Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Upington 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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Northern Cape
- 5 kilometres
- Corner of Wildebees and Dwars Street
Meeting point: -28.44430, 21.26977. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -28.44430, 21.26977.
The course
Course description
Our course is on private property (a working farm) and only available to the public on a Saturday morning during parkrun.
It is run on unpaved farm roads. We have bright yellow-and-black arrows to indicate turns.
We start in Liebenberg Street. The route heads down a quiet public road for 100m. Runners turn left and head across the irrigation canal and into the vineyards. Follow the paved road for approximately 300m, then turn left onto a gravel road. Follow the gravel road, keeping right where the road kinks at the farmhouse (look out for the arrow).
The track heads up onto the agricultural retaining wall. Runners turn left on the retaining wall and follow it as it runs along the canal. As you head downwards on the retaining wall, you will see 2 arrows pointing different directions. On the first time, you kink slightly right and follow the path. Follow the road, turning right.
Head up the retaining wall, turn right at the arrow. Keep on the retaining wall and turn right at the next arrow. At the T-junction with the wheelbarrow turn right.
When you reach the building with the 2 arrows of earlier, you turn left. Cross the canal and turn left on your next opportunity to do so. Continue on the retaining wall, turn right at the next arrow by the gate. At the farmhouse, turn left and at the paved road turn right heading back to the starting point.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at the western end of Liebenberg Street, Middelpos, Upington. The course is run on a mixture of gravel paths, jeep track and tarmac. 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
No toilet facilities.
Plenty of parking in the roads that surround the park.
More details
Public transport
No public transport available.
By road
Turn out of Schroder Street (Upington’s main road that bisects Upington from West to East) into Quarry Street.
Continue to the end of the road and turn left into Liebenberg Street.
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
Upington 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 Upington 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 upington@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
- 578
- Events
- 3,755
- Finishers
- 41,594
- Finishes
- 366
- Volunteers
- 5,184
- Personal bests
- 137
- Groups
- 00:38:01
- Average finish time
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- Periodic Table Matches symbols: U
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