Meet parkrunners Ken & Andrea Leeder from Secunda parkrun. They have been part of Secunda parkrun since the first run where everyone learned to love Ken’s witty personality & Andrea’s loving nature. They have been married for 33 years & met through a dating agency; as Andrea, 78, said: “he couldn’t dance and that was a big…
Two Modderfontein parkrunners and a Delta parkrunner flew a plane to Port Elizabeth to attend the launch of Sardinia Bay parkrun. Dylan Cunha Horse Sweeney’s passion for flying started as a little boy. As soon as he had passed matric, at the age of 17, he joined the South African Air Force. …
Lordrick Manthosi is seen running with his baby at Nkomazi parkrun near the Mozambique border. Lordrick is Event Director of Nkomazi parkrun and has also started a running club, which now has around 50 members. He is in training to run his first Comrades Marathon this year. “Lordrick is a true inspiration to everyone and…
Here is a story that should inspire millions of people who think they cannot run or walk a parkrun. The two ladies pictured above both have heart defects. The lady on the left is Melanie Le Roux. It is common knowledge that she had a heart transplant a few years ago. It is therefore amazing that her PB is 36 minutes. She is a super lady…
We started as 4 runners, the next week a few more joined, again on the third week a few more and then we asked the whole uGroup leadership of the Unite180 church to join us at Botanical Garden parkrun in Pretoria. Most of them now made a commitment to be there weekly which they would…
My daughter stays in the UK, and does parkrun , and we have kept tabs on each other. When she was out here, we ran our 50th parkruns together at Hermanus. I’d like to thank Hermanus for making such a fuss about it for us, as it really was a special moment, they announced us with great…
We completed our first parkrun as a family in April 2014 at Root44 in Stellenbosch. My two sons were 5 and 7 years old at the time. There were a modest 205 parkrunners at Root44 that day. Last weekend there were over 1,500! My children are growing up fast, but parkrun is growing up…
Name: Linda Lanz Age: 59 Occupation: Office administrator Home parkrun: Stutterheim Trail or Road Running? Walking/hiking Number of parkruns completed: 120 How has parkrun changed your running / fitness? I progressed from purely walking to being able to jog about 2km Favourite volunteer role: Barcode scanning Number of volunteering occasions: 100 Why should others volunteer at…
I am so proud of my mother who today completed her 100th parkrun at the inaugural Westbury parkrun. Thank you so very much to fellow tourists Jaco and Mike who ensured that Westbury had a set of flags to be used to commemorate the occasion, and to the flag bearers and cheerleaders Alison Groves and Adam…
5km walk done and dusted. Best time yet, may not be the best time but it’s my best. These last two months have been life changing for me. Saturday mornings have become my favourite time of the week, I look so forward to these walks. What an awesome experience to walk and take in the…
