5 cindy lees - 5 years ago
What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning.
It was my 50th parkrun and coincidentally International parkrun day being their #13th year.
Being in Pretoria for the weekend we had a few venue choices. The closest being the Botanical parkrun ... but on reading that Bronberrik was the 100th official parkrun venue ... and it would be my 13th tourist parkrun ... the stars were aligned and off we went.
30 minutes later and we were at 126 Mopani Road, Hennopspark.
Race director for the day was Johann and we knew by his warm welcome and engagement with the runners we had chosen well.
This parkrun had 242 runners on the day we ran - 7 Oct 2017 - and there is a very good community feel to it.
The route takes you around the park twice. You start on a nice flat section, and as you round the corner you are in for a nice hill climb ... and then a lovely downhill to catch your breath before you hit flat again. A very enjoyable route and recommended to other parkrunners - get out and try different venues, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
A lovely touch was a juice and water stand that had been set up on the Kilkenny Road grass patch, by local business, Kitsch Kafe - Centurion, for runners and dogs.
Thank you to all the volunteers who give of their time freely. Thank you also to the photographer for the action pics ... and also the mandatory 50th parkrun flag pic!
