Free Weekly Timed

By Vassos Alexander

Free Weekly Timed explores everything parkrun and is presented by Vassos Alexander and Helen Williams. The pair share experiences, chat to guests and interact with fellow parkrun runners as they debat... more

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The podcast currently has 198 episodes available.

Free Weekly Timed episodes:

January 30, 2019 "It's changed my life"
Joining Vassos and Louise this week is Vicki Rowe-Shawyer - a truly inspiration person to many in her local community of Gosport. parkrun not only changed her life for the better, but she is now using it to add positivity to the lives of others as well. We also talk eggs, dogs and read out more of your parkrun niches.
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28min
January 23, 2019 junior parkrun, double buggies and a sandwich
The amazing Vicky McCrea joins Louise and Vassos this week to share her experience of setting up not one, but two junior parkruns in Stoke and then taking on a role as ambassador. She tells us why she decided to get involved, how she keeps the kids smiling and how she got into parkrun. We also hear more of your double buggy records, Louise has advice for those who are camera-shy and Vassos gets excited by a sandwich.
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30min
January 16, 2019 Cutting corners and verbalising parkrun
Normal service resumes this week as Vassos and Louise get stuck into your correspondence that includes Louise being called up on her verbalisation of parkrun. Vassos asks why people would cheat at parkrun, and our special guest is inspirational parkrunner Brendan Rendall, who shares his journey from overweight slouch to running across Africa.
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29min
January 09, 2019 No barcode, no result, no exceptions
parkrun COO Tom Williams joins Vassos and Louise this week after Vassos causes a storm by getting his time manually added after forgetting his barcode. In this special episode, Tom explains parkrun's strict stance on this, why the "no barcode - no result" rule remains enforced and why using smartphones is not yet an option.
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30min
December 28, 2018 Meet the boss
In this special festive edition, Vassos chats to parkrun CEO Nick Pearson about his own personal relationship with parkrun. Nick talks us through how he became CEO, what challenges the job presents and why Saturday mornings continue to be so important to him.
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27min
December 19, 2018 Capital letters and a familiar guest
This week Vassos turns interviewer to interviewee, as Louise puts him on the spot to get his reflections on parkrun and what it means to him. Once again we hear from a listener that bettered a parkrun niche we felt couldn’t be bettered. Louise takes issue with capital letters and Vassos proves old habits die hard.
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29min
December 13, 2018 A tattoo and a parkrun record (surely)
Vassos and Louise’s special guest this week is parkrun CEO Nick Pearson who tells us all about his bet with fellow parkrun exec Tom Williams which concluded with the loser getting a tattoo. We also receive correspondence from two more parkrunners who have achieved their Ground Hog Day and we may have just stumbled across a parkrun niche that surely cannot be bettered.
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29min
December 06, 2018 Groundhog Day and a first finishing Tail Walker
Vassos and Louise receive more correspondence regarding listeners' extraordinary parkrun feats including a first finishing Tail Walker. Our guest this week is the remarkable Ben Smith who ran 401 marathons in as many days, and many of them included a parkrun.
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29min
November 30, 2018 Bakewell Tarts and Vassos' mate
Louise turns parkrun geek as she answers listener's questions about the p-index and the Wilson Index. Vassos receives some useful advice regarding junior parkrun and our guest this week is parkrun convert Graham Albans, producer of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
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30min
November 21, 2018 Pacing and the p-index
This week's special guest is Katherine Goulder who is one of parkrun’s Outreach Ambassadors for Multiple Sclerosis. She tells Vassos and Louise about how parkrun quickly became part of her Saturday routine, why it's now so important to her and all about the MS Trust takeover of Letchworth parkrun next month. Louise continues to educate us on parkrun niches and Vassos shares his experience as a pacer.
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30min

FAQs about Free Weekly Timed:

How many episodes does Free Weekly Timed have?

The podcast currently has 198 episodes available.