These are the volunteers at Botanical Garden parkrun, celebrating in tutus for our tutu parkrun on 22/02/2020. Stella Bezuidenhout We celebrated the planting of 250 trees in avenues along our route. What an amazing run to run through these trees at Rose parkrun, Lenasia. Tayyiba Ebrahim …
Roses parkrun, north of Pretoria, started in February 2018. Since then this scenic parkrun has welcomed over 6,500 participants. The core team tell us more: How did Roses parkrun come about? Julize van Niekerk sent Ludwig’s Roses an email asking why we don’t have a parkrun and followed up with us. We then contacted parkrun and…
These are the volunteers at Outeniquabosch parkrun for our Valentines Day themed parkrun! Ita Janse van Rensburg Divan Gerber started parkrunning as an 8-year-old when we started Mogol parkrun on 14 June 2014. Through all his primary school activities he managed to still get his parkrun fix almost every Saturday morning. He…
Alison Turrill, 55, loves the sense of community at parkrun and wishes she’d started taking part sooner. Now she loves catching up with her parkrun friends every Saturday. There is a sense of community at every parkrun I go to. I love the simplicity and inclusivity of parkrun. Who you are, what you…
Lebone parkrun, near Rustenburg, launched on 21 February 2015 and has recently celebrated its 250th event. Event Director Tony Bridger shares more: How did Lebone parkrun come about? Mrs. Lona Perrins saw the potential of a parkrun when she was visiting her daughter in Rustenburg. The seed was planted and Beth Burrel and family started with…
After completing more than 100 parkruns together, including a parkrun in each province, my wife and I wanted to share our parkrun story. Even though I jogged every now and again for the purpose of staying fit, this was just seen as a necessary evil and I would never have considered myself a runner. My wife had childhood…
Peppi Dowd (above, right) of Umdoni parkrun suffered a life-changing injury at work. He shares his story of how parkrun has helped him on the road to recovery. I have always enjoyed running. People who know me in the Umkomaas area where I live would see me running in our neighbourhood after work which was…
Ita Janse van Rensburg, 60 is on the core volunteer team at Outeniquasbosch parkrun. She wants to tell all the women out there who are thinking about parkrun just to take the first step and come along. This is her story. Every Saturday at parkrun I see how it changes people’s lives. Whether…
My husband (77) and I (72) started our parkrun history at the first parkrun in Bloemfontein: Naval Hill, April 2014. From the very start we finished first in our age category. During these six years there were no more than five times that we didn’t reach that goal. Nowadays it is quite easy, for we…
Shortly after Drumblade parkrun in Gauteng opened they had a competition to name their very tough hill. I was the winner with the name “Mount-neverest” my name is on the plaque at the bottom of the hill. The first parkrun I did I wanted to turn around at about 750m. But my friend with…
