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!…
Hartenbos parkrun celebrated its 4th birthday on 9 March. Event Directors Steven and Mandy Phelps are pictured celebrating the occasion. It was a festive occasion with participants who joined in with their bright and colourful outfits. Loads of spot prizes and cupcakes helped to make the day a memorable one. A priceless moment…
As an avid Comrades runner I had never quite seen the point of parkrun, mostly due to the fact that it was “only” 5km in distance but oh boy was I wrong. After taking part in my first parkrun at North Beach parkrun, amongst over 2,000 participants, the day before my 20th Comrades in 2017,…
My “story” starts nearly 30 years ago when I was first diagnosed with Crohns disease. It’s not something people can see or understand. The constant running to the bathroom, the restrictions on what you can and can’t eat, the pain, the medications and their side effects.Over the years, I had 3 operations, which has left…
William Lessingh did his 50th parkrun on the 23 February 2019 where after he went on to get married to fellow parkrun tourist Chanté Nurden (now Lessingh) later in the day! He was supported by his father in law to be, Craig Nurden, Craig’s brother Dean Nurden and their 84 year old father Ken Nurden who now holds…
I am a volunteer and runner at Botanical Garden parkrun, Pretoria and I recently went on a 10 day backpack trip to visit my daughter, Chantene, in France. After I landed at Nice airport, we both got on a bus to Milan, Italy to attend the parkrun there. I even emailed the parkrun to find…
