Kleinplaas parkrun celebrated their 50th event in style on Saturday, 22 July as runners of all ages took on the course on a bitterly cold morning.
The cold though could not keep away the 85 eager runners who wanted to join in on this special milestone day.
This parkrun was also a tutu run as it fell on the 22nd. Any race that occurs on the 22nd of the month is called a tutu run and parkrunners can then also wear a tutu to join in on the fun. This also added to the excitement on the day, which included some other awesome surprises.
Photos: Jakkie Casallegio
The highlight was a short pre-run welcome and motivational speech from runners and Comrades athlete, dr. Adele Broodryk, who finished the 2023 Comrades in second place. Broodryk is also an avid parkrunner, who holds records in various parkruns across the country.
The organisers also arranged a massive cake as well as cooldrink and sweets for runners after they completed the 5km run.
Kleinplaas parkrun held its first run on 26 March 2022 and has since grown from strength to strength. 1349 runners have finished parkrun with an average finish time of 41:07.
Jaco Marais took first in the men’s category in a time of 21:43. Laura Shephard took was the first women’s finisher in a time of 26:57.
The all-time men’s record is held by Max Walker (16:41) and the women’s record by Roanna Vickers (18:46).
Kleinplaas parkrun takes place every Saturday from 08:00.
Contact the event directors, Carlo Wright at 076 065 9605 or Jimmy Verster at 073 633 5764 for more information about Kleinplaas parkrun.
