With The Mystery Machine Now - ruh-roh
Save the Dream Bears, Danny's stats come under scrutiny, Battersea becomes Biggestsea, Nicola drags Doris and Danny manages to make it to Bestwood Village parkrun and tackles the Beast.
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 15 min
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With Me Now is a show about parkrun passion by passionate parkunners. Nicola Forwood and Danny Norman return from a 3-year hiatus of parkrun podcasting to bring home the going's on from around parkrunworld. From touring to volunteering and everything inbetween.
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Episodes
With A Yabba Dabba Doo Now - Elevenarife
Stones, acorns, naming conventions, Dream Loops, Nicola cried at the sky and nearly cba'd whilst Danny deliberated on a tutu at Lancing Beach Green parkrun plus entered the v500 Club.
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 13 min
With A TV Star Is Born Now - don't sniff the deer!
Nicola on the BBC and at Bushy parkrun for parkrun's 20th Anniversary and Danny in Germany for Unity Day. Nicola had the most magical time with the stags and Danny had a doppelt parkrun in the Frankfurt area, with visits to Nidda parkrun and Offenthal parkrun.
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 32 min
With The 20th Anniversary of parkrun Now - Dr Seuss Trees
Happy birthday parkrun, Australian parkruns doing Australian parkrun things, fancy pirates, a lot of Stopwatch Bingo and three very different parkrun experiences. Nicola being antisocial in Harrogate, Stewart standing near some mud at Coed Cefn-Pwll-Du and Danny not recording pebbles at Seaton.
Oct 04, 2024•55 min
With Chumlee, Froom and Gloster Now - Watchstop Goblin
Prismonunciations, hello parkrun Lithuania, the parkrun calendar, Custodial parkruns reach a milestone, Nicola with half a brave face tells us about her fun morning at Mansfield parkrun and Danny celebrates a WellCow and an Arbitrary at Malling Rec parkrun in Lewes.
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr
With It’s Far Too Busy Now But Now I Love Busy Now - The Great Pulping Mill
Substitute RDs, bullying, Carry On humour, parkrun Lithuania, the end of the parkrun magazine, Massive Bertie, Nicola passes a parkrun to parkrun and Danny visits and finally correctly pronounces Norfolk's newest event, Dereham parkrun.
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min
With To Tour Or Not To Tour Now - le parcrun
Ratios, World Record certificates, searches on/searches off/searches on again, bonjour to le parcrun, we find out if Nic Nic won the p-index race and Danny swandered over to Wales on a whim to Swansea Bay parkrun.
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min
With Observation, Celebration and Consideration Now - facilitation and participation
We're back baby from our Summer break and there's a LOT to get through! Bushy parkrun's enormous 1000th event, farewell to Tom Williams and Matt Shields, data matters, summer rundowns including Nic Nic falling in love with the Eden Project parkrun, there's Patron's things, Nic Nic made it to the brutiful Durlston Country Park parkrun and Danny had plensty of fun at The Plens parkrun in Desborough.
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 45 min
With Something To Rhydon Now - Pokérizz
It's our 6th anniversary episode! Sphealing the deal. Radio 2's Let's Move It campaign partners with parkrun. Nicola successfully introduces a newbie to Roundhay parkrun and Danny says no ifs but some butts at Bug Hunter Waters parkrun in Cambridgeshire. Plus there's a special postbox visit.
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 17 min
With Inadvertent Identity Fraud Now - LornaJanegate
The Upside Down have had their world turned upside down with a few parkrun matters. Details matter. Digital strategy. Sugar people. There's also rugby moths and Danny went up and down at Gedling parkrun.
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min
With No Ifs And Some Butts Now - Fo
Renaming events and naming conventions. Lush things. Nicola was at Endure 24 in Leeds with lots of pod listeners plus Ross Noble. Meanwhile Danny went 'Oh!' at Barry Island parkrun and did 'Gavin & Stacey' things.
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 4 min
With Toe Knee Tony Now - Butt Hunters and The Dreamgiver
Eyeball Paul. Biscuit technicalities. parkrun branches. We pay tribute to Bere Island parkrun's John Walsh. Nicola adds Preston parkrun to her Top 10 which contains 47 events and Danny accomplishes a long-held wish to finally visit Albert parkrun in Middlesbrough.
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 9 min
With Adopting Kittens Now - The Blanket of Belief
Shirley Twirly's birthday, concise and precise news, a big batch of things, Nicola finally visits her NENYD at Glossop parkrun and Danny happens to be at Kingston parkrun's 666th event for Bev's 500th volunteer.
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 6 min
With Soggy Bottoms and Moist Muffins Now - Turbo Dolly
It's a wall of sound this week! Bleeps, cakelies, Olympic Day and even a NAT or two. Nicola completes her Wilson Index to 100 at Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun, Danny surprises his mum on a day out to Norwich at Colney Lane parkrun and Dolly makes a guest appearance as a percussionist.
