I really enjoyed it. It was good. It was good to get around and and speak to people that were running Parkrun because it's not something you you normally do, go and speak to just um everyday people that you may not know. And what I sort of got out of and what I f what I found is Parkrun is actually a huge part of some people's life. Um they really enjoy it, they they get a lot out of it, um, and and a sense of achievement. So everyone that we spoke to was more than happy to to have a chat, um, which was really good. So got to got to meet and know um a whole new group of people.

Joshie:

Yeah. It was fantastic. Look, we captured about an hour of content, believe it or not, but don't worry, we'll have mercy on listeners and spare them most of the twenty four minutes and nine seconds that it took me to complete the course. Now, in a moment, you'll hear from a milestone runner, you'll hear from a volunteer, a semi-elite athlete, and plenty of other peers who were just happy to be alive. Now, in fact, we spoke to closer to a dozen people, and I can't wait to showcase those conversations. But before we do, as the year draws to a close, I was curious about when people listen to our episodes. Now, Maddie, not to hang you out to dry, another poll that you missed completely. Yeah, uh I didn't post because I was quite curious about when people listen to run believable episodes, and there was a real mix between when people tune in from during runs or exercise sessions, workouts, uh quite a few when commuting. It was a there was a real mix, so uh it was actually quite interesting to get some feedback. So if you're exercising right now, if you're commuting, stop targeting or if you're doing chores, you're walking around at my place anytime.

Matty:

Awesome.

Joshie:

That's right, Maddie. It's Christmas time, and yes, can I have that one point for a correct and three zero for incorrect question number one? The first artificial Christmas trees were made from what unusual material A. B. Painted hater, Crawl, or D. Middle Street. How did you know that? That is incredible.

Matty:

Because it was the most obscure world. And I think when the great Christmas trees came in, it was probably in the like 40s, 50s, 60s.

Joshie:

Well, we had a 1 in 4 chairs, that's pretty impressive. Let's see how you can actually. The tradition of putting up Christmas lights became popular after Witching Avengers company created the first commercially available string lights. Was it a Thomas Edison? A Nicola Tesla. C Edward Johnson or D. Almost very Tesla. It was actually C. Edward Johnson. Okay. Well, interestingly enough, uh, he was Edison's associate and showed the very first electric string lights in 1882. Question number three. Last question. Candy cans were originally created in Germany for war purpose. A. To decorate tree ranges. B to keep children quiet during long church services. C to symbolize shepherd's staff. Or D as winter medicine. I'd say um shepherd's stars. It was actually B to keep children quiet. Long church services. That's the one that I I thought, no way.

Matty:

Okay.

Joshie:

The jury's out on the efficacy of said candy canes at keeping the kids quiet. Um now, you might be wondering, what does this quiz have to do with running absolutely nothing? It's Christmas quiz, so um Alright. Without any further delay, let's roll the tape, Maddie, and enjoy the immersive experience of a regular park run on a stupidly warm Saturday morning here in Brisbane.

Matty:

So now I've wake up this morning and I'm like, I'm training, right?

Joshie:

So we're down here at Chernside Parkrun for our very first Run believable Christmas special. And I've got Maddie walking ahead of me. He's just reflecting on the hardest run of his life yesterday. And walking with him is my lovely wife Nat. Nat, how are you feeling about today? Natty?

SPEAKER_04:

Very well.

Joshie:

How are you feeling about today?

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, wonderful! How are you feeling, Joshua?

Joshie:

You mean wonderful?

SPEAKER_04:

Run believable.

Joshie:

Um Maddie, what about yourself? Welcome to Chermside Park Run. How are you feeling, dude? Yeah, good, good. Here for another park run that I'm not running.

SPEAKER_06:

Um, love it.

Joshie:

And what about you, Naddie? What are you hoping to get out of today?

SPEAKER_04:

Not wet feet.

Joshie:

Not wet feet. So as long as you don't run on the grass, we should be okay. We had a little bit of rain yesterday, so the grass is a bit wet, but the concrete, the actual path looks fantastic. So I think we're all gonna have a wonderful time today. So we've now got Maddie talking about a bus stop marathon. Can you tell us what that's all about?

