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Parkrun
Zandvlei 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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Western Cape
- 5 kilometres
- Zandvlei Sports Club
Meeting point: -34.09876, 18.46942. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -34.09876, 18.46942.
The course
Course description
This is a single lap course with two loops forming a bow.
It starts at the False Bay Lookout, on the shore of Zandvlei Nature Reserve. The route heads left past the sports field, following the gravel path until the path hits the fence. At the fence it heads right, through the trees and past the children's park. It does a loop around the park and heads along the side of the vlei back to the start line, where the second loop starts. The second loop heads south along the western bank of Zandvlei until Theesens Bridge (pedestrian footbridge). Then it turns left onto the bridge and immediately left after crossing the bridge, and follows the eastern bank north as far as the fence. It turns around at the fence and returns back on the opposite side of the grassy area back to the bridge, and along the path to finish at the start. The course is flat and even, mostly on grass with some paved sections and a short tarred section.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at False Bay Rendezvous, Zandvlei, Cape Town. The course is run on a mixture of grass and tarred surface on footbridge. 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
There are toilets at the start.
More details
Public transport
Take southern suburbs southbound railway line to False Bay station. On foot, follow the footpath facing away from the road. The path that takes you straight to the venue (Promenade Road), approx 500m.
On foot
From False Bay station - on foot, follow the footpath facing away from the road. The path that takes you straight to the venue (Promenade Road), approx 500m.
By road
From M5, head south to the end of the highway. Take the second exit of the circle, into R310, follow the road over Zandvlei Bridge, then immediately after the bridge turn right into Vlei Road, and then right again into Henley Road. Follow the road until you see False Bay Rendezvous on the right at the pedestrian crossing just before the sports fields.
From M3, head south until the end of the freeway. Turn left down to Main road/M4. Turn right onto Main Road and continue until passing Lakeside Bakery on right. At the next robots after Lakeside Bakery, turn left into Uxbridge Road, continue to the end. Turn right and drive about 1km until you see False Bay Rendezvous on the left at the pedestrian crossing just after the sports fields.
There is some parking inside, and plenty of parking on the side of the vlei.
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
Zandvlei 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 Zandvlei 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 zandvlei@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
- 447
- Events
- 16,236
- Finishers
- 99,747
- Finishes
- 493
- Volunteers
- 14,168
- Personal bests
- 688
- Groups
- 00:39:39
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with Z
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Zn, Zr
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