Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Piggly Wiggly 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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KwaZulu-Natal
- 5 kilometres
- Dargle Road, Howick
Meeting point: -29.45822, 30.13667. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -29.45822, 30.13667.
The course
Course description
Starting at the upper end of the Piggly Wiggly parking area. Follow the dirt road down and around the back of the Piggly Wiggly complex and enter the gate leading into the lower main field. Follow the boundary fence looping around the field.
After exiting the lower field your turn right and climb up past the Manor House followed by a "S" loop through the upper field and the small tree lined forest. Once you exit the forest you follow the back boundary fence and can enjoy a gentle climb up, "Piggly Wiggly Polly Shorts" after which it is a gentle stroll into the finish, where the Piggly Wiggly Country Village invites you to enjoy a coffee or a breakfast at one of the Midlands’ finest.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Dargle Road, Lions River, Howick. The course is run on a mixture of trail paths, grass and dirt. 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
- Ample free Parking available at location
- Toilets available within 100m of the start
- Restaurant and Coffee Shop
- Shopping Village
- Pizza Shop
- Beauty Salon
- Childrens Play Area
- Putt Putt Course
More details
Public transport
Follow taxi routes to R103.
By road
N3 Travelling from Durban toward JHB:
- Pass Pietermaritzburg?
- Howick/Tweedie off ramp?
- Left towards Tweedie?
- At T junction turn right?
- Continue for approximately 10kms?
- Piggly Wiggly on your left.
N3 Travelling from JHB toward Durban:
- Pass Mooi River?
- Howick/Tweedie off ramp?
- Right towards Tweedie?
- At T junction turn right?
- Continue for Approximately 10kms?
- Piggly Wiggly on your left.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Piggly Wiggly. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Piggly Wiggly - please come and join us!
Course safety
Piggly Wiggly 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 Piggly Wiggly 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 pigglywiggly@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
- 552
- Events
- 14,532
- Finishers
- 106,045
- Finishes
- 558
- Volunteers
- 12,461
- Personal bests
- 357
- Groups
- 00:42:08
- Average finish time
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- Periodic Table Matches symbols: P, Pr, Pa, Pu
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