My Dad, Andrew Jeffery has done over 200 parkruns – and is an avid fan to say the least! He promotes parkrun whenever he can and always has a parkrun story to share – those he’s read in the newsletter or about a friend he’s made through parkrun. He values and promotes the ‘community…
This week we hear the stories of two parkrunners who have overcome health struggles with the support of the parkrun community. In 2010 I could hardly walk. I needed two full knee replacements, and fortunately the operation was a great success. I did my first parkrun in January 2017, and on 31 August 2019…
On 24th August, our beautiful town of Swellendam celebrated our 100th parkrun. All thanks to Dr Jacques du Toit and his happy team of volunteers for their excellent organization and efforts. Enid Williams
For many parkrunners a wet course is not really something out of the ordinary. However, if you have completed all of your 18 parkruns at Oudsthoorn in the Klein Karoo it is different kettle of fish. This was the case for Rudolph Clench who decided to venture to Hartenbos on 17th August where he not only did his…
The Epic trip to eSwatini for a group of passionate parkrunners has taken months of planning and coordinating with the local Mbabane parkrun Run Directors and volunteers to make the visit a memorable one. The visitors descended on the town during the course of the day on Friday, with plenty of sightseeing done…
Isn’t it fantastic how parkrun makes the world a whole lot smaller? It started with our family holiday (Ian, Davina and Verity from Portsmouth in the UK). We are keen parkrunners and so when we went on our annual holiday to South Africa we simply had to also run some parkruns while there. We…
Once again the Ebotse faithful braved the chill to celebrate our 7th birthday on 15th June. Ebotse in Benoni was the 3rd parkrun to launch in South Africa. Birthdays always mean cake so there there were generous donations made by our volunteers bringing cupcakes to ensure that everyone was rewarded with a cupcake. A…
On Saturday 8th June, the day before Comrades, I saw a wonderful video on Instagram of a large group of excited Comrades runners doing North Beach parkrun in Durban - gliding along the promenade in jovial song and chants! The post included the hashtag #parkruntocomrades – what a great hashtag. It is truly amazing and inspiring, and…
Jacob Lamon (61), is a resident from Vosloorus, approximately 5km from Rondebult parkun. Health challenges compelled him to consider retirement as a Building Inspector in the City of Ekurhuleni. His health subjected him to various hospital visits for treatment since January 2018. As a regular radio listener, he heard of a cancer survivor whose…
Root 44 parkrun is looking stunning, with the vibrant autumn colours, as this photo by volunteer Lucinda Gordon shows. During the month of April Ruimsig parkrun decided to have a sock drive where parkrunners could donate any odd socks or new sock to donate to children. We managed to collect over 200 pairs of socks!…
