Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Springs 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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Gauteng
- 5 kilometres
- Presidents park
Meeting point: -26.21616, 28.41340. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -26.21616, 28.41340.
The course
Course description
This is a double lapper course. The course will be held at President’s Park Springs. The course starts at the back of Springs Mine and Military Museum. The route will start in a western direction till we reach the gravel road. The route then follows the gravel road in a southwestern direction up to the Lapa, where you turn right and continue towards the Big tree on the park border. You run back to the Lapa and round the fence to follow the gravel road in an eastern direction. At the 1.9km you turn south on the gravel road towards the marked tree and run all the way back following the same route. On the second time you reach the 1.9km you return to the finish point.
The course is completely run in a park with veld and some dirt trails. The course is mostly flat with small dips and water puddles after rain.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Presidents park, Paul Kruger Highway, Springs. The course is run on a mixture of trail paths, grass and sand. 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
Kids play areaCar parkingToilets available at Springs Mine and Military Museum
More details
Public transport
N/A
On foot
Please follow the guidance in "Getting there by road".
By road
Krugersrus Springs, GPS coordinates: 26°12'54.7"S 28°24'50.0"E
From N12, take Springs turnoff. Follow R51/R29 Highway till Presidents park can be found on the right hand side. This is across Altmic Centre next to the Kruger Service Station on Paul Kruger Highway.
From N17, take Tonk meter turnoff, turn right pass N17 Hospital. At traffic light turn left. Next traffic light turn right over the Bridge. Travel over 4 way stops. 5th will be Altmic Centre on your right hand and Springs Mine and Military Museum on the left (where the farmer's market is on Saturdays).
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
Springs 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 Springs 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 springs@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
- 434
- Events
- 12,734
- Finishers
- 94,009
- Finishes
- 507
- Volunteers
- 15,764
- Personal bests
- 218
- Groups
- 00:43:52
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with S
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Si, S, Sr, Sn, Sg
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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