My amazing dad, Hamish Livingston, reached his 250th parkrun milestone at the young age of 80 years! We were so fortunate to celebrate this milestone as a family at Amanzimtoti parkrun. Seen in the picture is my dad, with his daughter and two granddaughters. What an awesome achievement! Catarina Farrimond …
Franschhoek parkrun done, it’s beautiful! Secunda is our hometown. This was parkrun number 123 for me and I’ve done 29 different parkruns. Jannie Botha I had a lovely morning with my friends and dogs at Durban Point parkrun. Karen Furk I was talking to several people at parkrun…
Komani parkrun in the Eastern Cape started on 21 October 2017 at the Queenstown Golf Club. Over 2,200 parkrunners have since completed the course. The core team tell us more… How did Komani parkrun come about? The need for an event, where the community could enjoy and be involved, made Theo Ferreira apply for…
Five kilometres. 5,000 metres. 500,000 centimetres. 5,000,000 millimetres. 3.1 miles. However you think of it, parkrun is the same distance every week. However, some weeks it can feel a lot, lot longer! Here are five mental tricks you can use to make your weekly parkrun feel like a walk, jog or run in the…
Elderly people can become invisible in society. We work forty years or more. Some of us are married even longer. Our friends and family of years standing have passed away or have moved on and we find ourselves rather isolated in alone-ness. But – volunteering at a parkrun changes all that. When marshaling…
My first time at Thousand Hills parkrun. It was extremely beautiful, but I didn’t know it was one of SA’s toughest! I wasn’t sure I could make it, but the volunteers were amazing & motivated me all the way. Thanks to you I feel chuffed! Sumaya Mohamed We had…
parkrun has grown from one event in a park to a global movement of millions of people walking, jogging, running and volunteering across 21 countries. But parkrun is so much more than a walk, jog or run in a park! If you or someone you know is yet to come along for the first time,…
We completed Bryanston and Sterkfontein parkruns for our New Year’s Day double. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers. Karen Chambers I did double parkruns today in Bloemfontein. One at 6:30am and one at 8am. I have now done 180 parkruns consecutively. My goal is to do 250 consecutively – only 70 to go! …
Fish Hoek parkrun in Cape Town celebrated their 6th anniversary in December, and they pulled out all the stops to celebrate. Brigitte Horne tells us more: We had the most amazing birthday bash on 21 December 2019 for our 6th anniversary of Fish Hoek parkrun. The planning to make this an extraordinary day had started a…
Mitchells Plain parkrun in Cape Town launched in December 2016. In the first three years, it has seen over 3,500 different runners complete the course. Event Director Fagmidah Eksteen tells us more. How did Mitchells Plain parkrun come about? Wisaal Osman and her husband Junaid Francis were the ones responsible for getting this parkrun off…
