Eldorado Park parkrun comes up top in the world
Eldorado Park parkrun was launched on January 15 and already they are impressing the world.
Just over the past weekend, parkrun Eldorado Park was number one in the world in terms of new parkrunner registrations.
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The group is still growing but they had 117 new registrations this past weekend putting them first in the world. According to the report, parkrun Eldorado Park has a total of 929 registered runners.
Denzil Lewis who is one of the run directors said: “When we first saw this information, all sorts of emotions literally went through all of us, this includes all our volunteers. It’s an overwhelming bit of information but also a sense of gratitude and drive as we now know that our community is in it for the long haul. We are more committed than ever before to see our community rise through parkrun, bringing us together to serve one another. We can pull off another result like this for the coming week.”
The run director also shared that they are appealing to more people to registering for the event.
“It is imperative that members register before the event and print their barcodes for results scanning. We experienced minor issues with barcodes on cell phones due to bad light. Also, the non-registered members whom we cannot scan, causes traffic at the funnel,” he added.
The parkrun team sees improvements every week however, need more assistance in terms of clean-up and grass cutting weekly, especially on the path in which they use every Saturday.
The parkrun is held every Saturday at 8am at the stadium in Eldorado Park, extension 9. For more information on the parkrun Eldorado Park, you can follow them on Facebook: Eldorado park parkrun, alternatively contact Denzil Lewis on 0837747592. To register, you can go onto the parkrun website click on ‘register’ and fill in your information.
