112th parkrun a huge success

GRAAFF-REINET NEWS - A whopping 110 people attended the 112th Mountain Drive parkrun in Graaff-Reinet this past weekend.

According to Dave Neill, an organiser, 20 of the runners were first-timers and four people recorded new personal bests. Representatives of four different clubs also took part.

The event was made possible by Mike Calitz, Neill, Sorita Niemand, Anneke Wieneke, Adele van den Berg and Gerrie van Rooyen.

Neill said that a lot of people are still not registered and that it complicates the recording of the times in which an individual finishes the parkrun.

Malinda le Roux completed her 50th parkrun and also improved her personal best time from 35:47 to 34:52.

Malinda le Roux

Yamkela Fini, Lappies Labuschagne and Malinda Piek also improved their personal best times.

The first four places of registered participants are:

Male:

Yamkela Fini (22:42) - also improved his personal best
Jarrod Charl Gerber (24:427)
Johan Ceasar (25:098)
Lappies Labuschagne (25:18)

Female:

Madel Piek (27:15)
Hildegard Wessels (30:1620)
Malinda Piek 30:3221)
Jamie Lee Gerber31:00)

Mountain Drive parkrun, Graaff-Reinet started on 2 February 2019. Since then 1 633 participants have completed 8 448 parkruns covering a total distance of 42 240 km, including 1 298 new personal bests.

A total of 89 individuals have volunteered 845 times.

110 people participated in the parkrun this past weekend.