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No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Sunrise-on-Sea 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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Eastern Cape
- 5 kilometres
- Sunrise-on-Sea
Meeting point: -32.91501, 28.03865. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -32.91501, 28.03865.
The course
Course description
The parkrun starts on Midton Farm close to the Rainbow Seedlings Nursery on a piece of open land. (Follow direction markers from Sunrise Drive). It starts in a westerly direction toward Rainbow Valley around the tomato tunnels. It runs down the old route towards the damwall crossing on Midton Farm. Up the short incline towards the Old Wild Fig tree where it turns right on the pastures down the Sunrise -on Sea boundary towards the dune bush where it makes a right turn. It traverses the old Gully and along the dune bush to the hill up onto the old air field. The course makes a hairpin, then loops back on the airstrip towards a small dam, where it turns back onto the pathway around the tunnels. The finish is at the fig tree outside the nursery.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Midton Farm next to Sunrise-on-Sea Village. The course is run on a mixture of grassland on pastures and a small section on service tracks on the farms. 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
This is one of South Africa’s most pristine coastal venues and is situated on the Jikileza Route, home to many superb resorts. Flanked by the Kwelera Forest Reserve and the Kwelera Botanical Garden. As mentioned the route runs parallel to a section of the famous Surfers Challenge.
The GPS coordinates for Sunriseonsea parkrun are 32 deg 55 min 24 sec SOUTH and 28 deg 2 min 15 sec EAST.
More details
Public transport
Unfortunately there are no trains or buses to Sunrise-on-sea. Taxi is the only public transport options.
On foot
From Crossways Centre on Schafli Road take Kwelra Mouth turn-off then right fork to Sunrise-on-Sea. Follow tar road to entrance at Murambi Kitchen.
By road
From the South:
- Take N2 towards Mthatha / Brakfontein.
- Turn off at East Coast Resorts off-ramp {route R102} to Schafli Road, Crossways Centre on the Jikeleza Route.
- At the Crossways Centre, take Kwelra Mouth turn-off then right fork to Sunrise-on-Sea.
- Bullet 4 From Sunrise Drive make a right turn down Rainbow Valley Road for approx 900m. Turn Left onto Midton Farm and Rainbow seedlings to the start.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Sama Sama, Waters Edge, Spar or other eateries in the nearby Crossways Village. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Sama Sama, Waters Edge, Spar or other eateries in the nearby Crossways Village - please come and join us!
Course safety
Sunrise-on-Sea 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.
- Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog. - 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 Sunrise-on-Sea 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 sunriseonsea@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
- 656
- Events
- 10,315
- Finishers
- 109,062
- Finishes
- 359
- Volunteers
- 12,053
- Personal bests
- 227
- Groups
- 00:43:09
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
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- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Si, S, Se, Sr, Sn
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