In North Adelaide, as the street sweepers wind up their morning clean, Peter Malinauskas is fresh from his “hump day” park run around the River Torrens.
The 41-year-old Labor leader – who looks as if he has barely broken a sweat – has been inviting locals to join him for a weekly 6am jog as he casts himself as the man “running for the future” at Saturday’s South Australian election.