Athletes face freezing temperatures to get their parkrun fix
“We would like to remind willing participants to always have their registration tags,” Ms Fadeela Omar, event organiser, said.
The records for both men and women were smashed during the 23rd parkrun on 11 August.
An unknown athlete broke the men’s record and completed the distance in 17 min 32 sec, while Chrizelle Roberts finished for the women in 19 min 58 sec.
Altogether 102 athletes took part in the weekly event at the River Park.
“We would like to remind willing participants to always have their registration tags,” Ms Fadeela Omar, event organiser, said.
To date, a total of 835 athletes have registered.
The volunteers were Antoinette Herbst, Haroon Chotia, Kathleen Ferreira, Linda Koekemoer, Lynne-Anne Holliday, Jean Robertson, Marjorie Uys, Philomena Parkes, Preyanka Dorosamy, Renette de Sousa, Romalan Dorosamy, Séan Jansen van Rensburg, Stewart Holliday, Vanita Moodley, Vidhya Daya, Wayne van der Walt, Wessel Herbst and Yunus Omar.
For more information, contact Ms Jean Robertson, event director at 082 586 9117 or Ms Omar at 084 250 9530.
