When lockdown hit us in March last year, everyone thought that it would be for a few weeks only, and that, after the initial ‘captivity’, we would be back to business as before. However, reality struck hard when we realised that exercising in general, and parkrun in particular, would be a no-no for the foreseeable…
Last week I completed my 100th (not)parkrun having run my first one back in June. It has been an amazing experience – I have run some fairly fast ones and some very slow ones, I’ve run alone, with friends and family and with dogs. I’ve run on the roads in the suburbs, in the mountains…
parkrun changed my life. I started with my very first parkrun back in 2016 out of curiosity. Overweight, not motivated at all. I fell in love with the whole vibe of parkrun. I have been working hard, planning my Saturdays to run a parkrun every week and joining many different parkruns across the whole country,…
My parkrun journey started by chance back in August 2015 at Ebotse. A year earlier, I had a life-changing accident which prevented me from participating in many fitness activities. A colleague at the time suggested that I try this new craze called parkrun that her and her family had become addicted to. So, off I…
My son JG started parkrun because there was a girl he wanted to get to know a little better. So obviously the next weekend I tagged along to show him how it was supposed to be done. Well I lost the challenge – It took me a little longer. I got addicted and planned…
It was so nice to be back running the Sterkfontein trail for (not)parkrun after a long time away. I just missed the ambience created by all other parkrunners. Joseph Rachoene As (not)parkrun launched, we were allowed to run within a 5km radius from our houses. With the aid of modern sports watches, the variety…
My parents had been married for almost 48 years when my Dad passed away in December 2019. My Mum (Gill Langebrink), having been my Dad’s primary carer in the last few years of his life, was suddenly at a loss as what to do with herself, especially on a weekend. Mum has always been incredibly…
(not)parkrun continues. This is me on my 62nd (not)parkrun, at Midstream and I got a PB! 27:39 Krishna Priyadarshi How’s this for the most impressive route mapped out by our fabulous core volunteer at Rondebosch Common parkrun, Gerhard Dehlan! Dedicated to our healthcare workers. I am inspired by…
Although my home parkrun is in South Africa, my (not)parkruns have been in Lima, Peru where I have been stuck for the past six months. The government here enforced a very strict lock-down for four months with the army on the streets and long curfew periods, but this was actually comforting under the circumstances…
The (not)parkrun is a fantastic motivation. I run three times a week on different 5k routes in our beautiful city of Cape Town and submit my times to (not)parkrun. It has become part of my training during the lock down struggle. I’m super fit and excited awaiting the parkruns to start, missing my parkrun…
