All over the world, and also in South Africa, hundreds of thousands of parkrunners line up every Saturday to take part in the weekly parkrun event in their neighbourhood or town. In the parkrun event, which is said “will always be free, for everyone, forever”, participants can run or walk 5 km. You can also just head down to your local parkrun event and watch what is going on, soak up the atmosphere and get to know your local team. Seven reasons to do a parkrunAccording to magazine.co.uk, general practitioners are starting to prescribe activities such as parkruns for patients. It could add years to your lifeThe Royal College of general practitioners (GPs) has launched an initiative to prescribe parkruns to patients.

Source: News 24 January 12, 2023 19:38 UTC