Matty:

Yeah, so I read a story where a guy um was at a bus stop, so you're looking at about two something, three metres wide, and he ran 21.1k back and forth from one end of the bus stop to the next end.

Joshie:

Wow, so what about hey John, how are you going? Thanks, Matt. Coach John the Hop here. Yeah, so we got we've got uh John Hansen here, bush turkey runner. Uh who looks like he's already done a quick 5k.

SPEAKER_08:

I've I haven't done a quick 5k, but we just had the first uh round of the bush turkey classic, so I came seventh. So it's 1400 metres, I think it was on my watch, but it's supposed to be a mile, so oh congratulations!

Joshie:

I saw your message or someone's message that you guys were going to be finishing up around here. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_08:

So I did um around a 410 for the for what it was, whatever it was on my watch.

Joshie:

So and I was seventh. So 1400 metres. That's incredible. Wow. So you're doing proud of that. We have some semi-reluctant participants here. We've got uh we've got Mel. Mel, how are you doing?

SPEAKER_08:

Hello, how are you gone?

Joshie:

Good yourself.

SPEAKER_08:

Loving the podcast, guys.

Joshie:

Oh awesome. What about um where's your child today? Are you running child free? Yes, yes, he's at home.

SPEAKER_04:

So yeah.

Joshie:

Expecting big things.

SPEAKER_04:

Absolutely not. We had not much sleep last night.

Joshie:

And Karen, how are you feeling?

SPEAKER_01:

I'm absolutely fabulous. Yeah, it's parkrun Saturday.

Joshie:

Yeah, it is awesome. And and it's Christmas time as well. It's Christmas, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Gotta love the parkrun at Christmas time.

Joshie:

Yeah, how are you going, Jeanette?

SPEAKER_01:

Not too bad. Please, it's the end of the week and it's Saturday.

Joshie:

It's a little bit warm, isn't it? When I walked out of the house out, it's nice and cool, but it's actually when you start walking around.

SPEAKER_01:

And it's humid because they are forecasting a little bit of rain. Oh, are they? Not that we had a little bit overnight, didn't we?

Joshie:

We did. It's brought out a bit of heat today, hasn't it?

SPEAKER_01:

Now it's just now it's just the sauna. I love the sauna.

Joshie:

Awesome. It's good to see you back here, Ruddy. How you how's it all going, Steve?

SPEAKER_10:

Oh, it's going pretty slow, I think. Yes, very slow. Tell us about the top that you're wearing. Oh yeah, this is awesome. Um I forget the name of the brand. Got it at Wild Earth out at um near DFO.

SPEAKER_04:

DFO.

SPEAKER_10:

Awesome. Yeah, it is absolutely my favourite shirt. I love it. I love it.

Joshie:

It looks amazing, it looks like good running material. So we've got the amazing Ross who is doing our Christmas Day. Run directing today? Christmas Day. Oh yeah, yeah, there is a Christmas Day run. Uh so yes, we've got Ross Stanley doing an amazing introduction.

SPEAKER_00:

Anyone speaking us, okay? Everybody knows their left hand. Show me left hand. That's your left hand, please. Stay left on the part, please.

Joshie:

Congratulations on 50. Thank you. Thank you so much. Are you interested in being on the podcast with me? I've got a uh little microphone here. We we sort of just like chat some recreational runners about their experiences. Okay, and so today's what uh what's your name? Brett. Brett, I'm Josh. And we've got Matt behind me. So what does 50 um park runs mean to you?

SPEAKER_11:

Well, it's sort of been a long time coming. Uh did my first one, I don't know, it was around the time when Chen Tide started. Yeah. And I haven't done one for more than 18 months. Really? A little while.

Joshie:

So you've been on 49. So was it injury or just circumstance that sort of not injury at all, no circumstance.

SPEAKER_11:

Um I I want to be running and I want to be fit, but just stuff happens and life and whatever else, and it just hasn't quite worked out.

Joshie:

Oh gosh, geez, what a tell you what, that's a that's huge anticipation building up to number 50. What are you um hoping to get out of today?

