Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Kathu parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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South Africa
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Northern Cape
- 5 kilometres
- Kathu
Meeting point: -27.67939, 23.06658. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -27.67939, 23.06658.
The course
Course description
The course starts from the Kathu Equestrian Club House, and heads South-West towards the main entrance for 1kilometre on a beautiful hard surface road before turning left to create a loop. We do this loop twice. After completing two loops we turn right and head back towards the finish. Please keep left and pass right on this course.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course starts from Kathu Equestrian Club, Kathu. The course is run entirely on trail paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Facilities available at the Kathu Equestrian Club include Male and Female bathrooms, water point and secure car park.
More details
Public transport
There is no public transport to the parkrun.
On foot
From the Heritage Mall main entrance, with Nandos on your left, turn left and walk north west for 120m on Rooisand road to the traffic circle, turn left at the traffic circle. Walk on Frikkie Meyer for 500m to the Kathu Equestrian Club Entrance on your right.
By road
From Kuruman, drive on the N14, turn right to enter Kathu, pass the Elegant fuel station on your right and the Checkers Shopping Centre on you left, continue past the traffic circle, immediately after passing the Heritage Mall on your left, slow down and indicate to turn right into the Kathu Equestrian Club
SATNAV = -27.6906611, 23.0658569
All participants are to drive in and park their cars at the Kathu Equestrian Club House.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Mugg And Bean, Kathu. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Mugg And Bean, Kathu - please come and join us!
Course safety
Kathu parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Kathu parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email kathu@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 345
- Events
- 2,583
- Finishers
- 18,519
- Finishes
- 237
- Volunteers
- 2,755
- Personal bests
- 78
- Groups
- 00:43:11
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with K
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: K, Kr
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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