Parkrun News

On Saturday, Grant and I drove to the venue to take part in the weekly Parkrun event. I always have my camera and with this I'm getting to know several regulars.

 People gather around in the sun 

Our friend, Anthony arrives and greets the ladies

The valley's vivacious beauty therapist, Jessica, and her two children

A fluffy four-legged participant

Anthony's brother, John (green hat) and Grant chat. The gentleman gazing downwards is 86 years old and regularly does the Parkrun

Serious contenders warm up for the run

I just managed to snap these two lively dogs 

The starter, Diane, reminds us of the rules 

And we're off! 

This week I thought I might challenge myself to better my time of 50min 2 secs last week. 

At the 1km marker I checked the time: 10 minutes! 

Turning around, I quickly snapped these people behind me

I try to take in the scenery as well as walk

At the 2km marker, nine minutes had elapsed since the first marker

Another beautiful scene of the first dam with the Drakensberg mountains in the background

I took 10 minutes reach this 3km marker

As I mentioned last week, reaching this 4km marker below, is always a reason to rejoice! 

At 4km I checked my time: 10 minutes

These young parents had finished and ran back to meet their two young sons

I was behind the young dad carrying his youngest when we approached the finish (9 minutes from the 4km marker)

As I presented my bar-coded card to be clocked in, I asked the official what my time was:

48:43!

WHOO HOO!

I'd managed shave off 1 minute and 59 seconds from my time last week. (See how honest I am? I could have said two minutes! LOL!)

Anthony clocks in about a minute after me

Once I'd had a cup of cold water, I walked back up the track. I saw Anthony haring off again (is there no end to this old man?) and meeting up with the 86 year-old who was coming along the last kilometer. Not far behind them, I caught Grant and John on camera.

Anthony and Alan Leggart 

Grant clocked in at 1hour and 16 minutes - three minutes faster than last week ! John and Anthony coming up behind Grant

A young Jack Russel ran the walk with his mistress

As usual, this was a lovely day of fun and healthy exercise. 

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