SPEAKER_11:

I just want to get back into it. Um I'm a school teacher, so just had my last day of school for the year yesterday and get back into it and really do some um exercise over summer.

Joshie:

So give you a hint. Picture the worst kid in club at a kid. I'm sure there's gonna be a bit of motivation, like it's a tough gig as a teacher, and I've no doubt that uh you could use some of the feedback those kids give you as a bit of fuel for today, maybe. Definitely, I will be, yes. Yeah, awesome. Well, I might have a quick chat too at the end and see how you how you go. The cape looks great, by the way, it'll make you go faster, I assure you. I I'm expecting so. Thank you so much. Cheers, Brett, thank you. Yeah, nice to meet you.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, I know, yeah.

Joshie:

Yeah, we've had a great chat. So Brett was he's been on uh 49 park runs for uh 18 months in DC number 50 today. You guys aren't running?

SPEAKER_04:

I don't think so.

Joshie:

Alright, I'm gonna go in there, I'm gonna run. You're gonna run? Why not?

SPEAKER_11:

Yeah, it's number 50. Hey! Congrats, Matt, thank you, thank you.

Joshie:

Walk us up. Walkers up! Well, how's it feeling? Yeah, she's really at marathon base here and struggling. But it's hot as balls. But that first person was flying. Didn't even look like he was moving. We've got John Hansen coming up second now. Go John! Go back. Everyone cheats each other on over 2Ks now. Quite warm times, I don't know what my time was at the turn. Happy with that. Good work, Badwell. Excellent work, congrats, Jen. Good work. He's flying. Someone did not like him. Overtaking. I love that. Good Karen. Good work, guys. Good work, Chris. Good to see you back. This hill at three Ks. Kills people. Not huge, but in a hard day like today. Thanks again. Yeah, cheers. This bit's always hard at jump side. 800 meters to go thereabouts. Slide uphill. Full sun. It's hot and humid. I rate 172, which is too high for this face. Home stretch now. 250 to go. Mane up in the high 23s, I'm lucky. Low 24s. Cheers, mate. Thanks, mate. Oh my gosh. Happy days. That was um tougher than I thought. Oh, it would be really hot out there.

SPEAKER_02:

Crazy. Thanks for volunteering. I have a podcast.

Joshie:

Yeah, I'm actually recording now. Do you want to say hello? I'll let you scan this person's barco. There we go, a bit of promo. I've forgotten your name, sorry. Oh, it's Melissa. Melissa Josh. So Melissa's scanning barco. So there's here at Chermside probably 15 different volley rolls between 12 and 15. Got our amazing run director, Ross Stanley, standing nearby. How are you, Ross? I'm good, Joshy. How are you, mate? Going very well. Conditions are tough out there though. Yes, so we're a bit hot and sweaty today. Yeah, I think you've met it, eh? You got the right gig with the run director today. That's right.

SPEAKER_00:

You're still trying to look cool, calm, and collected.

Joshie:

You're doing a great job. There are no incidents out there, none that I saw anyhow. Yeah. Tell me something. With that, you I saw at uh Sandgate there was an incident a few weeks ago with the runner who uh took out a pedestrian. Yes. Does that end up having ripple effects to other park runs around the region or not really?

SPEAKER_00:

No, well not that I'm aware of, and Rodney hasn't said anything to us about he's made us aware of that incident. Yeah. Um and I think universally as part as a run directive wherever you condemn that behaviour and want to ensure that that never repeats itself. Yeah. Um, but I I just uh I don't know what the follow-on like Sandgate Park Run has done. Yeah. And so that you know, I I I would like to see that fully investigated and then shared, you know, what we can do to prevent that sort of bag in the future.

Joshie:

I don't know about you, but I was disappointed to see how many uh runners were being very defensive about the incident. I mean, at the end of the day, when you're a runner, you have a duty of care to protect and look after pedestrians. So I was actually quite surprised and disappointed to see uh how many runners were uh almost trolling the director who has a tough job at Sandgate. Yeah. Yeah. So I didn't see that. Yeah, there's been a lot of backlash from the the run director posted a very pointed message. Yeah, but the response has been mixed. Um yeah, a real mix of people who uh leapt to the defence of the um the the running community, and so the risk is that the licence ends up being revoked. We want to see that.