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min
With This Is Sparta Now - natinat
This is SPARKRUN! It's our 300th pod (298 + 2)! Nicola breaks from Ultra Race Director duties to go to Cosmeston Lakes parkrun in Wales, we find out who is a human embodiment of her parkrun history, and Danny, the 850 tw*t, goes to Wakehurst parkrun and does his final parkrun.
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 20 min
With Consistently Inconsistent Now - Robelisk
A thrummingly positive pod this week! Nicola was at the adorable Whitekirk Hill parkrun in East Lothian, Scotland, whilst Danny was at the tremendous Holkham parkrun in north Norfolk.
May 29, 2024•1 hr 17 min
With Two And A Half Hairs Now - Live from the M25
Whilst Nicola's up a mountain, Mark Brocklehurst joins Danny for this week's pod. Royalty blue plaques, parkrun France updates, Netherlands quickies, Mark micro-profiles Peacehaven parkrun and Dartboard Danny stayed close to home, just because.
May 21, 2024•49 min
With Exaggeration and Overstatement Now - Context Police
Spam! Weakened by FOMO! Game changing powerhouses! The nichest email! parkrun Portugal! Collabs! And parkrun tourism, such as Nicola at Tokoinranta parkrun in Helsinki and then onto Haga parkrun in Stockholm, whilst Danny was at a dry Ross-on-Wye parkrun in Herefordshire.
May 14, 2024•1 hr 26 min
With A Poor Second To Belgium Now - Sithteen
The World's longest pre-amble and previous week's reference due to all the people listening in. All the feedback, a parkrun EMEA update, Star Warbitraries, Nicola was at Middleton Woods and Danny went back up the M1 to Nottingham and Forest Rec parkrun.
May 10, 2024•1 hr 9 min
With Going In Raw Now - MO:NEY
We've switched things around this week. Happy things first, less so in the latter third. The choice to listen to all, is yours. Nicola was at the pretty Pavilion Gardens parkrun in Buxton and Danny was at the wonderful Wollaton Hall parkrun in Nottingham.
May 03, 2024•1 hr 36 min
With The Domination of a Market by a Single Entity Now - bin lies and hubris
Flipping Monopoly. No hosting. Audio receipts. Stats meets. Nicola introduced some newbies to Chevin Forest parkrun and Danny clip clopped his way around Hereford parkrun.
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 6 min
With Thought Crimes Now - The Cow and The Buglets
Unbirthdays, farewells, quirk history, happy cats, offensive emojis, root canals, Nicola and sister moo at Armley parkrun and Danny knows it's why we do what we do and where we do it at his home of Bushy parkrun.
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 4 min
With A Thousand Volunteers Now - amooz boosh and tennish
Do we exist? Everything's yellow! A3102912 makes history. What's a Bespoke? Amy Rose is in control and Danny is present to usher in the age of the v1000 milestone at Riddlesdown parkrun for Nicki Clark.
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
With Mood Swings Now - moogical
The mood of the parkrun nation, audio from Futakotamagawa parkrun in Japan, the world's oldest 500 Clubber, Arcola Firwood profiles Philips Park parkrun in Manchester and Danny celebrates a double Cowell at Littlehampton Prom parkrun.
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 15 min
With Stranger Things Now - Wensbry, Thursby, Frisby
Some more on the subject that just won't go away, tourism epiphanies, Professor Sir JVT leaves the Global board, Contra is no more, Danny prophesises, Nicola celebrates arbitraries at Yarborough Leisure Centre parkrun in Lincoln and Danny profiles the new Brunswick Park parkrun in Wednesbury.
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 13 min
With 5318008 Now - big red flag
Clarifications, general feelings, possible changes, Naughty Nicola celebrated Fountains Abbey parkrun's 10th anniversary and Danny zig zagged at Preston Park parkrun in Brighton.
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 13 min
With The More You Know, The Less You Understand Now - broken maths
React or respond, broken mathematics, laughter is the best medicine, Nicola has a new home at Chevin Forest parkrun and Danny was a super trooper at Tremorfa parkrun in Cardiff.
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 9 min
With Humdrum Ambitions Now - drama llamas and pindependence
Tying up Statsgate and that open letter, Nicola had a mudbath at Clarence parkrun in Bury, Danny vox popped at Cwmbran parkrun in Wales and he also went inaugural chasing a day later.
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 16 min
With Yet Another Controversy Now - Statsgate
Inevitably we talk about the controversial changes to statistics on the parkrun website. If you want to skip all that Nicola went to Baysgarth Park parkrun in North Lincolnshire and Danny went to the seaside.
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 13 min
With Bell Ringers Now - ding ding stories
Trickles and ripples, cake and chips, Not The Channel 4 News, Mensola parkrun's case of mistaken identity, Ross Noble, Nicola loves green frogs at Huddersfield parkrun and Danny demands greater respect for free biscuits at Chippenham Playing Fields parkrun, Monmouth.
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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