After a COVID-19-induced hiatus of more than 13 months, the Hoedspruit parkrun organisers received the go-ahead to resume their event in May, due to the fact that we are one of the smaller events and therefore better able to ensure that all COVID-19 safety protocols can be adhered to with ease before rolling it out…
Thank you to everyone that came out to take part in Omeya parkrun last weekend! What a great bunch of volunteers we had, too! Omeya parkrun It was the first Springbok parkrun back after the pause in March 2020 last weekend. After 18 long months, we started at our new…
I started my parkrun journey at Secunda parkrun in Mpumalanga when I was visiting my Brother. I first ran without having registered so officially I didn’t get a time. When I registered, I used Mofolo parkrun as my home run location. This year I actually moved to Mofolo (a short walk away from the…
Thank you to Umfolozi parkrun’s great volunteers who made us feel so welcome. A great morning. Bella Ferreira In August I went to Clarens parkrun. With an average temp of 2’C and a minimum of -1’C not considering the wind chill factor (exact effect unknown but significant), the conditions were certainly interesting! I…
On Saturday 28 August, Piet Retief parkrun celebrated its 69th event. Piet Retief parkrun started on 25 January 2019. Before the Covid shutdown, we averaged around 100 parkrunners each week. We were lucky to be able to resume on 29 May and since we restarted we have seen an average of around 40…
“parkrun is like my second job, it is the perfect start to my weekend, after coming here in the morning my day is just better!” as told by Mavis Peterson this morning one of our regular parkrunners here at Mountain Drive parkrun, Graaff-Reinet. I joined the parkrun family around seven years ago. I did a…
In true parkrun style, a total number of 35 people enjoyed the blustery reopening (again) of Hoedspruit parkrun on 7 August. Young and old continued to enjoy the course, as some familiar faces were seen and one newbie even joined the group! Three people managed to better their previous times. Our Tail Walker, or “hopper”,…
A few years ago, I caught the parkrun bug and started really enjoying the weekly 5km jog (probably because I was enticed with the tea and breakfast afterwards!). In 2019, I joined the core volunteer team at Strand Beach parkrun when it launched as Co-Event Director. I have made so many great friends and celebrated a…
I got a message from my friend Bradley, telling me about the 4X4X48 Challenge website and immediately became intrigued. You run four miles (6.4 km) every four hours for 48 hours. All thanks to parkrun, we knew we could complete four miles, so I thought to myself ‘this shouldn’t be that bad’! After persuading another…
I first started doing parkrun in 2018 as I wanted to lose some weight. But in 2019, parkrun became my “way back”. Unfortunately, I suffered a serious attack from a dog back in August 2019 and lost 50% of my left hamstring. For any person, a serious injury, for a former Olympic Athlete… a…