SPEAKER_00:

No, of course not. No, no, and um it each um each of us does have a response care of duty to each other on uh and um other participant other people who are on Park Run. Well it's a shared, as we say in the safety wheels. It's a shared um it's a shared course.

Joshie:

Yeah, this isn't exclusive. Yeah, how are we here? You're doing a great job, Ross. Thanks for chatting. Thanks, mate. Yeah, cheers, babe.

Matty:

How are you? How'd you go?

Joshie:

I survived. I survived. Hi Jack, how are you? Good, thanks yourself. Yeah, very good.

SPEAKER_07:

Am I being interviewed? Uh informally, you're being interviewed.

Joshie:

This is what we do. We do this as a bit of a test to see whether or not you uh meet the criteria for the full interview.

SPEAKER_07:

I'm only kidding.

Joshie:

You look good out there.

SPEAKER_07:

Yeah, yeah, I I felt good. Oh, I don't know. I that's a lie. I've I've come off two Christmas parties. It was the challenge.

Joshie:

Oh yeah. I'm amazed though that uh even in this weather, you're still I saw you done the uh was it the 20-minute pacer vest? Is it last time around or the one before?

SPEAKER_07:

You've been you've been hovering around the 20s uh consistently. I think maybe the first weekend of November I done the 20-minute pacer vest. I didn't do it this month. Yeah. Um but I think I either did it October or November. Yeah. Done the 20-minute pacer vest.

Joshie:

Yeah, awesome. So you just keep training over summer. What have you got on the agenda for next year? Uh first up is Starlight Super Swim in February. Oh. So you did that, was it this year, earlier this year? I've done it.

SPEAKER_07:

This is next year will be my fifth year doing it. Oh, awesome. Yeah, so 32 kilometers in the month of February to raise money for the Starlight Foundation. Not thirty in one hit, it's thirty two cumulatively press the month.

Joshie:

So you try and do like a K a day kind of thing? Is that how it works? Yeah.

SPEAKER_07:

Yeah, so I'll normally do probably five or six sessions in the pool a week, and I'll do about 1.5 to 1.8 kilometres at a time in the pool.

Joshie:

Wow, that's insane.

SPEAKER_07:

Yeah.

Joshie:

What about running wise? Do you have any goals for next year? Uh Gold Coast Marathon. Yep. So you got a ticket? Yes. Awesome.

SPEAKER_07:

Because I go into the queue at nine o'clock on the work computer, got to the front of the queue, realised that the work firewall blocks a sign on site, so I had to get back into the queue on my phone. Oh no. So it was probably about midday, one o'clock, but I finally got to the front of the queue again and was able to secure myself a ticket.

Joshie:

You see, this is why I love recreational runners. The elites don't have to go through this, they don't have firewalls, they just turn up and run. They miss out on the phone. Oh yeah. Jack, thanks for talking with us. Maddie, why didn't you run today?

SPEAKER_06:

Um, it's hot.

Matty:

Yeah. Um I don't like I don't like the humidity.

Joshie:

So I'm sore. Um yeah, well, we may have mentioned at the start that Maddie just ran the hardest run of his life yesterday, so he's recovering from that.

SPEAKER_07:

Okay, I'm recovering.

Joshie:

You've got my lovely wife Natty here. Nat, why didn't you run today?

SPEAKER_04:

And I felt totally fine watching everyone else run today. I did a workout last night and I just tired.

Joshie:

Yeah. Needed a break. Oh, well done.

SPEAKER_06:

Thank you.

Joshie:

Happy resting. I had a great chat with uh we got we got Jen here. I wonder if I can get Jen to come over and have a chat. Hi Jen. We're we're recording.

SPEAKER_06:

Oh hi.

Joshie:

Did you want to have a chat? How was that out there?

SPEAKER_12:

Oh it was alright. No, I don't know. I've been saying not quite as humoured the last four weeks in a row, but it's still.

Joshie:

Oh well done. I think even even participating and finishing is an awesome effort. So well done, Jen.

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, lots of shout-outs and stuff in. And that's a lot of people.

