I recently visited Drumblade parkrun. What a wonderful, friendly core team of volunteers. When I offered to help, they said all is in order but if I truly would like to help, they will let me, but instead I offered to do a write-up. As a parkwalker, I found this course challenging. The course…
I have always enjoyed being fit and as active as possible. Nine months ago I did a little too much in one day and managed to rupture my Achilles tendon while playing a game of squash. When I got to the hospital I was in agony and once the scan was done, the doctors…
The field of participants and volunteers at parkrun are so friendly. I had an amazing time among them all. All thanks to volunteers and other people involved with parkrun events for making it possible. Pokane Imran Maketekete parkrun is great. It’s so much fun having a weekly get together with…
In 2019 all Pamela Janse van Vuuren wanted to do for her birthday was parkrun with her Mom. Sounds easy right? That’s where you are wrong! My Mom was suffering from end-stage COPD, a debilitating lung disease (she passed away in March 2020). She was, by now, wheelchair bound, especially when going out and about….
Between 1998 to 2001 I ran half marathons, marathons and even the Comrades Marathon. After this, I started to do cycle races, duathlons and adventure racing. My wife and I moved to a new town, started new jobs and a family. Eventually I stopped running altogether in 2003. I did not do any form…
Emmie Bijzet, an 83 year old great-grandmother from Brackenfell, became the first woman in her age category to complete 100 parkruns at Bellville parkrun. She started parkrunning in August 2016, encouraged to participate by her children. Emmie was very close to her 100th parkrun when lockdown started in March 2020. When Bellville parkrun re-opened…
I had a brain tumor removed in May 2017. After my operation I was stuck in a wheelchair and needed to learn to walk from scratch. When parkrun started at Groeneweide parkrun, Franskraal, in Gansbaai I start to take part by walking the course. I completed 14 walks then lockdown came and parkruns…
In 2019, my daughter kept asking, “Dad, why don’t you come and join me on a parkrun?” She explained the basics of what it was all about. I told her that I didn’t run, I was too old. I was 59 years old. I had not done any running since I was 17. Plus, I…
Let me extend an invitation to you to take just four minutes out of your busy schedule, maybe during a coffee break, to find out why a parkrun is more than just a Saturday morning run or walk. At present I am a very inexperienced parkrunner, having only completed my 19th parkrun on 12…
It was a cool and breezy morning at Vaal Marina parkrun, with 29 runners and 7 volunteers. There is a tight core team of volunteers at this parkrun who organise it really well. The parkrunners taking part were all wearing their smiles. Today Bongani Dube completed his 20th parkrun event at the age…
