Tim Oberg - Part 1 - Why Parkrun Isn't Just About Running

In this episode, Trisha interviews Tim Oberg, who brought Parkrun to Australia in 2011 and grew it into one of the country's largest participation movements, and who now leads the Healthy Kids Project and its flagship RAD Run Club.What did Tim think he was building when he stood on a sandy mound at Main Beach in front of 110 people for that very first event? And how long did it take him to realise it wasn't that at all? In this first of a two-part conversation, Tim traces the accidental origins of a global movement, unpacks the "third space" so many of us are quietly missing, and shares the organisational model — borrowed from an unlikely source — that let one Saturday morning event scale into hundreds.It's a conversation about what people are really showing up for on a Saturday morning, and why it so rarely has much to do with running pace.Connect with Tim Oberg: LinkedIn Learn more about his current work at RAD Run Club and the Healthy Kids Project.Make sure you join Trisha in this journey of growth and discovery throughout the year via Substack or LinkedIn.Resources mentioned:Parkrun - parkrun.com.auRad Run Club - radrun.clubUTS (University of Technology Sydney) social network analysis of two Australian Parkrun communitiesReferenced in this episode: Episode 86 — Can Sport Build Bridges - Or Burn Them?