Knysna’s own “galloping granny,” 91 year old Christine van Noppen, has completed her 50th Knysna parkrun. She was accompanied by Pierre de Wet, who also completed his 50th, and Leslie Procter, who completed her 100th run. Christine has been taking part in Knysna parkrun since March last year, and is a great inspiration to all of us younger folk. She…
Willem Vanderwaal of Hartenbos parkrun (pictured above), who has completed 39 parkruns (4 in the UK) and volunteered on 20 occasions, has submitted this poetic contribution describing his parkrun journey: I know your face but not your name I came here back on some distant day, came to look, not sure if I’d stay. The…
Last Saturday saw parkrunners around the world celebrating the 13th anniversary of the first ever parkrun at Bushy Park in London, UK. Our cover picture shows Big Bay parkrunners celebrating at Zandvlei parkrun, with Lynne Brennan celebrating her 200th parkrun on the same day! Jose Rebordao sent a picture of 3 Rietvlei volunteers dressed…
On 9th September Pongola parkrun had it’s 100th parkrun. parkrunners came dressed in black and had 100 written on their shirts, caps and faces. Pongola parkrun have an average attendance of about 30-40 finishers every Saturday and for this event we aimed to have 100 finishers. We had 15 first timers and more than 100…
Congratulations to Abraar Dustay and Aneesa Karriem on their engagement! It was a special morning at Greenpoint parkrun as parkrun regulars, Abraar and Aneesa, made their way toward the parkrun finish. At the finish, a beautiful marriage proposal was set up on the pathway and many parkrunners stayed to witness Abraar ask Aneesa the big…
50 parkruns ago, I ran my very first one at the Voortrekker monument. And it was the start of a beautiful relationship that got me to restart running again. Fast forward to this weekend where I ran my 50th parkrun at the Pretoria Botanical Garden. But not only did I run my 50th, I also…
My Dad, Alex de Chermont, completed his 90th parkrun at North Beach on the 8 July 2017. He is a living miracle. On 25 February 2017 he was at Botanical Garden parkrun walking, but he had Heart Failure and he was given CPR for 22 minutes before the ambulance arrived and used the defibrillator on him…
Bruce Fordyce said that parkruns are addictive, how right he was. I’ve now completed 50 consecutive parkruns. When I walk into public places people will ask what number parkrun I am at, and call me the parkrun Queen. I made up my mind to reach my goal, which was to do my first 50 parkruns…
Cannibals Cave parkrun recently celebrated their 3rd anniversary. Junior parkrunners joined in the celebrations and were delighted to receive their 10 club certificates signed by Bruce Fordyce. 10 June 2017 was Pyjama day for the Mpumalanga parkruns! All parkrunners were invited to come run in their pyjamas and then in turn…
I have just returned from a holiday in Switzerland, where our son, Craig, joined us from America. On Friday 12 May, I said, “Oh, I would be doing a parkrun tomorrow morning if I was at home!” and proceeded to tell my son and his girlfriend Cissy all about it. So he googled it and…