Joshie:

Yeah, sorry, I don't think I reciprocated your shout-out. I think you say, go, Josh, you always focused. There's a bit where it's really shady, and I have trouble spotting people there.

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah.

Joshie:

Well, thanks for giving me an excuse. Well done today. Well Brett, how was it? It's Brett, isn't it? How was that? Number 50, congratulations. Thank you.

SPEAKER_11:

Um ways it was easier than I expected, otherwise harder. Yeah. Been doing a few three kilometre runs, so yeah. That was just that. A bit further. Yeah, I felt good overall. Yeah, you looked like you were probably around the 26 around that, 26, 27. Well, according to my phone, but I don't know if I started it at the right time. It was about 29. 29. You don't run with a watch by the looks of things. I do, but I ran out of battery overnight and I for number 50.

Joshie:

I'm not in practice, so you have to come back and do it all again next week.

SPEAKER_06:

I will, I'll be here. I'll be here.

Joshie:

Well, congratulations today. Awesome 50 milestones. Well done. I appreciate it. Cheers.

SPEAKER_10:

How's that, Steve? How'd you go? Yeah, pretty good actually. Yeah. Considering very warm, but yeah. Really, I was pretty happy with how I ran. Nice and got a bit faster as I went. And uh yeah.

Joshie:

And we got we got uh Brett here who just ran number 50. He's been sitting on 49 park runs for 18 months, and today reeled out number number 50.

SPEAKER_10:

What happened today? The majority um school holiday started. That is literally it. Thank you.

Joshie:

Yeah, well done. Congratulations again, Brett. That's a big achievement. Cheers. My top is completely sticking to me now. Hopefully it gets rid of the creases. I'm not sure about the quality of these uh tops. What do you think? See how yours isn't as badly creased as mine.

Matty:

That's because it's mine has a mess, uh scrunched up in my door mate off all my clothes.

Joshie:

You probably ironed it before you came here as well. I did uh I may have designed it when I first got it.

SPEAKER_12:

But you look at it. Yeah, you all look very sharp this morning. Well, thank you very much. And you're unbelievable singlets.

Joshie:

They do look alright, don't they? I was the only one on course, so these guys decided that they'd do some promo at the finish line.

SPEAKER_02:

No, I know.

Joshie:

Oh, we've got Aaron over here.

SPEAKER_10:

Have you ever registered it?

Joshie:

Yeah, he's I wonder if Aaron would want to have a chat.

SPEAKER_05:

Hey, well done. I jogged most of it. Then I actually what I'd probably almost consider like running. Yeah. Well, I actually widened my stride so I actually was running rather than just like shuffling.

Joshie:

Oh that's all you know I'm re I'm recording. Is that okay?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, sorry.

Joshie:

Um you know I've noticed that you've been not just running, but you've been smashing the cross training lately. I've seen on Strava you either swimming or doing gym sessions every day?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, yeah, pretty much, yeah. Yeah, I tr I have to force myself to have a day rest every week. Yeah. Usually I feel there's a time I feel burnt out a bit, so then I'll take the morning off and just go for a walk. So when did you get the bug? Like what was it that sort of got you? I've always dedicated as well as what you were now. I've always done stuff. So since the only time I ever stopped was briefly when Luke was young. Yeah. And when I was like a uni, I didn't do as much. Yeah. But I've always done something. Cycling, swimming. Swimming was probably got back into it when I did my kneeing. Yeah. And I had to go to the pool and do walking. Yep. Up and down the pool. Yeah. And so then I um then I went back into swimming again. Yeah. And then I slowly built back up into being able to walk. Yep. Because when I first did it, I was doing park run, but I'd only walk like 100 metres and back again. Oh. And then just like slowly just build up distance over time walking. And how did the knee feel?

Joshie:

So have you met um Matt, have you met Aaron before or not?

Matty:

Matt Aaron, last mate, yeah.

Joshie:

Matt's a good friend of mine. Um sits with me on the on the podcast. Yeah, he's one that cracks all the funny jokes up. Aaron had a very very comp very uh Aaron had a very complex knee operation uh a few years ago now. Yeah. How's the knee feeling at the moment, like running wise?

