Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Umfolozi 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
- Teza Game Reserve
Meeting point: -28.48291, 32.18004. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -28.48291, 32.18004.
The course
Course description
Starting just inside the private game reserve, the sandy double track goes past a waterhole on your left for 1.1 km where a marshal will indicate a right turn onto a gravel road. After 450m a sharp left turn on to another sandy track for another 450m where you will turn left on to winding track past two water holes for about 1.7km. When you reach the gravel road turn right followed almost immediately by a sharp turn to the left onto a gravel road for 1.3 km where you will be directed to the end just 20m off the road to the right. Please keep to your right on the gravel roads, there might be an occasional vehicle. Marshals will guide you at all the turns in the road. Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event. Some parts of the course may be unsuitable for buggies so please contact the team in advance to discuss.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Teza Game Reserve, Lower Umfolozi, Mtubatuba. The course is run on a mixture of gravel paths and sandy 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
Please note that there are no facilities in the game reserve itself.
There are a number of coffee shops available North and South of us; look for The Village Grove at 13 Regia Street in Kwambonambi or choose from a wide range of restaurants in St Lucia.
More details
Public transport
N/A
On foot
N/A
By road
From N2 North - Take the exit towards Mfolozi, turn left onto the tar road and drive for 4.7 km before turning left onto a gravel road. Stay to your right on the gravel road for 350 m where you will find the soccer field for parking on your left. Once parked, walk through the entrance of the game reserve and turn right on the "no entry" road. The start of the Umfolozi parkrun will be in front of you.
From N2 South - Take the exit towards Mfolozi, turn right onto the tar road and follow the instructions from above.
The GPS coordinates are -28.482236 32.180539. Ample parking available on a soccer field 100m from the start of the run.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local cafe. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at a local cafe - please come and join us!
Course safety
Umfolozi 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 Umfolozi parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
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For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email umfolozi@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
- 346
- Events
- 2,186
- Finishers
- 13,988
- Finishes
- 157
- Volunteers
- 1,663
- Personal bests
- 128
- Groups
- 00:41:56
- Average finish time
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