Going ahead this Saturday
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Parkrun
Polokwane 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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Limpopo
- 5 kilometres
- Polokwane
Meeting point: -23.88508, 29.45743. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -23.88508, 29.45743.
The course
Course description
The course starts from the lapa near the car park on the corner of Landdros Mare and Potgieter streets. The course continues along bottom of the dam before turning left and following the course for several hundred metres towards the woods. You will cross a stream using a bridge, after which the course keeps right through the woods. Keeping along the path until 2 sharp and sudden turns to the left and then past the resident friendly furniture sellers. The course then follows parallel to Potgieter street for several hundred metres, and then another turn to the left, running through the trees and back toward the dam. Here you will cross another bridge and follow the course up and along the dam wall. Keep an eye out for some early morning fisherman and the birdlife. Continuing down the wall toward another sharp left. Follow the course to where it re-joins Loop 1. Only one more to go!
Complete your second loop and then veer right back toward the Lapa and starting point. You have reached the end! Well Done!
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at the Cnr Landdros Mare St and Potgieter St (across from Tom Naude School), Polokwane. The course is run on a mixture of sand paths, gravel paths and grass. 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
Parking, Childrens play area, benches and picnic seating.
More details
Public transport
n/a
On foot
n/a
By road
From Mall of The North: drive toward Polokwane CBD via Munnik rd; turn right into Veldspaat st; turn left into Landdros Mare st and continue to the corner of Potgieter. Turn left into Potgieter and parking will be immediately on your right.
From Savannah Mall: Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Thabo Mbeki St; Turn right onto Webster St; Continue onto Potgieter Ave, almost until the end of the road. Parking will be on your left.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in a local café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Polokwane 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 Polokwane 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 polokwane@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
- 524
- Events
- 6,629
- Finishers
- 64,168
- Finishes
- 530
- Volunteers
- 9,659
- Personal bests
- 158
- Groups
- 00:40:32
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with P
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: P, Pr, Po, Pa, Pu
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