SPEAKER_05:

It's not great because I've put on a bit of weight in the past year, so it's got a lot of impact through it at the moment. When I was lighter, it felt a lot better. Yeah. So the last year's been a real slog of trying to just keep going. Like I just need to get the diet back under control again. Yeah. And then that'll bring the weight back off, and then that'll make more comfortable for running. Yeah. Do you have any park run goals for next year? Um, I do want to actually start going regularly. I had a long hiatus off. It took me like 10 years to do my hundred c hundreds. Oh wow. I want to actually start at least, if not every park run, every second park run. Yeah. It's good because I go and meet Tony here and we give each other a bit of stick, so you know it keeps keeps me a bit motivated, and I've got a routine now where I go to the gym and then come here. Okay. Whereas before like a year or so ago, I was doing karate after this. Oh wow. And it just completely burnt me out. Like I'd go and then do karate for two hours, and I just I think that was actually what caused my downfall was too much. I think I burnt my body out so badly that it just didn't recover properly. Yeah. But you it sounds like you're managing your volume a lot better now. Back on the volume of all of my activities. I still try and make it consistent because I think you need to do I always think at least two to three times a week you need to do whatever activity you're doing to be proficient. Yeah. Like swimming, you definitely have to do three times a week. Gym, it's good if you can go three times a week. And consistency is the key. Consistency is the key. It does I reckon it doesn't matter what you do when you get there half the time. Like if you do great, then it's great. If you get to there and do something, there's times when you just go through months of that period and people just stop. But if you just keep going at it, things all start to move again. Exactly. Because they keep showing up.

Joshie:

Yeah, showing up is exactly right. Just like Maddie did today. He's showing up. That's it. Thanks, Aaron. Dude just came up to me and thought I was barcode scanning. Maybe it was this hint that I should be volunteering more. So it is Melissa, isn't it? Yeah. Um so what does um what does par uh parkrun mean to you?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh, uh, it's a good sense of belonging, maybe. It's probably the easiest way, yeah. And to be honest, um, yeah, it's probably my favourite thing to volunteer with because you get to talk to everyone and puts you in a really good mood.

Joshie:

You seem to volunteer almost as much as what you run.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh no, I'm not as good. There's a few around here that do that and they're more.

Joshie:

This guy does, yeah. Some people are more competitive with volunteering than they are with running though. So oh look, as long as you're a couple times a year, you're doing great. Thanks, Melissa. Yeah, cheers.

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, I did a workout last night.

Joshie:

How was that?

SPEAKER_01:

Very hot, just humid. But yeah, I got my position bingo. No way. Yes, way.

Joshie:

So what was left on the um on the card?

SPEAKER_01:

So it was 181. Like complete that counts. Yeah.

Matty:

We've got to get every number on a bingo card.

SPEAKER_01:

No, a position. So between between one and ninety-nine. Yes, I've still got it open. So I've got some trophy wars happening here. Okay.

Joshie:

81 was the last one.

SPEAKER_01:

480, but 281.

Joshie:

Congratulations. Yeah. So, how long have you been trying to get the last one for? How long have you had that in the case?

SPEAKER_01:

Now I don't try, it just happens. Like, I'm not one of these people that counts the numbers.

Matty:

Oh, they do, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

I don't do that, it had to just happen. And I've had one for quite some years. Oh, sorry, I had two for years. I got the second to last one. Maybe nine months ago, something like that. And then there's just been this one.

Joshie:

Well, congratulations, what are you gonna do to celebrate? I sincerely hope that you like that. In 2026, you'll hear from an incredible range of guests. Life transformations, finding love through running, and tales of resilience that have to be heard to be believed. In the meantime, if you have a run-believable story of your own, we'd love to hear it. And if you'd like to be a guest on the show, then hit us up. Finally, if there's one Christmas wish that we do have, it's to please follow, rate, and share this podcast with your running mates. It does something to the algorithm which I truly cannot be bothered understanding nor explaining. So have yourselves a wonderful festive season, and we'll see you for the next Unbelievable adventure. Thanks, Matty. It's been awesome fun.

Matty:

Thanks, Joshua.